Hutt Valley High School

24/06/2026

🚽 U R I N E T O W N 🚽 Opens next week! Buy your tickets from TryBooking (link below).

👉 https://www.trybooking.com/nz/events/landing/18776

Performance dates and times:⁠
▪️Tuesday, 30 June – 7.00pm
▪️Wednesday, 1 July – 7.00pm
▪️Thursday, 2 July – 7.00pm (Understudy Cast Performance)
▪️Friday, 3 July – 7.00pm
▪️Saturday, 4 July – 2.00pm (Matinee)
📍 School Hall, Hutt Valley High School.

This award-winning musical satire takes on capitalism, bureaucracy, environmental collapse, and power… all with sharp wit, big laughs, and unforgettable songs.

Set in a drought-stricken city where citizens must pay to use the bathroom, Urinetown follows one unlikely hero who decides he’s had enough - and starts a revolution.

Don’t miss it! Get your tickets now.
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23/06/2026

We warmly invite our school community to the HVHS Market Evening this Thursday (25 June) from 4:00pm - 6:00pm in the school hall. Come along and support our Year 11 Business Studies students as they showcase and sell their products.

At the market we'll have 28 student businesses selling a variety of products. We've got something for everyone! Options include:
▪️Tempt your tastebuds with delicious savoury and sweet treats like tacos, loaded fries, deep fried cheese, sweet crepes, and cookies, then wash it all down with a refreshing lemonade, bubble tea, or smoothie.
▪️In need of a quick gift? We've got soaps, jewelry, everlasting flowers, lip gloss, hair spray, candles, and more!
▪️Looking for an experience to remember? Try the brand new card game 'Survive 'til Sunrise', get a hole-in-one, design your own slime, capture a moment in time with your friends, or get your nails done.

21/06/2026

TONIGHT | The Learning Community Hub event for migrant parents runs from 6:30pm-7:45pm upstairs in the Staffroom in the Admin Building. Tonight's event is focused on subject selection. There will be language support available for Chinese and Vietnamese speaking parents.

There will be light refreshments served at the end of the presentation. All migrant parents and students are welcome to attend, and we look forward to seeing you there!

18/06/2026

URINETOWN opens in just under two weeks! A drought, a corrupt corporation, and a public bathroom fee - what could go wrong? In this award-winning musical comedy, a hero rises to fight for the right to…flush. 🚽 You need to go to this show.

🎟️ Get your tickets NOW!
https://www.trybooking.com/nz/events/landing/18776

📅 Performance Dates & Times:
▪️Tuesday, 30 June – 7.00pm
▪️Wednesday, 1 July – 7.00pm
▪️Thursday, 2 July – 7.00pm (Understudy Cast Performance)
▪️Friday, 3 July – 7.00pm
▪️Saturday, 4 July – 2.00pm (Matinee)

18/06/2026

'Dude, We're Screwed' will be performing in C4 at lunchtime on Friday, 19 June. It's a fundraiser for Te Omanga Hospice, so bring a gold coin or a can of food to donate at the door. Limited spaces available!

A great charity to support and an opportunity to see the band play before they take the stage at the Rockquest finals on Saturday night! 🎶🤘

17/06/2026

🎗️ We're having a Non-Uniform Day on Friday, 19 June to raise funds for the Cancer Society. To participate, please bring a gold coin donation to support their vital work helping people with cancer, and their whānau. 🎗️

15/06/2026

Friendly Reminder - All students are learning from home on Wednesday, 17 June due to scheduled parent/teacher interviews with families in Years 11-13.

On Friday, 19 June there is a Non-Uniform Day at HVHS. To participate, please bring a gold coin donation. All funds raised will be donated to the Cancer Society. 🎗️

14/06/2026

🌈✨ Schools’ Pride Week Aotearoa (15-19 June) celebrates rainbow students, staff and whānau in school communities across the country. Pride Week at HVHS is organised by our school’s Q***r Straight Alliance (QSA), with optional free activities open to all students every lunchtime in C Block (mainly C14 and C11).

Pride Week Activities:
▪️Monday 8:45am: Raising the Progress Pride Flag on the school flagpole
▪️Monday Lunch: Chalk pride messages around the school and pride-themed nail polish
▪️Tuesday Lunch: Pride concert featuring drag performers in C11
▪️Wednesday: No activities scheduled as students are learning from home due to scheduled parent/teacher interviews
▪️Thursday Lunch: Pride flag face painting, a scavenger hunt & a rainbow bake sale (at interval & lunchtime)
▪️Friday Lunch: Non-uniform day (students are encouraged to wear their pride colours) & Kahoots quizzes.

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💌 The stickers on this graphic (minus the HVHS one) are the official Schools’ Pride Week Aotearoa 2026 stickers, designed in collaboration with Wiz Butch. These stickers are free to order on the InsideOUT website, although a koha/donation is appreciated where possible to help cover the postage and coordination costs.

12/06/2026

HVHS Newsletter - Week 8, Term 2 | Principal’s Update, Relay for Life Fundraising, Pride Week, Buy Tickets Now for Urinetown: The Musical, 1st & 2nd Place at Techweek’s Hackathon, Art of Seeing Academy, Non-Uniform Day, Tala Filipino Club, Exam Centre Manager Vacancy, School Uniform Donations, Alumni Basketball and Netball Players Needed & More!

HVHS Newsletter

10/06/2026

Tickets are on sale for Urinetown: The Musical! Don't let the name put you off! This is a comedy that will have you laughing. Performances are scheduled in the last week of Term 2. Come along and support our talented student performers. Click the link below to buy your tickets now!

⬇️ Buy tickets via Try Booking:
https://www.trybooking.com/nz/events/landing/18776

📅 Performance Dates & Times:
▪️Tuesday, 30 June – 7.00pm
▪️Wednesday, 1 July – 7.00pm
▪️Thursday, 2 July – 7.00pm (Understudy Cast Performance)
▪️Friday, 3 July – 7.00pm
▪️Saturday, 4 July – 2.00pm (Matinee)

🎭 Central Cast:
Annabel Bennion*, Ashley Bird, Patrick Bradley, Kārena Coffey, Cora Coughlin, Luka Craig, Amelia Ferguson, Daniel Harmon, Tristan Hotter, Jahziah Kahaki, Rebecka Loren, Joseph Moorman*, Nathan Rodwell*, Katrina Schaff-Ede, Clara Shin*, Amelie Sternegard & Kaitoro Walker
*Understudies will perform their main roles at the Thursday, 2 July performance.

🎭 Understudies for the Central Cast:
Alice Payne, Devin Stinton, Jake Roberts & Maddison Roberts

🎭 Rich Chorus / Urine Good Company (UGC) Employees
Ella Collier, Jacinda Dunbar, Diana Gray, Dontae Holmes, Ryan Parks, Alice Payne, Jake Roberts, Jyotika Sunkarapalli, Tamina Tapara-Robin & Elouise Van Cooten.

🎭 Poor Chorus:
Shakira Abel-McEwen, Sam Cousins, Lucie Craig, Lily Mowat, Maddison Roberts, Devin Stinton & Oscar Young.

🎭 General Chorus:
Leah Bowden-Muru, Victoria Caulfield, Celeste Harmon, Rosie Underwood, Eva Vinnarason & Miriam Water.

🎭 Cop Chorus for “Cop Song”:
Ashley Bird, Patrick Bradley, Kārena Coffey, Lucie Craig, Cora Coughlin, Sam Cousins, Jacinda Dunbar, Amelia Ferguson, Daniel Harmon & Rebecka Loren.

🎭 The Band:
Nicholas Kovacev (Keyboard), Seth Houghton (Percussion – Act 1), Ivan Golubev (Percussion – Act 2), Andres Cartwright-Salinas (Reeds), Milton Davey (Bass Guitar) & Grace Wright (Trombone)

🎭 Production Choreography:
Patrick Bradley, Amy Buckham, Violet Chai, Emily Devine, Olly Goodfellow, Diana Gray & Kyla Hughes