Immaculate Conception Pakipaki

04/08/2026

01/08/2026

This morning afternoon Miha we all processed outside to bless this rose garden which has been installed this week by Juarn Lewis. The rose garden has been built over a mass grave of babies said to have died in the care of Mēri Hōhepa Suzanne Aubert in the 1870s.

Late last year when the fibre cable was being laid through the village the contractors mistakenly cut the edge of the grave. The archaeologist confirmed the presence of the grave, and since then we have wanted to reinstate the rose garden to protect and acknowledge the grave.

24/07/2026

💙 Open Day 2026 - Nau mai, haere mai! 💙

We warmly invite all prospective students and whānau along to our Open Day for 2026.

Friday 7th August 2026 - 1:00pm

18/07/2026

Its a beautiful crisp morning here in Pakipaki. Wherever you are and whatever you are doing may God bless you and shine light on you.

11/06/2026

Pā Rob McGowan attended the Ngāti Kahungunu Fish Hook Summit this week to give hope to all of those who work to care for creation across our tribe. Check out what he had to say here on the Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Inc. FB page.

05/06/2026

A big huge thank you to the Parish of Hastings for supporting the our Maori Mission appeal to collect books for the Mangateretere School library during Lent this year.

Principal Grace Ropitini said years of declining student numbers, ageing buildings, a lack of provided resources, and growing financial pressures on the school had taken their toll.

“When I started at the beginning of the year, I walked into what was the school library, and there were zero books in the library,” Ropitini told Hawke’s Bay Today.

14/05/2026

All the best to all those participating in the O'Shea Shield competition in Lower Hutt this weekend.

Best of luck to all of our team who have travelled to Lower Hutt to compete in this year’s O’Shea Shield.

O’Shea Shield is an annual public speaking and drama competition requiring our students to be on their feet, thinking, talking, debating and entertaining the audience. The competition takes place annually and has been running since 1946. It sees students from the seventeen Catholic secondary schools in the Wellington Archdiocese and Palmerston North Diocese - which includes our college and Hato Pāora in Feilding - test their skills around a central topic. In 2026, it will be “Returning to the Heart”.

This is a very auspicious occasion with the 17 Catholic schools competing in Debating, Junior Prepared Speech, Oratory, and Impromptu Speech, Religious Questions, Scripture Reading in English and in Te Reo Māori, and Drama. Close to 300 secondary school students will descend on Lower Hutt from as far afield as the Hawke’s Bay and Nelson. Counting their cohorts, teachers and whanau, we are expecting close to 400 people to descend on the college for the events, and 500-600 people to attend the Drama performances at the Performing Arts Centre, Sacred Heart College.

All events will be held at Sacred Heart College in 65 Laings Road, Lower Hutt. All events are open to the public, free of charge.

💙 I o Mahi Katoa Mahia 💙

07/05/2026

It was great to have the Young Marist Team and student leaders at Pakipaki last weekend and we hope to see you all again soon.

02/05/2026

We have a wonderful weekend here in Pakipaki welcoming whānau to Mihiroa for Te Rā o Hinepuaraurangi and the at Houngarea to welcome the school leaders from all Marist Schools nationally who have their annual leadership camp here at St John's College this week.

30/04/2026

Miha this Sunday 8.00am at Pakipaki. Haere mai.