Dio Old Girl makes Finalist for Young New Zealander of the Year

Lizzie Chan, who is finishing an LLB dissertation at The University of Auckland, has been selected as one of the three finalists for the Young New Zealander of the Year Award, according to The University of Auckland.

PM’s Future Scientist Credits Diocesan’s Pastoral Care and Teaching at Awards

Year 13 Diocesan student Nina Huang credited Diocesan’s pastoral care and teaching excellence when John Key awarded her the 2011 Prime Minister’s Future Scientist prize in Auckland on December 16.

Diocesan Scoops Four Wins at Young Sportsperson of the Year Awards

Auckland’s Diocesan School for Girls shone at this year’s ASB Young Sportsperson of the Year Awards with four out of eight of its finalist students winning their individual sports categories.

Alumnae Meritae awarded the highest New Zealand Science and Technology honour

Congratulations to one of Diocesan’s Alumnae Meritae on a very special first.

Professor Christine Coe Winterbourn, Class of 1959, is the first woman to be awarded the highest New Zealand Science and Technology honour, the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Rutherford Medal, for her discoveries in the field of Biology.

Two Diocesan Students Chosen to Study and Perform at London’s Globe Theatre.

Two Diocesan students have been selected ahead of more than 5000 drama students from all over New Zealand to study at London’s world famous Globe Theatre where Shakespeare’s plays were first performed. Sarah Snow and fellow Year 13 student Imogen Wells will head to London next July to spend two and a half weeks studying then performing at the Globe with a select group of young thespians chosen from around the world.