Dance and Drama
Dio offers students a range of drama and music opportunities as curriculum subjects, as well as many co-curricular activities including:
- Smokefree Stage Challenge - an annual inter-school dance and drama competition
- Diocesan Shakespeare Festival - entries are chosen to go forward to the Regional Sheilah Winn Shakespeare in Schools Festival
- Regional Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival - winning entries at the regional contest participate at the national festival in Wellington
- House Dance - inter-house competitions as part of House Music contest
- Theatresports - weekly improvisation sessions
- Kapa Haka - Te reo Maori cultural group
- Productions - annual productions may include musicals and dramatic plays at various year levels and co-productions with Dilworth School.