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Academic Pathways at Dio How it works: Students in Years 1-...
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Service Learning at Dio Our desire to have Service Learning...
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In the Junior High School the Infinite programme will suppor...
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Religious Studies Programme in Junior High School:
The Future Problem Solving programme is particularly fi...
Sixty percent of the jobs that our current students will end...
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We have very talented teachers and coaches, and there are...
Excellent Facilities Dio embraces modern training methods t...
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About New Zealand We are a safe, clean, stable, modern...
Being an all-girls school is one of the key reasons for ou...
University Entrance International students enjoyed anothe...
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At Senior School we believe education is about independence,...
The wide range of activities on offer, provide the girls wit...
Whichever sport your daughter chooses we have the team a...
Educational leadership Before her appointment to Diocesan,...
While we teach conceptual knowledge and understanding, it is...
The inspirational Rosabeth Moss Kanter, who is professor of...
"Programmes that teach citizenship, mindfulness and ethics a...
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Religious Studies is also taught at Level 2 and Level...
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Diocesan’s Career Development Centre provides guidance...
We believe education is about independence, a thirst for kno...
We encourage all girls to be involved in the arts, not only...
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Recruitment and selection policy All vacancies are first...
Margaret grew up in Christchurch but has spent all her adult...
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Carolle Varughese, a senior physics teacher at Dio and an as...
The Diocesan School Arts Centre has been shortlisted for Te...
A Year 12 Dio student has been selected as global youth advi...
Year 13 Dio student Grace Field, won a scholarship to study...
In honour of International Women’s Day, our Principal Heathe...
Students from 2021 have achieved a fantastic level of succes...
Huge congratulations to Esther Oh, who has achieved top in...
Congratulations to all the 2021 award recipients.
Congratulations to the following Dio prefects of 2022.
Our Director of Sport, Angie Winstanley-Smith has been selec...
The Dio rowing girls would appreciate your help supporting t...
Notable Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) achievements have bee...
Dio German Language students joined over 100 Auckland studen...
Over nine thousand students from 32 schools across Auckland...
Year 13 film maker, Amy Thomson, will have her film shown in...
Dio has established a new faculty, Te Whare Huia, to embrace...
Dio Principal, Heather McRae, has recieved an ISNZ Distingu...
A new model of teacher education currently in place at sever...
Melissa Brady’s water conservation initiatives at Diocesan S...
Year 12 biology student, Sarah Ellis has been selected as on...
Christine Aixinjueluo might only be eleven, but she has just...
Alice Tilley, Dio Head Girl (2015), has been offered a place...
Four Dio girls scored 40 or higher for their IB Diploma in 2...
The 2020 Senior Prizegiving Awards were held in the new Dio...
2020 Arts Awards Celebration – Friday 30th October at 6.00pm...
Dio won awards in the 2020 Young Enterprise scheme, includin...
Congratulations to all our 2020 Sports Award recipients.
Year 12 students Kate Wellington, Phebe Mason and Sarah Youn...
Congratulations to Year 11 student Sarah Ellis who came fir...
Recent Old Girl, Sadie Sumich, has been awarded one of only...
Senior Students Charlotte Adams and Anamika Murugananthan to...
While New Zealand moves to Covid-19 Alert Level 4 from tonig...
Students at Diocesan School for Girls have again gained exce...
Lena Jacob won Gold in the Individual Women’s Foil at the Au...
Three Year 12 Dio students have been awarded scholarships to...
Prudence Fowler has been selected to represent New Zealand a...
Manea Heeney entered the ‘International Environmental Childr...
A full list of all our Junior High School Prizegiving award...
A full list of all the Senior prize giving award winners fro...
The winners of the Diocesan Sports Awards for 2019
The Year 10 Dio student has triumphed over hundreds of stude...
A remarkable 11 Dio girls across a range of sports have been...
Dio Thespian Anisha de Silva has taken a top prize in the Ne...
Dio bands Shade and DeZire performed at the BandQuest compe...
Fantastic results for Dio at the NZSS Orienteering Champs l...
The KBB Festival is now the largest youth music festival for...
Congratulations to Virtuoso Voce who picked up Gold as well...
Dio fencers continued their successful run this year, with L...
Anneke was part of a team of four representing New Zealand a...
32 girls were involved in the chamber music competition from...
Senior Hip Hop crew took second place at the Project Taurang...
The Alumna Merita assembly honours a Diocesan Old Girl who h...
Congratulations to Anneke Cummack and Emma Wong-She who have...
Junior School student Deva Perese, has been selected to repr...
Our Year 11 student Olivia Blanchard has been awarded not on...
Former Dio Girl, (Class of 2018) Emma Uren has received a Yo...
Year 13 cycling superstar Prudence Fowler has been selected...
A list of prize winners from the 2018 JHS prize giving event...
The 2018 Diocesan Senior Prize Giving results
We are proud to announce that the International Baccalaureat...
The Diocesan Arts Awards were held on Wednesday 24 October i...
Dio swim team wins the top girls school at the 2018 National...
Congratulations to our St Cecelia singers for taking a gold...
Our Year 12 student, Georgia Skelton, has just returned from...
The KBB Festival is now the largest youth music festival for...
One of the world’s top music schools, Julliard, has come cal...
Dio Old Girl, Professor Margaret Brimble, has just became th...
Year 12 Dio student Alice Haslett has been selected to repr...
Dio students have once again gained exceptional results in...
A Year 10 Dio Student, Katie Crawford, has been selected to...
Year 11 Awards Academic Honours with Certificates for Top i...
View the prize recipients of Junior High School Prizegiving...
Dio is proud to announce that Lydia Watson is the Dux for 20...
Dio student Piper Whitehead (Year 13) has won the top prize...
Diocesan School duo, Sienna French and Halle Rankin Hastie,...
Dio Old Girl Arianna Ryan just captained a team of Engineeri...
Dio has won Top School in the 2017 48-hour film festival for...
After a 33 year wait, the Dio ski team took the overall win...
Life as a Dio parent is about to get significantly easier. D...
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TrioAstor - Y12 He-Min Lee on piano, Maia-Dean Martin on vi...
Last week saw our annual Concerto and Aria Competitions take...
Last week a team of girls spearheaded by science teacher Mr...
On Tuesday we celebrated our Annual Women2Watch assembly. W...
Last Thursday Diocesan choristers excelled themselves at the...
On Friday we had 30 girls involved in the Auckland District...
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In recent weeks, Year 13 student Piper Whitehead has been se...
Congratulations to all the runners!
Congratulations to our Dio swimmers competing at the NAGS Ch...
This week we have our senior girls competing in our annual f...
Well done to our intrepid orienteers on their start-of-seaso...
Amazing back-to-back trampoline wins four years in a row!
Amazing results from Dio against Auckland's top school-aged...
Another successful Dio water polo season wrapped up
Hattie Johnston and Sunny Zhang had a very busy first week o...
Congratulations to Year 13 students Kennedy Howse, Ella Rile...
Last weekend we had the film crew in the theatre as we began...
The Water Polo North Island Secondary Schools' Championships...
Dio hip hop teams are thrashing it out and preparing hard fo...
Our rock band programme is off to a great start. We have our...
Dio rowing season finally underway!
Two Dio athletes, Lucy Shennan and Maddie Kelso-Heap, travel...
After some welcome news last week that orchestras can finall...
A rebuilding year for Dio cricket, we have had a number of s...
Last Thursday we ran the first arts event of the year and th...
Over the weekend, Piper Hayton competed at the St Peter's N...
Year 13 student Chantelle May has been selected for the Juni...
Year 8 student Eva Zheng is a star on the guzheng, and havin...
Swimming sports in 2022 took place on 11 February at the Di...
Team Dio kicked off the College Sport season in style at th...
Last weekend, senior students Lizzie Shapland and Mia Barke...
At the end of 2021 Yr7 violinist Angel Tao won first prize i...
It’s been a busy start to the year for the Dio Sports Depar...
Next Thursday an amazing array of young talent is being show...
Looking ahead at a busy and exciting year of co-curricular a...
We are very excited to be announcing some great collaborativ...
Melody Xue is one to watch
Our JHS choir Bella Cantoris was selected to perform at Cade...
Thrilling results from the Town Hall on Tuesday 17 August
Two of our Dio teams performed magnificently at the NZCAF re...
Our drama girls had a hugely successful weekend at Howick at...
We had a great set of results on Saturday 14 August at the a...
Congratulations to all of the DIO students who played in the...
Over the recent holiday, Year 7 Ann Kyle won placings with i...
Congratulations to our Dio cyclists on their fantastic resul...
Congratulations to our girls, we are so proud of you!
Congratulations on your sensational recent successes!
Congratulations to Emma Samuels and Cerys Findlow
Congratulations to Jemima Dryden
1st, 2nd and 3rd places for our U-14, U-16 and U-19 girls
At the end of last term our Hip Hop crews had some great suc...
Congratulations to Melissa Uren, Phebe Mason and Rosie Leish...
Congratulations to all our Concerto and Aria finalists who p...
Third place at Auckland Schools' Ski Champs!
Congratulations to Clementine Dryden!
Congratulations on podium place, and U-18 rep team selection...
Sienna Zhang and Chantelle May receive certificates at the P...
Lucy Kilgour, Year 10, has placed in a new national speech...
Well done to our athletes at the Auckland Rogaine Secondary...
Congratulations to both junior teams on a successful Northe...
Hard work pays off with amazing results
Congratulations to the following girls
Dio had three bands being represented at Rockquest on Saturd...
We were delighted to be awarded four prizes across four diff...
Congratulations to the team on some outstanding results
Well done to the team on their success in the Auckland regio...
Congratulations to all our Dio athletes
Results: A home win and an away loss
Three out of our 4 bands made it the Regional finals
Congratulations to our six Dio divers - Pippy, Lauren, Isla,...
Congratulations to Melody, Frankie, Celest and Emma!
Congratulations to Sienna French and Anika Wood
Congratulations to Grace Wellington
Well done to Neve Sutherland and Rosa Lambert-Oakley
Congratulations to Brooke, Victoria, Amelia, Mackenzie, Anna...
A Dilworth School and Diocesan School for Girls production.
Congratulations to all our Dio runners!
Congratulations to Charlie, Ella and Sophie!
Well done to semifinalists Jess and Chloe
Congratulations to our Dio tennis players on their recent su...
Congratulations to Chantelle May on her U-17 NZ Women's Foil...
Congratulations to our Premier and Senior A water polo teams...
Congratulations to all our teams on some fantastic College S...
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselve...
Congratulations to the very talented Melissa Uren
Hard work pays off for Dio in school and club competitions
Our senior Hip Hop crew performed during the holidays in the...
Congratulations to Amelia, Sienna and Lucy on their second...
Congratulations to all our Dio medallists at the traditional...
Two of our talented Year 12 students Hattie Johnston and Su...
There's nothing like a drought to make you rethink your wate...
Over the summer holidays, Year 13 violinist Esther Oh achiev...
Congratulations to the Junior Tennis teams on their Term 4...
Mandipa Mhuka (Year 6) to play this Saturday
Congratulations to Ann Kyle and Christine Aixinjueluo on bei...
at ASB Waterfront Theatre
Congratulations to Peta Clark on her gold and silver medals...
Well done to Molly, Juliet and Georgia who competed recently...
Congratulations to Rebecca on a huge month of climbing even...
Congratulations on the outstanding results and superb effort...
Congratulations to all our Dio hockey award winners for thei...
with the Royal New Zealand Ballet
Year 12 flautist Helen Kim is a rising star!
There have been some great results from the Dio rowing squad...
Congratulations to Lauren Williams (12SE) and Amelia Green (...
Held on Friday 30 October in the Diocesan Arts Theatre
Congratulations to Ann Kyle (7RO) who got to work with a Bro...
Congratulations to Katie on her success at the 2020 National...
Outstanding medal successes by the Dio swimming team at the...
Congratulations to Lizzie Shapland on her selection for the...
Congratulations to Christine Aixinjueluo (7SE) and Ann Kyle...
Congratulations to Eleanor Christensen (10MI) on her podium...
Well done to Jess on her selection into the 2020 NZ Maori U2...
Congratulations to Jess on a successful 2020 Winter Ski Seas...
Podium places for 1st and 2nd XIs at Upper North Island Hock...
Dio pair finish second at Duathlon Championships
Dio fencers claim gold at secondary school champs
Oar-some success for Dio rowers at ARA Awards!
Diocesan has been working through the process of becoming a...
This International Women’s Day we're celebrating a Dio Old G...
Great teachers have a heart for the difference they make, wh...
The Independent Schools of New Zealand this week celebrated...
A Q & A with our Year 9 Dean, Languages Teacher, Water Polo...
This is the education at Diocesan we aspire to...
Information at our fingertips alone, does not amount to a gr...
Effective teaching and what a highly effective teacher does...
Teachers within Dio’s Health and Physical Education faculty...
Parents often wonder about the middle years of education wh...
Principal Heather McRae discusses new US research over gende...
Transcript of Principal Heather McRae's commissioning speech...
In celebration of International Women's Day today, our Princ...
Aksheen Dhillon is heading to Parliament to be a voice for t...
In a few short weeks, a group of Diocesan students will bold...
The big OE is a right of passage for many young Kiwis, but o...
Dio Teacher is fostering an interest in computer science and...
At Dio we have been celebrating Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori!
As one of New Zealand’s leading independent girls’ school, D...
In recognition of International Women's Day on Thursday, Hea...
New Zealand public have a unique opportunity to view origina...
It’s not often a school propagates its own rose variety, bu...
Dio Old girl wins prestigious Engineering Competition
Diocesan School for Girls is thrilled to announce that Zoe T...
Composing and producing an original musical isn’t usually as...
Canvas magazine takes a look at whether teaching ethics shou...
By Heidi Bernard, year 13 student
The year two Diocesan teams travelled to Peru and Bolivia fo...
International Student Representative Yuri Kim talks to us ab...
Service Learning is a big part of who we are at Diocesan. B...
Recently we had Internet expert Brett Lee in to discuss his...
Head of the Junior School Suzanne Brewin explains the Intern...
Principal Heather McRae explains our strategy and vision for...
We spoke to three of our Year 13 IB students, Natalee Zhu, T...
Diocesan Career Development Services Director, Liz Morris, h...
Heather McRae looks at the difference an all girls' school m...
Deputy Principal and Head of the Junior School Sue Brewin ex...
How Change Knowledge is the answer to that very question.
Director for the Centre of Ethics Nina Blumenfeld discusses...
The Caring Shed at Diocesan is a way for our community to gi...
Parents and educators are often very persuaded by new ideas...
Each year our Year 13’s develop a goal that they work togeth...
As one of 52 students chosen from hundreds, Year 13 student...
After an analysis of research, we now know that there are wa...