Activities Fee .
The cost of running a modern secondary school is enormous. Most of the money is paid by the government but, in fact, that only pays for basic tuition costs. Everything else must be paid from other sources.

The Activities Fee is therefore an annual contribution requested of all families (by all New Zealand state schools) to ensure there are sufficient resources to provide an education that is as comprehensive and of a quality that we and parents would like. In particular, the annual amount provided by the government for the important Information Technology part of College education is about 10% of the total cost. The Board is committed to maintaining and developing a sound IT capacity for student education as well as ensuring that the computer based administration costs of the College are supported. All students are given a large quantity of copied materials which incurs the cost of paper and copying along with copyright licensing.

The Activities Fee therefore assists with sporting and cultural activities, trophies, library books, our field station at Putara, computer education and administration, provision of copied material to students and many other student needs.

The fee for 2010 is:

• $230 for one child plus $20 for the annual school magazine, Tawahi
• $187 for each of two students in a family plus $20 for each school magazine
• $151 for each of three students in a family plus $20 for each school magazine
• 136 for each of four students in a family plus $20 for each school magazine