Newspaper Notice 2017 – Hastings Boys’ High School Old Boys’ Association

HASTINGS BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL
OLD BOYS’ ASSOCIATION

Old Boys’ and Friends are invited to the Hastings Boys’ High School Old Boys’ Association Inaugural dinner on Friday 18th August 2017 in the HBHS School Hall. Sir Gordon Tietjens is our Guest Speaker and tickets are $75 available from the School Office. Doors Open at 6:30pm. For more information ring Anthea Bradley 06 873 0365 or email hbhsoldboys@hastingsboys. school.nz

Hastings Boys’ High School
“A Good Akina Man”
George Lowe
Mountaineer
Hastings Boys’ High School 1938-1943

Hastings Boys’ High School
“A Good Akina Man”
Bruce Robertson
Sportsman
Hastings Boys’ High School 1955-1959

Hastings Boys’ High School
“A Good Akina Man”
Craig Hickson
Businessman
Hastings Boys’ High School 1965-1969

Hastings Boys’ High School
“A Good Akina Man”
Sir Selwyn Cushing
Businessman
Hastings Boys’ High School 1949-1952

At the dinner we will be inducting 4 Old Boys into our Wall of Fame. These Old Boys have made a positive and impressive impact on the school and the country.

A Good Akina Man

Our motto: “AKINA” – AKINA is a word, which the Rangatira (Chief) in a Waka Taua (War Canoe) called to his men when the time had come to make supreme effort and dip their paddles fast. ‘Strike hard’ or “Go hard’ was the meaning. The motto was put to the assembled pupils on 3rd May, 1922, and ‘Akina’ was adopted unanimously. As a school we have adopted this motto to mean “strive hard” in the academic, sporting, cultural and community areas of life.