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Participating Schools 2026

List of schools whose choirs will form the Massed Choirs of the 2026 Music Festival.

School Choir programme detail

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2026 Participating Schools

Addington Te Kura Taumatua
Aidanfield Christian School
Akaroa Area School
Amuri Area School
Ararira Springs Primary – Te Puna o Ararira
Avonhead School – Rakipaoa
Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto
Canterbury Home Education
Cheviot Area School
Chisnallwood Intermediate
Christ The King School
Christchurch East School
Clearview Primary
Cotswold Mātāhae School
Darfield School
Diamond Harbour School
Elmwood Normal School
Emmanuel Christian School
Greymouth Combined
Haeata Community Campus
He Puna Karumata Leeston Consolidated School
He TĪwai Mātaurnga Heaton Normal Intermediate
Heathcote Valley School
Hillview Christian School
Hoon Hay Te Kura Kōaka
Hurunui College
Ilam School
Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate
Kaiapoi North School

Knights Stream School – Mingimingi Hautoa
Lemonwood Grove School
Mairehau Primary School
Medbury School
Merrin School Ngā Whetū Kohara
Middleton Grange School
New Brighton Catholic School
Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka
Our Lady of the Assumption School
Paparoa Street School
Pareawa Banks Avenue School
Parkview Pārua
Pegasus Bay School
Pūtahi Belfast School
Queenspark Te Hua Mānuka
Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
Rangiora New Life School
Rudolf Steiner School
Sacred Heart School
Selwyn House School
Sheffield Contributing School
Somerfield Te Kura Wairepo
South New Brighton School
St Albans School
St Andrew’s College Preparatory School
St Joseph’s ki Māhutonga (Papanui)
St Joseph’s School (Rangiora)
St Margaret’s College
St Mark’s School
St Mary’s School

St Patrick’s School (Bryndwr)
St Peter’s School Te Kura Haoika
Sumner School
Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School
Te Ara Maurea Roydvale School
Te Hiwa Shirley Primary School
Te Koromiko Swannanoa School
Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington
Te Kura o Mōkihi Spreydon School
Te Kura o Te Mātāpuna Isleworth School
Te Kura o te Tauawa Halswell School
Te Maire St Francis of Assisi School
Te Manu Tukutuku South Hornby School
Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School
Te Puna Waiora o Hereora – Breens Intermediate School
The Cathedral Grammar School
Tuia Burnside Primary School
Tūora Fendalton School
Waihi School
Wairakei School
Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate
Waitākiri Primary School
Weedons School
West Eyreton School
West Melton School
Westburn Te Kura o Hereora
Westport Combined Schools
Wigram Primary School – Te Piki Kāhu
Yaldhurst School Tōtara Tūkaha