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Glitz and glam masquerade for the MBAS seniors

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June 17, 2025

Mercury Bay Area School 2025 Ball.

Colleges have a ball every year. Creativity keeps on inventing or reinventing themes or restyling old themes. Students prepare to dress in their own take or style on that theme.

The theme at Mercury Bay Area School last Saturday night was ‘Glitz and Glam a la Masquerade’ held at the Whitianga town hall.

An extravagant range of ball costumes – some elegant, some amazingly outlandish, some simply beautiful, some very individual, made a delightful glitz and glam occasion.

The head students and prefects work hard to organise the programme, decorate the venue, ensure a good supply of suitable food and drink, safety for all students, inclusion of all students and then there is the clean-up which is no small feat. In this, parents are huge supporters, right down to cleaning the toilets after the ball is over.

This happens everywhere in small communities throughout New Zealand. Whitianga is proud to know that Mercury Bay Area School with its head students and prefects, give their best in time, initiative and leadership to bring about a good ball. They did just that.

And everywhere there were teachers dressed in their masquerade costumes supporting the occasion and ensuring that the students have a great time.

Congratulations to the key members of this working team – Sienna Reader – Head Girl, Cameron Lee – Head Boy, Mila Smith de Zeeuw and Euan Stewart – Deputy Head Boy and Kizzy Samson – Wellbeing Student Leader.