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Performing arts

Many private schools mount elaborate stage productions, but the Auckland-based Corelli Academic School of the Arts specialises in performance. Pupils present drama, musicals, dance and concerts in a well-equipped theatre. The academic curriculum prepares students at Corelli, like those at a number of other private schools, to sit University of Cambridge examinations.

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Megan Cook, Private education – Private schools in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/35023/performing-arts (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 14 June 2012.