Kristin is pleased to welcome our new Executive Principal Kim Green who started in January 2025.
Kim has joined Kristin from the International School in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where she was Head of School (Executive Principal). She has replaced outgoing Executive Principal Mark Wilson, who has taken up an equivalent executive principal position as Rector at St Andrew’s College in Christchurch after nearly six years leading Kristin.
Growing up around New Zealand, Kim studied at Waikato University and started her career as a geography and social studies teacher at Auckland’s Rosehill College in 1998 followed by six years at St John’s College, Hamilton.
In 2006, she accepted a role at Vientiane International School in Laos, where she began teaching the International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes. Here, Kim was the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) coordinator and she was later appointed Secondary School Principal.
Kim then moved to the International School Dhaka in Bangladesh in 2014 as head of the Secondary School and then she held the role of Director/Executive Principal at Qatar Academy Sidra in 2017, both IB World Schools. She started her current position at International School Ho Chi Minh City in 2020. Kim is humbled to have joined Kristin and returned home to Aotearoa.
“I was drawn to Kristin’s strong family-oriented environment and commitment to developing future ready learners. What truly resonated with me was Kristin’s Christian values and foundational story – a learning community created by families for their tamariki.
“I am deeply impressed by Kristin’s commitment to progressive education, wellbeing and the International Baccalaureate continuum. These core elements create a powerful foundation for empowering every educator and learner with a sense of creativity and curiosity, a local and global perspective, for fostering a culture of care and belonging, and for ensuring that all ākonga are equipped to thrive in our interconnected world,” Kim says.
Kim is looking forward to working alongside Kristin’s dedicated staff, passionate students, supportive whānau and committed board to nurture the continued growth and success of Kristin.
Exceptional academic results for Kristin Senior School students
It has been a very positive start to 2025 for the Kristin community with some exceptional academic results received for our 2024 International Baccalaureate (IB) and NCEA students.
Starting with IB, Kristin students achieved a remarkable 100% pass rate in the IB Diploma. On top of this, 23 students (28% of candidates) scored 40 or more points – out of a possible 45 – which qualifies them as New Zealand IB Top Scholars. All IB Top Scholars from around New Zealand will be celebrated in a special ceremony in early 2025.
Kristin’s highest scorer was Nicole Wong, with a perfect score of 45 points, an incredible result which places her in the top 1% of students globally. We also had four students – Emma Gunn, Joey Li, Fiona Rogan and Randal Yao – gain a score of 43 points. The average diploma score for our students was 36 points, which is on par with our results in 2023.
In NCEA, the results were also outstanding. At Level 2, students achieved an overall pass rate of 94%, with 84% getting endorsement at Excellence or Merit. At Level 3, students achieved a 96% pass rate, with 70% getting endorsement at Excellence or Merit. Overall, 95% of our NCEA students gained University Entrance (UE).
Further to this, 97% of our students (NCEA and International Baccalaureate (IB) combined) gained UE.
Reflecting on her perfect IB Diploma score, Nicole Wong says, “I feel really good and relieved. I would definitely like to thank Kristin, especially all of my teachers and other staff. I feel that Kristin has been a really motivating and supportive community for me academically but also beyond that as well. Being able to pursue things like chamber music, debating and Maths Olympiad while also doing the IB Diploma was something that really fulfilled me holistically and allowed me to get to this point.”
Kristin Senior School Principal David Boardman says: “Once again, our students have done themselves, the school and the entire Kristin community proud with these remarkable results. Year after year, our students receive results that place them among the top students from across the world. It is fantastic to see these students rewarded for their hard work. We congratulate all of our IB Diploma and NCEA students from the class of 2024 on their incredible results and wish them all the best in their future endeavours.”
