International Student Fees 2025

Item Amount
Acceptance Fee $2,500 (following your offer letter, this fee confirms your enrolment place at Christ's College and provides your son with the benefits of a lifetime membership of the Christ’s College Old Boys’ Association)
Boarder $85,000
Dayboy $62,750 (excludes Boarding fee)
175th celebratory cost (Charged per student) $175 for 2025 only (every student will receive a specially designed 175th celebratory badge, a copy of the school’s 175th history book, and the highly anticipated one-in-five-year full-school photo. In addition, all 1st teams will proudly wear a 175th badge on their sports kits, symbolising this remarkable milestone in our history)

International student fees are payable in advance by the due date. All fees are inclusive of GST. Annual fees are the same for all year groups.

Inclusive of:

  • Tuition
  • Accommodation (Boarding)
  • College Uniform
  • Insurance
  • College incidental expenses (excluding laptop)
  • NCEA examination fee
  • ESOL support
  • Administration fee
  • Heritage & Building Levy

Pastoral care

  • House activities
  • House levies
  • House and individual photographs
  • Prefects' photograph
  • Year 13 leavers' photograph
  • Year 13 Founders' Dinner
  • Register Magazine

Co-curricular activities

  • Sports participation fees
  • Coaching costs
  • Outdoor Education camp costs
  • Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award registration fee for the Silver Award
  • Parents' Association levy to fund specific co-curricular programmes and parent connection – for example, House Music at the Town Hall and SchoolTV

Character & Leadership

  • Year 10 Immerse & Inspire – a four-week programme for Year 10 students, including the Boyle River Outdoor Education five-day camp; Kōhititia – a three-day workshop focused on global challenges; overnight Ōnuku Marae visit; tours of places of worship; workshop on Character & Leadership; specialist careers advice; specialist workshops on sexuality and identity
  • Year 11 Wellbeing Conference – a focus on how to handle the academic and social pressures students in this year group may be starting to face
  • Years 9–13 Year Group Leadership Development Programmes – they will consist of conferences and workshops where students learn about leadership and have the opportunity to think about the type of leader they wish to become

Payment

The total cost of tuition must be paid in full by the required date. Once payment has been made in full, a Letter of Fees Receipt will be issued.

Christ’s College has arranged insurance cover in compliance with the Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students.

Christ’s College agrees to observe the Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students published by the Ministry of Education. Copies of the Code are available on request from this institution or from the NZQA website at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/

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Refund policy

In order to be eligible for any refund the parents must apply in writing to the Executive Principal, stating the reasons for withdrawal from the course of study.

  1. If notice of cancellation is received in writing two weeks before the commencement of the course, full tuition fees and boarding fees will be refunded, less:
    1. NZ$2,500 administration fee
  2. If the parents wish to cancel the student’s further study after the course has commenced, tuition fee for the current school term plus one subsequent term’s fees will be retained.
  3. No refund when enrolment is withdrawn by the school.
  4. When an international student's passport status has been changed to permanent residence or work visa status, tuition fees for the current school term plus one subsequent term’s fees will be retained.