Schools across Aotearoa have been in full stride with classrooms active, campuses occupied, and recently finished projects being put to the test through everyday use. Education is a sector Rubix has invested in deliberately and consistently, and the depth of our capability here has grown year on year. Over 2025 and into 2026, that commitment has translated into one of our strongest periods of education delivery to date.
What follows is a snapshot of that work and the schools we've been proud to support.
Northland
Northland is a region we know well, and one we're committed to. Over the past year, a strong body of school projects has kept us busy across the region, each one representing real investment in education communities that matter.
At Riverview School in Kerikeri, Rubix acted as Project Manager and Engineer to the Contract across a coordinated programme of works. This included the internal refurbishment of a classroom teaching block, alongside the refurbishment of the school hall – a substantial project delivered concurrently under a separate construction contract. Together, these works have significantly upgraded both teaching and community facilities. The result is a set of spaces that are genuinely fit for purpose and built to last.
Further south, Dargaville High School presented a different kind of challenge. As part of the overall development, partial demolition of an existing classroom block was carried out, as well as significant roofing works across the school. Rubix managed the full scope as Project Manager, Engineer to the Contract and Engineer’s Representative while keeping the school fully operational. These works support the wider masterplan Rubix developed alongside the school and the Ministry of Education, helping to guide the school’s development over the years ahead.
Beyond Riverview and Dargaville, recent works at Kaeo School, Whāngārei Primary School, and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori Ngāringa o Matariki round out an active period for the region – each project a further reflection of the sustained investment being made in Northland's schools and the communities they serve.
Auckland
Auckland has seen some of our more complex and varied education projects over the past year, spanning a landmark new school building, a new stage for a fast-growing Catholic secondary school, a chapel of real architectural distinction, and a significant programme of PPP expansions delivered simultaneously across the city.
Northcote College's new Technology and Classroom Block is a building that makes a statement. Known as Te Toka Tū Moana, it brings 33 specialist teaching spaces, a library and a learning support centre. Terraced into a steep slope with a kauri seed facade and designed with a long-term view on environmental performance, the building is the product of careful thinking at every stage. Rubix led project management through design, procurement and construction, helping turn an ambitious brief into a facility that supports the college's growing roll and long-term campus vision.
Northcote College Tech Block (Te Toka Tū Moana)
Growth brings its own pressures, and at St Ignatius of Loyola College, Stage 2 was the answer to some of them. Completed in early 2026 for the Catholic Diocese of Auckland, the project added a new three-storey teaching block, strengthened administration and pastoral care facilities, and new external courts. Rubix led delivery from design through to construction, keeping the programme on track while the school continued to operate. The result is a campus that can now genuinely keep pace with the community around it.
Dilworth School sits in a category of its own. St Patrick's Chapel, a new chapel and community centre designed by Jasmax, reached practical completion in July 2025. A soaring dual-plane raking ceiling rises twelve metres above a main nave seating 765 people. A minor chapel, a musical organ and carefully integrated AV systems complete the project. Rubix led project management on a live campus through complex structural and architectural interfaces, while delivering strong sustainability outcomes, including tree retention, specifying durable materials, onsite stormwater management and a BIM-led approach that reduced waste and rework.
Three PPP school expansions rounded out a demanding year in Auckland. Hobsonville Primary School, Matua Ngaru Primary School and Te Uho o Te Nikau Primary School were all delivered across 2025, each adding teaching blocks, multipurpose halls, carparking, courts and landscaping to campuses serving rapidly growing communities.
These projects formed part of the Ministry of Education’s first programme of PPP expansions led directly by the Ministry, before handover to the incumbent operational services subcontractor. This model introduced new contractual interfaces and responsibilities at every turn. Navigating that successfully, across three projects simultaneously, is a point of capability we're proud to stand behind.
Wellington
Wellington's education delivery this past year was defined by two projects that couldn't be more different from one another, yet both required the same careful, people-first approach that defines how we work.
At Te Ara Whānui Kura in Lower Hutt, Rubix led a comprehensive weathertightness remediation with new cladding systems, framing repairs, re-pitched membrane roofs and internal refurbishments. Delivery was structured around three staged handovers timed to school holidays, so staff and students were never displaced, and the school's rhythm was maintained throughout.
Queen Margaret College presented an entirely different brief with the conversion of a newly acquired adjacent property into a dedicated boarding residence for 18 senior students. The Queen Margaret Residence has been carefully designed to support independence and personal development while keeping students closely connected to school life. It is the latest chapter in a long-running relationship with the college, and a further sign of a campus that is steadily and purposefully evolving.
What runs through all of It
Regardless of the project, our approach stays consistent. We understand the regulatory, funding and governance frameworks that schools operate within, and we know what it takes to plan and deliver in live environments where continuity of learning is non-negotiable. Across Ministry-led, school-led and partnership delivery models, we work alongside principals, Boards and delivery partners to manage programme, safety and long-term asset performance.
Education is a sector we care about deeply, and the past year has been a strong reminder of why.
St Ignatius of Loyola College (Stage 2)
