It was all about teamwork, strategy, and a keen eye for detail as teams of four from each house battled it out in the House Speed Puzzling Competition during assembly.
With a 300-piece puzzle standing between them and victory, the pressure was on to snap the pieces into place as quickly as possible.
In a surprising twist, points leader Te Puea hit a puzzling roadblock, finishing at the bottom of the leaderboard in both the Junior and Senior competitions. Meanwhile, Rutherford dominated the Senior division, while Hillary pieced together a win in the Junior event, tightening the overall House points race.
