[2] The school is situated in the foothills of the Waitākere Ranges on an 8.5-hectare site, of which more than half is a bush reserve, a stream and a waterfall with rock faces that house glow worms.

This has meant that students are provided with onsite learning experiences that have shaped the curriculum and resulted in projects to maintain the environment.

[7] At the inaugural meeting of the Parent Teachers Association (P.T.A) held on 21 June 1977, R. Pirovich was elected as president and a Wine & Cheese evening was confirmed for 20 July.

Mayn retired at the end of 2000 and was acknowledged for the work he had done with the local principals' association, and by Jan Peach, the chair of the Board of Trustees, for challenging the school with his ideas, [achieving]... "in four years what most would have done in 10".

[11] He brought particular interests in information technology, literacy and numeracy and was also involved in developing the health and physical education learning areas of the New Zealand Curriculum.

The school celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2001 and present was the principal at the time, Barry Hambelton and his predecessors Jack Gledhill, Judy Bock and Ralph Mayn.

[16] 11-year-old student Hayley Dowling received the award after winning a poster competition in 2009, and over the day had "morning tea and lunch with the staff, opened mail, answered phone calls and addressed the assembly".

[17] The Drop Dead Gorgeous Show was held in 2000 and although it was originally planned for only one night, extra performances were needed due to the high demand for VIP seats.

Ex-School Committee members Bob Harvey and Tim Shadbolt, plus actors Shane Cortese, Jay Laga'aia and Craig Parker, and cricketer Daniel Vettori were among the celebrities who donated art work to the auction.

The principal Barry Hambleton explained the "interesting history" of the old hall, noting that it was originally a post office, moved onto the site in 1998, adding that the alterations "could easily cater for the school's roll of more than 300...[and]...we've got a number of community groups that can use it as well".

[26] A new library was completed in May 2007 and the principal told the community in a newsletter that it was "great and opened each lunch hour with a large number of children...the window seat now just needs some nice new cushions.

The ceremony involved a full pōwhiri for guests, including Mayor Bob Harvey who talked about his time at the school and presented four books for the library.

Lynne Pillay, a local Member of Parliament, said she was "convinced that the new library will be a wonderful tool to ensure the children of Konini School get the best education and support possible".

The formation, which involved 1799 students, took five minutes and was "captured by a drone camera and documented by a Guinness World Records project manager".

[43] Travelwise aims to build good communication between schools, and for Auckland Transport to provide information about local traffic conditions and possible future projects.

It was noted that Waitākere Ranges Local Board and Auckland Transport proposed to install new raised zebra crossings near the school.

[45] After obtaining a grant from Portage Licensing Trust in 2005, the school purchased a giant outdoor chess set which cost around $1800 and was imported from Germany.

[54] Patmore noted that when the Auckland Council hired her to teach kids about the environment using art, she wasn't yet an environmental artist, but realised you "can raise all the awareness you want, but if there’s no action, then it’s pointless".

The principal, Andrew Ducat said that he was doing what he could with limited resources and ensuring that learning about sustainability and the "protection and enhancement of the bush was a priority for the school".

Presland said that the Local Board aimed to offer some small grants and advice to schools such as Konini for restoration projects, and while through the "power of community and the passion of the staff and the pupils really good things can be achieved...[there were concerns]...that the Enviroschool's budget is one of the budgets that has been cut through Council cost-saving and the local board is being asked to fill in the gap...[for]...work [that] is far too important not to be funded".

[59] The school community was notified that some of the bush areas would be closed for a few days in May 2020 so that arborists could remove introduced trees to make room for the planting of native species.

[60] Konini was accredited as a Green-Gold Enviroschool[61] in November 2020 for their efforts in developing composting systems, taking care of the local bush, raising chickens and "growing kumara to make soup to celebrate Matariki with their community".

Dumping on school grounds was acknowledged as increasing by Owen Alexander of the Auckland Principals' Association, and Kerry Gregory, the Waitakere deputy fire officer, confirmed that since 2007, there had been 634 callouts to deal with hazardous substances.

Hambleton explained that the school attempted to fix the damage early in the morning to avoid causing upset to the students when they arrived.

He noted that fencing the school grounds was impossible but the board would install security cameras, concluding that people needed to be educated about the issue.

The proposal recommended a 30 km/h speed limit zone around the school, installment of pedestrian crossings, the development of a cycling shared path and widening of some of the footpaths.

Environment and Climate Change committee Deputy Chair Councillor Pippa Coom said the programme is about reducing transport emission by developing road safety goals aimed at making it "easier and safer for locals to use alternative methods to get around their neighbourhoods, and encouraging, for example, riding bikes to school instead of driving".

[73] Konini School caretaker Melissa Walen won a prize in the 2007 EcoWise Community Awards run by the Keep Waitakere Beautiful Trust which aimed to keep the area free of weeds, litter and graffiti.