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Yr 9 MARAE TRIP At the Year 9 marae trip we enjoyed a large variety of activities. Some of these activities included haka, waiata and flax weaving and my favourite was going to the beach. We went down to the beach and tried to find toheroa. We went for lots of walks, going to places with cool things, like the war watch We learnt new hakas and songs. We played frisbee and Matua told us things about the marae and the Maori culture. Matua told us scary stories about the gods. We ate really good food! I really enjoyed spending time with everyone. The marae was an amazing building. Matua Jeromy told us scary stories before we went to sleep. It was an absolutely amazing experience that anyone could take part in and feel welcomed - even the teachers! One-sentence-summaries by 9SP page 30
There have been a lot of changes for kapa haka this year. Matua Jeromy started the year off with good routines adding Wednesday afternoons to the schedule allowing two and a half hours a week to practice. We spent the first half of the year learning new material to put together a full bracket involving whakaeke, hiimene, waiata, haka, taiaha and poi. The second half of the year saw the students perform at events for the winter season. We welcomed new staff to Cardrona Alpine Ski Resort in the Lake Wanaka Centre, opened the final for the men’s half pipe at the Audi Winter Games and opened the Special Winter Olympics at the Hawea Hotel. We have been busy helping with the MAC house haka competition, ERO powhiri, junior school powhiri for international students and senior and junior prizegivings. This group is fortunate enough to not only have passionate seniors who are confident and can lead at a high intensity but also many junior students that are equally committed and improving all the time. It was also great to see so many international students join us and get involved for a while, we really enjoyed teaching you all a part of NZ heritage and hopefully you’ll be able to take the haka and waiata home with you. Although this is a new cultural experience for me, it has been an absolute pleasure to facilitate and be apart of the MAC kapahaka group this year. I am incredibly proud of their performances and the way they uphold such an important part of our culture within the school and wider community. Here are also some highlights from the students: “Having the para-skiers join us while performing at the welcoming for them” “Enjoying our Wednesday afternoons and being able to have fun and laugh as a group when we made mistakes” “Performing up at Cardrona wearing piupiu in the snow” “The overwhelming praise from the welcoming powhiri of the Special Olympics” Kaz Saunders KAPAHAKA Students involved in kapahaka 2015: Noel Bisson, Riley Bruce, Matty McLean, Alex Mitchell, Anna Edwards, Olly McKenzie, Sean Dickey, Ben Harrington, Jamie Toomey, Mitchell Evans, Jahnaan Hodson, Ayla Smalls, Jessie McKenzie, James Suddaby, Kahu Griffin, Aden Cassaidy, Jin Wook Hong, Phoenix Cooper. page 31
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Page 5 and 6: BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ REPORTS It has
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Page 9 and 10: STUDENT COMMITTEES Mount Aspiring C
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Page 13: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? We caught up wi
Page 17 and 18: It was 3am April 25th 1915 as our b
Page 19 and 20: Back: Thomas Gibson, Mero Williams,
Page 22 and 23: RUTHERFORD Rutherford is an awesome
Page 24 and 25: Back: Annika Gibson, Lachie MacDona
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Page 29 and 30: 8SL CAMP RAP Monday 31st of August,
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Page 37 and 38: Year 10 Art Max Hall Samantha Wilki
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Page 43 and 44: Tall glassy skyscrapers touch the s
Page 45 and 46: My Valentines Day Present Ding dong
Page 47 and 48: CREATIVE HISTORICAL EATING The Azte
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Page 53 and 54: Yr 10 Netball A team Back - Grace L
Page 55 and 56: Adventure racing Back - Cory O’Re
Page 57 and 58: Cross country / biathlon squad Back
Page 59 and 60: Senior football Back - Jette Cavana
Page 61 and 62: Girls’ rugby Back - Brittany Smit
Page 63 and 64: OP Outdoor Pursuits involves mounta
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Page 67 and 68: A special mention this year has to
Page 69 and 70: LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW Partying
Page 71 and 72: Solo/Duo Acoustic Melody - Ellen Ca
Page 73 and 74: GATEWAY Gateway this year has been
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Page 77 and 78: LEAVERS’ DINNER page 75
Page 79 and 80: LEAVERs’ PROFILES Name: Adele Tho
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Mrs Kris Logan BLO Erica Ayres, Har
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PISA PAL Ra Anderson, Franco Laurit
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RMR Hugo Agstner, Hannah Barham, Ma
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