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Niuean Group<br />
The <strong>Mangere</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Niuean Group in <strong>2017</strong> was<br />
an amazing adventure. I<br />
learnt many things during<br />
my whole experience.<br />
I really liked learning the reasons<br />
behind the Niuean culture. At the<br />
start there were only three boys and<br />
fifteen girls. I made many friends<br />
and also got the chance to learn<br />
a little bit more about the Niuean<br />
culture.<br />
While practising, the whole group<br />
faced many challenges and were<br />
exhausted practising after school<br />
every day. The effort people put<br />
into our practices wasn't that great<br />
because of how exhausted everyone<br />
was. When I saw how the practices<br />
were going, I decided to step up<br />
my game towards the group by<br />
becoming the Niuean Leader. I<br />
made sure all students were present<br />
at practice after school, and stepped<br />
up by becoming the main speaker<br />
of the group. As the Niuean leader<br />
I wanted more students to join<br />
so they could see how great the<br />
Niuean culture is. So I got all of my<br />
rugby boys to join and they did.<br />
They started off badly, by mucking<br />
around and not listening to me.<br />
But once they saw that the Niuean<br />
culture should be respected, they<br />
listened. Then the real journey<br />
began.<br />
Every day after school, all members<br />
of the group were there and ready<br />
to practise, and they respected me<br />
as the leader. It was then I realised<br />
how much the students loved this<br />
Niuean dance. Every practice was a<br />
blessing and brought us students<br />
closer to each other and closer to<br />
the dance of Niue. Despite all the<br />
challenges and struggles, we took<br />
some awards home. We claimed our<br />
first award for being 1st place for the<br />
Ta Me (Niuean action song) and the<br />
second award for the Lologo tapu<br />
foou (Niuean Church hymn).<br />
Our tutors Sam Pilisi, Jayne Uhi,<br />
Amber Patutaue-Utai and Leki<br />
Bourke-Jackson stepped up to be<br />
our leaders to teach and help us.<br />
Thanks to all of you.<br />
-Isaak Samoa, Niuean Group Leader<br />
stage Results<br />
Lologo Tapu Foou<br />
Ta Me<br />
2nd Place<br />
1st Place<br />
26 <strong>Mangere</strong> <strong>College</strong> - <strong>2017</strong>
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