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Niuean Group
The Māngere College
Niuean Group was a
success.
It was a hard year for me. Not only
because we almost didn’t have a
group, but because it was very hard
to take the role of being a leader
because I had other responsibilities.
Other than that, I still got a group
together to compete in Polyfest
2018.
Throughout our rehearsals, it was a
relief to see how many people were
committed to our group and I loved
how much passion, love, and energy
the students had for the culture.
Picking our leaders for this group
was a hard decision but at the end, I
chose Hannah-Lily Tohilima-Franklin
because I saw how much love she
had for her culture, and seeing her
take charge of everyone made me
want to make her a leader because I
needed someone bossy. She is also a
good leader in other areas of school
so I was confident with her being a
leader for our group.
Coming to the last week of practices
it was emotional knowing all our
hard work is coming to an end, and
it was a blessing to see what we had
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achieved in the short time we had
together. Our last run through our
performance was the best I’ve seen.
All I saw was hard work from all
students.
The morning of Polyfest we all had
to be at school before 6:30 am, I
was glad to see our performers up
and ready looking really amazing.
Just being together that morning
was an experience I’ll never forget.
Seeing everyone encouraging each
other saying it’s going to be alright
or just hyping everyone up was a
big highlight for me. The dances we
performed were; Entrance, Ta Me
(Action Song), Meke, Lologo Tapu
(Church hymn), Takalo (War Dance)
and Exit. Every dance we did was
done to the highest standard. I
can’t explain how proud I am to be
a part of the Māngere College Niue
group. All the blood, sweat and tears
that had gone into rehearsing just
for that one day was all worth it in
the end.
Thank you to all the tutors;
Rissa Polima-Tapatau, Kaleb Samoa,
Luke Maiko, Tearataua Taviona, Pila
Kolonga, and to all the teachers incharge;
Mike Darraugh, Sally Haye,
Deb Ward and Aisake Tuitupou.
Fakaue lahi kia mutolu oti.
- Isaak Samoa
‘All the
blood, sweat
and tears
that had
gone into
rehearsing
just for that
one day was
all worth it in
the end.’
niuean Group
results
Lologo tapu tuai:
3rd - Māngere College