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8 Tuesday August 13 2019 News Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi NOR’WEST NEWS Rocking all the way to nationals • By Claire Booker NATALIE Hutton and Minnie Robberds have been selected for the Smokefreerockquest nationals, and they can’t wait to be on stage. The 18-year-olds will compete against two other line-ups in the solo/duo category with their group There’s A Tuesday Between A Monday And Between A Wednesday. The event will be held on September 14 in Auckland. Natalie is the St Margaret’s College co-head of arts and has been singing and songwriting since she was in primary school. Her love for music was sparked by a birthday present when she was young. “It was a terrible blue coloured and nylon string guitar which is still the best present ever received to this day,” she said. Minnie is a student at Christchurch Girls’ High School and her love for music came from listening to her parent’s music growing up. “Artists like Patti Smith and Neil Young,” she said. The duo entered the Smokefreerockquest last year as a • By Claire Booker FIRST-TIME KAPA haka entry Ngā Whatumoana may not have qualified for the national secondary schools competition in 2020, but the students made their schools proud. Ngā Whatumoana was a composite group of Papanui and Mairehau high school students. The group finished seventh at the Waitaha Secondary Schools Kapahaka Whakataetae at Burnside High School recently. Ngā Whatumoana was one of 12 groups entered in the competition. The high schools combined because it suited the students and teachers to perform as one group, ROCKERS: Natalie Hutton from St Margaret’s College and Minnie Robberds from Christchurch Girls’ High School will head to the Smokefreerockquest finals this week. band, but their drummer started a full-time job as a butcher, and their bass player moved to Wanaka, so they decided to enter as a duo this year. rather than two small ones. There is an ideal size for kapa haka performances, and combining the two schools made the performance more polished. Mairehau High staff member Santriana Reihana said everyone watching the performance was proud of the group. “They were focused and determined to do their very best on the day. All the intense months of training paid off as they performed their set with mana and kaha,” she said. Mairehau High’s Phoenix Neilson was the male leader of the group and said he drew inspiration from Te Puea’s famous whakatauki (proverb), The girls performed recently as part of the Christchurch Arts Festival in a pre-concert function at the Town Hall for Julia Deans, Flip Grater and Bella which translates to ‘do the work, for the benefit of the iwi’. It was Mairehau High student Matalasi Tulia’s first time performing, and she was proud of the group. “It felt like all the mana and hard work that the tutors installed in us during the preparation allowed us to represent our kura [school] with the utmost distinction,” she said. Said Mairehau High School student Zion Wirihana: “It was an awesome experience and gives me hope that one day in the near future, Mairehau can reach the pinnacle of success in culture and performance, and stand with confidence and pride at a national level.” Kalolo. They said they always hoped they would get to the rockquest final, but they doubted their ability. “We doubted ourselves more and more every time we watched another submission that popped up on YouTube,” said Natalie. “New Zealand is full of so much talent and we are absolutely honoured to have been selected,” she said. The girls enjoy writing songs and love performing together. “Performing is one of the best feelings, although when you’re on stage alongside someone else it becomes even more fun,” Natalie said. Minnie and Natalie hope to win the Smokefreerockquest final but said they will be pleased with however the results turn out. “Obviously we would be over the moon if we were to win! But just being selected to attend the final itself, we are so grateful for,” said Natalie. Natalie said the indie duo can’t wait to get the results from the final, and have no plans of going solo anytime soon. “We’re all for dancing by yourself, but sometimes it’s fun to dance with a mate,” she said. 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