Nor'West News: August 04, 2022

Thursday August 4 2022 7
Animals on this design all endangered
MADDISON BOTT and Olivia
Lynch from Breens Intermediate
have won first place in Toi, the
country’s largest annual wearable
arts competition for schools.
Their entry, named Tomorrow
Is Too Late, highlights the plight
of endangered animals. The
duo said: “We are here to show
awareness for our endangered
animals around the world . . .
“All the animals on this
outfit are endangered and if we
don’t act now they will become
extinct, just like the dinosaurs.
Every little bit counts. One
person can make a difference.
Change now because tomorrow
is too late.”
The top 10 national finalists
in both the open and junior
sections have all won a sewing
machine from Bernina and a
World of WearableArt prize pack
Winners Maddison Bott,
Olivia Lynch and Olivia Varley
have won tickets to attend the
2022 World of WearableArt
show in Wellington and a
voucher from The Fabric Store.
Toi is now Aotearoa’s largest
wearable arts opportunity for
school students, produced in
collaboration with WOW. It
originated as part of performing
arts competition Showquest, but
rapidly grew into a standalone
platform due to enthusiasm and
demand the event organisers
saw from art, fashion and design
focused students.
FIRST PLACE: Breens Intermediate students Maddison
Bott and Olivia Lynch with their winning design.
The goal is for students to get
a taste of WOW while at school,
and to nurture budding young
designers who may one day enter
the globally celebrated WOW
competition. This year was the
biggest yet, with 285 individual
entries of wearable art garments
throughout the country.
Toi national producer Kelsey
Moller said: “Each year the
creativity, construction and
out-of-the-box thinking steps
up a notch. We were blown away
by the ideas and stories students
brought to life in their garments
this year.”
Teams were judged by Dame
Suzie Moncrieff and Heather
Palmer from WOW on four
main areas -–concept, originality
and innovation, quality of
construction, and health and
safety (how safe the garment was
for the model to wear and move
around in).
The full list of awards
presented at the Toi national
final:
Toi Junior
1st Place – Tomorrow Is
Too Late by Maddison Bott
& Olivia Lynch (Breens
Intermediate, Canterbury)
2nd Place – Crazy Art
by Lillian Akagi & Mia
Labone (Mount Maunganui
Intermediate, Bay of Plenty)
3rd Place – Catastrophe At
The Tea Party by Sammie Del,
Koko Payne, Charlotte Bos &
Mireia Mayall-Nooij (Breens
Intermediate, Canterbury)
National Finalists
The Kraken by Cyprus
Martin & Lewis Blyth
(Waiouru Primary School,
Manawatū)
Rehua & Peke by Hawani by
Ema Hepi, Cassie Courtney,
Chloe Hepi-Ritete, Sarai
Ramsay, Meiken Bradbury,
Melody Hore, Nevaeh Hotu,
Mary Kiwi, Envy Lambert-
Nuku & Layne Murray
(Mokoia Intermediate,
Rotorua)
Tea Time! by Stella Harrop,
Linda Huynh & Abi Davis
(Howick Intermediate,
Auckland)
Paint Spill! by Brooke
Mander & Giana Lauder
(Monrad Te Kura Waenga O
Tirohanga, Manawatū)
Sluginker by Sophia Gilmour
(Northcross Intermediate,
Auckland)
Arachne’s Web by George
Keene, Sofia Collins, Iris Mills
& Ruby Millar-Bell (Breens
Intermediate, Canterbury)
The World On My Shoulders
by Dimitri Sanger & Drish
Danny (Howick Intermediate,
Auckland)
Best Design Brief
Interpretation:
Myths, Legends & Fantastic
Beasts – Arachne’s Web by
George Keene, Sofia Collins,
Iris Mills & Ruby Millar-
Bell (Breens Intermediate,
Canterbury)
Stories Of The South Pacific
– Rehua & Peke Hawani by
Ema Hepi, Cassie Courtney,
Chloe Hepi-Ritete, Sarai
Ramsay, Meiken Bradbury,
Melody Hore, Nevaeh Hotu,
Mary Kiwi, Envy Lambert-
Nuku & Layne Murray
(Mokoia Intermediate,
Rotorua)
Larger Than Life – Paint
Spill! by Brooke Mander &
Giana Lauder (Monrad Te
Kura Waenga O Tirohanga,
Manawatū)
City Of The Future – Rogue
Robot Terminator by Nathan
Liang & David Li (Bucklands
Beach Intermediate, Auckland)
SHOWSTOPPERS:
THE SHOWBIZ SINGERS
Sunday 14 August, 2pm
Come and enjoy Showstoppers: The Showbiz Singers as
they perform tunes from the classic musicals of yesteryear
to the most contemporary of West End and Broadway hits!
Conducted by Petrina Chisholm, and accompanied by
Heidi Cooper, you’ll find it hard not to sing along with
this fun singing group.
This is a wonderful opportunity for you to enjoy the fabulous
work of Petrina and the singers, and experience what it’s like
to be part of our village community. To top it all off we’ll even
provide the drinks and nibbles.
This will be a covid-safe event and RSVP is essential, call
Chris or Adrienne on 385 3518 to secure your place.
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