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Rangi Ruru’s new multi-purpose
centre opens
RANGI RURU Girls’ School’s
new sport and multi-purpose
centre, Atawhai, is scheduled to
officially open today.
The $10 million project
includes a state-of-the-art
sports court which can
be transformed into an
events space, a fitness centre
and learning spaces.
It took 18-months to
complete and has been
brought to life thanks to
donations from the school
community.
Said principal Dr Sandra
Hastie: “The new build replaces
a gym built in 1976 when the
school roll was around 480
students. With student numbers
now at a maximum of 700, the
new gym will not only be a
transformational space for students
to learn and play sport but
will allow the school and wider
community to come together for
assemblies, conferences, events
and performances.”
Sandra
Hastie
As well as the sports court
with mezzanine seating that can
transform into an event space,
Atawhai also houses the
PE, health and sport
department staff offices,
learning spaces, a fitness
centre, changing rooms
and gallery foyer space.
The curved design, by
Melbourne-based McIldowie
Partners, speaks
to the school’s name
which means “wide sky
shelter”.
The design represents the night
sky and features a statement
façade that mimics solar
constellations and is lit in blue at
night.
About 50 per cent of the build
was contributed from fundraised
capital. The fundraising effort was
assisted by a generous bequest
from an alumna, the late Elizabeth
Reid, after whom the gymnasium
in the building is named.
• New cricket pavilion, page 5
MODERN: The Elizabeth Reid gymnasium inside the new sports complex at Rangi Ruru Girls’ School.

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English Conversation Club
Every Wednesday, 2pm-3pm
Hornby Library
The conversation group is a drop
in group where anyone is welcome
to come and practice conversations
in English, in a friendly and relaxed
environment. This is not a class, but
an opportunity to talk with others in
English and to meet new people in
the community. Especially good for
ESOL learners. Free and no bookings
are needed.
JP Clinic
Thursday and Monday, 9.30am-
12.30pm
Hornby Library
A justice of peace is on site to take
oaths, declarations, affidavits and
affirmations, to witness signatures
on documents and to certify document
copies. The JP can also witness
citizenship applications, sponsorship
applications and rates rebate applications.
There is no charge for this
service. Vaccine pass required. JP
sessions are held in the community
centre next to the library.
Knit ‘n’ Yarn
Friday, 10am-noon
Upper Riccarton Library
Go along with your knitting,
crochet or other craft project. Share
skills and be inspired in the library’s
friendly, relaxing environment. All
skills and skill levels are welcome in
this social group.
NZ Chinese Language Week – Afterschool Activity Zone,
Tuesday, 3.30-4.30pm, Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre. Go join a
special Chinese Calligraphy Workshop during Chinese Language Week,
25 Sep-1 Oct. You will get your Chinese name and learn and practice
Chinese brushwork. Free, no bookings required.
International Day of Peace:
The Baha’i Persepctive
Thursday, 3-5pm
Upper Riccarton Library
World peace is achievable. The
Baha’i International Community is a
non-governmental organisation representing
the Baha’i Faith on an international
platform. They regard world
peace as more than just an end to war
and work to promote unity through
the application of Baha’i principles;
such as the advancement of human
rights, the advancement of women,
universal education, economic development,
and the protection of the
environment.
Reading to dogs
Tuesday, 3.30-4.30pm
Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre
This programme is designed to
provide a relaxed, non-threatening
atmosphere which encourages
children to practise their reading
skills and develop a love of reading.
The programme uses dogs who are
the beloved pets of the city council
animal management team. These
furry friends have all been trained
and tested for health, safety and
temperament. Children can have
15min to sit with the dog and read
their favourite book or one they’ve
found at the library. Library staff
and a dog handler will be present
at all times to help facilitate the
sessions. Bookings essential, phone
941 7923.
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Saturday, 11am-2pm
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Thursday September 22 2022 3
Seniors embark on bear-making mission
NGAIO MARSH Retirement
Village residents have been
knitting up a storm with a Yuri
Bear-making mission.
The Ryman Healthcare Yuri
Bear project aims to make 20,000
knitted teddy bears for some of
the millions of children displaced
in the Ukraine since the country
was invaded by Russia.
The project is a labour of love
for Debra Richardson, Ryman’s
Victorian sales and community
relations manager, whose former
foster son Yuri remains in
Ukraine. Debra and her family
fostered Yuri in Melbourne following
the Chernobyl nuclear
disaster in the 1980s.
A group of Ngaio Marsh residents
have been meeting in the
village centre for as long as most
remember. Give them a task or
challenge, they say, and the team
will come through. Together
village residents and staff have
knitted about 160 teddy bears.
Valerie Dent, Shirley
Butterfield, Erin Wilson, Lois
Goold, Alison Chaffey, Thirza
Smith, Maree Comfort, Gill
Skinner and Wendy Walker are
members of the knitting group,
which meets regularly, and have
taken up the Yuri Bear challenge.
The group of dedicated
ladies are also making woollen
‘comfort’ blankets for those
in need in eastern European
countries, including the poorer
parts of Moldova, Bulgaria, and
Romania. The blankets are then
supplied to the charity Operation
Cover Up.
Booties and small woollen
beanies are also part of the
production line, with Margaret
Strangman, and Marjorie
Treblicock, specialising in these.
These lovingly made items
are sent to the Christchurch
Women’s Hospital neonatal unit.
Lois says she has knitted
about 30 of the Yuri bears,
having been a bit house-bound
during Covid-19. There were
probably more than 30 residents
throughout Ngaio Marsh village
who had knitted a Yuri Bear,
with many having produced 10
or more.
Every resident at Ryman’s
45 villages and the company’s
offices in Melbourne and
Christchurch were challenged to
contribute a bear.
Debra said the project was a
tangible way Ryman residents,
team members and the wider
community could make a small
difference to the lives of the
youngest members of the wartorn
country.
Erin Wilson says she has
concentrated on the stitching
faces onto the Yuri Bears. “It’s
not hard. I’ve done quite a few of
them. It’s just like darning,” she
says.
“I made the silly mistake of
saying: ‘Well if you don’t want
FUN: (Back row,
left to right) –
Alison Chaffey,
Thirza Smith,
Maree Comfort
and (front row)
Lois Goold and
Erin Wilson, with
a basket of Yuri
Bears.
to do the faces, I’ll do them’.
And they all arrived at our craft
group.”
All members of the knitting
group agree they feel better
for doing something towards
those impacted by the war in
Ukraine.
Valerie and the ladies say
they would welcome any
donations of wool to Ngaio
Marsh Retirement Village for
their projects.
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Thursday September 22 2022 5
New pavilion has a familiar look
• By Jaime Cunningham
NESTLED IN the corner of
Elmwood Park, many cricket
fans may recognise the Old Boys’
Collegian Cricket Club’s iconic
pavilion design from elsewhere
in the city.
The pavilion at the park shares
the same white, plastic roof
structure as Hagley Oval’s and is
set to open next weekend, ahead
of the 2022/23 cricket season for
the South Island’s largest cricket
club.
Club president
Steve Wakefield
got involved in
the process of a
new facility after
watching his sons
Steve
Wakefield
play at the park
and use the portable
changing
rooms “year after
year” following the Christchurch
earthquakes.
Wakefield joined the club’s
committee soon after and began
the process of getting Elmwood
Park a modern cricket pavilion.
Funding the pavilion began
after persuading his now late
father Jim Wakefield, who gave
the club money to start the build.
The pavilion has since been
named after him.
Wakefield calls the design a
“modest echo” of Hagley Oval’s
roof design of five peaks.
“We decided to do a similar
one for Elmwood Park, just with
a single peak.”
Trevor Watt, of Athfield Architects,
worked on both Hagley
and Elmwood’s cricket pavilions
and says the design creates the
“desired village green concept.”
He says “there is a modern
international tradition, which
originated at Lord’s Cricket
Ground, for this building typology
to reflect cricket.”
“The white pavilion colour
against a green backdrop echoes
the traditional cricket whites
against a green outfield.”
Canterbury Magician and
OBC premier women’s player
Abby Gerken says the new pavilion
is a “brilliant asset” to the
club.
The 20-year-old has played for
the club since she was 11 and has
only ever known the old Portacom
buildings at Elmwood Park.
She says, “without the pavilion,
there were a lot of issues
regarding social activities so
hopefully, the new facilities are
able to bring all the teams closer
together and build that club
environment even more.”
“I honestly think that Elmwood
Park is like a little Hagley
Oval… not a bad thing to associate
with club cricket.”
With approximately 500 junior
players at the club, the new pavilion
is exciting for young players
who haven’t known undamaged
clubrooms.
Eight-year-old OBC player Ollie
Turner has played for the club
for three years, and thinks the
new pavilion is good for the club,
saying the old changing rooms
were “really small.”
He enjoys going down to
games at Hagley Oval in the
summer and says the design
of his club’s pavilion is “pretty
cool.”
“It does actually look like
MODERN:
The Old
Boys’
Collegian
Cricket
Club’s new
pavilion
Hagley Oval,” he said.
Wakefield says the club has
been “really pleased” with feedback
on the design.
“A lot of people have said to
me, just driving down Heaton St,
it looks so iconic in the corner of
the park.”
He says that it’s like a “revitalisation”
to have the pavilion
finished before the 100th club
anniversary in 2024 as well.
The Jim Wakefield pavilion
will be officially opened at 9am
on Saturday with past and
present representative players of
the club available for photos and
signatures.

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Thursday September 22 2022
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Jessica Halliday, director of
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said now is the time for people to
share their inside knowledge and
love of Christchurch’s best buildings
by putting them forward for
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building owners and
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tell us what buildings or places
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Halliday said.
Te Pūtahi’s building council
will make the final selection of
buildings and sites that will be
showcased in Open Christchurch
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It will consider the many
ways in which buildings can be
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Thursday September 22 2022
Event to lure women and girls into sailing
THE PLEASANT Point Yacht
Club in the South New Brighton
Park will hold a sailing event on
the weekend of October 1 and
2 expressly for women and girls
interested in getting into sailing.
The weekend is called Wahine
on the Water and is part of World
Sailing’s ‘Steering the Course –
Women’s Sailing Festival 2022’,
which aims to attract and retain
more women and girls to the
sport, including all ages and levels
of sailing ability.
Pleasant Point Yacht Club’s
initiative in holding this event has
the full backing and encouragement
of the national body, Yachting
New Zealand.
The activities on both days are
scheduled to coincide with high
tide in the estuary.
The interest in this event is such
that the Saturday “have a go day”
between 8am-1pm, Is unfortunately
already fully subscribed.
However, girls and women who
have never sailed before are welcome
to attend and find out more
about sailing from the club’s committee
and spectators are most
welcome to attend.
Participants will learn how to
rig a dinghy, how to read the wind
directions and how to sail in a
small boat either on their own or
with another person.
Depending on the weather, the
club’s recently acquired Sigrid
trailer yacht sail trainer will be
out sailing with a female crew,
under the supervision of an experienced
club member.
On Sunday, the programme
runs from 9.30am-1pm and
includes a women’s cup regatta involving
three short races between
10.30am and noon and sailors
will be on site rigging their boats
from around 9.30am. Sailing in
the Sunday event is open to any
woman or girl registered with a
Yachting NZ affiliated club.
The race courses will be close
to shore so spectators will get a
great view from the shore from
the expansive decks in front of the
clubhouse. Refreshments will be
available at the club.
The racing will be followed the
presentation of the Margaret Kennett
Trophy and prize-giving.
Access to the South New Brighton
Park is off Beatty St, the club
is at the end of the park’s access
road.
The club has over 20 women
and girls actively sailing on a
regular basis and two of the club’s
committee are women.
• For more information
about the Pleasant Point
Yacht Club, visit www.
ppycsailing.nz
Right: Two of the club’s lady
members, Briar Cook and
Laura Griffiths racing one of
the Club’s Sunburst dinghy
on Ihutai/Christchurch
Estuary.
Prawindra Mukhia
Independent candidate for Councillor – Halswell Ward
Let’s build a Sustainable Community and an Inclusive, Informed
and Engaged Ward. Give sustainability a voice. Vote MUKHIA.
Have you found it hard to find information about what is
going on in our area? Who to approach?
When will the work happen?
Walking the streets of the Halswell Ward (Kennedys
Bush, Halswell, Aidanfield & Wigram), I hear the
same questions:
• Why do we still have potholes? When will the potholes
be fixed and why does Council have to repair them
several times?
• Who’s taking care of overgrown trees and roots
cracking the footpaths?
• What’s happening about traffic, roads, speed limits,
boy racers, access to schools?
• Why focus on climate change when there are other
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• Is Council removing chlorination?
• Will rates increase?
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Vote for a person who knows the system, understands
the problems, and will push for long-term, cost-effective,
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I’ve worked in Council for 16 years. I’m a certified project
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Ward, passionate about ensuring a sustainable future for
all of Christchurch.
A vote for Mukhia is a vote for:
• Resilient Halswell community that celebrates diversity,
inclusion, seeks information, gets engaged.
• Sustainability reporting so all projects measure the
cost-benefits, carbon footprints, reusage, wastage,
and environmental impacts.
• Engaging our youth so projects like SPICY
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Why Mukhia? Because I have the skills, experience,
passion, temperament, time and I know how the
council works and I know we need to work together.
I bring:
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Congratulations Prawindra At the Rotary District Changeover on Saturday 2 July,
Prawindra was awarded the inaugural Sean Thomas Innovation Trophy by DG Nick
Courtney on Saturday evening. This award is in honour of a very innovative and
passionate Rotarian from Whakatū Rotary who died during this past Rotary year.
Prawindra’s initiative and innovation with the Riccarton Rotary based STEM project in lieu
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Thursday September 22 2022 9
Traditional snack food to keep hunger at bay
If you have lost your
recipe book, these
simple snacks are
family favourites and
will keep them satisfied
between meals
Bacon and egg pie
Mix ingredients thoroughly.
Fry in olive oil on skillet until
browned on both sides and
cooked through.
Chicken and corn
savouries
Makes 12
Serves 4
Ingredients
Ingredients
2 sheets flaky pastry
8 eggs
1 cup baby peas
1 large onion, chopped
250g middle eye bacon
Directions
Grease baking dish and line
with one sheet of pastry.
Cover with half the bacon.
Sprinkle peas over the bacon and
add onion.
Place the eggs over the peas/
bacon/onion, cover with the
remaining bacon. Place second
sheet of pastry over top.
Bake at 200 deg C for 40min.
Corn fritters
Makes 16
Ingredients
4 slices bacon (cut into small
squares), place in saucepan with
2 medium onions, chopped
Boil bacon and onion until
onion turns clear while other
ingredients get weighed out and
prepared.
2 eggs, place in small bowl with
½ cup sugar
2 cups flour, sifted with
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ cup blue milk
880gm can cream-style corn
Olive oil (for frying fritters in)
Directions
Beat eggs and sugar until thick,
add with milk to flour/baking
powder, then add corn,
bacon/onion and mix
thoroughly.
Heat oil in frypan and place
large spoonfuls of mixture
into hot oil and fry until dark
brown on both sides and cooked
through.
Courgette and chicken
fritters
Makes 6
Ingredients
2 large courgettes, grated and
Bacon
and egg
pie is
always a
satisfying
hunger
buster.
as much liquid squeezed out as
possible, place in mixing bowl
with
300gm corn kernels
1 cup cooked shredded chicken
2 spring onions, thinly sliced
1 cup wholemeal flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs, beaten
¼ cup blue milk
½ cup tasty cheese, grated
1/3rd of a cup parmesan cheese,
grated
2 tablespoons fresh thyme
leaves, chopped
Peppercorns
Olive oil
12 slices white sandwich
bread, crusts removed
180gm shredded chicken
880gm cream-style corn
¼ cup grated tasty cheese
1 spring onion, sliced
2 eggs, beaten with
½ cup blue milk
2 tablespoons parsley
(chopped)
Directions
Press bread into holes of
muffins pans which have been
well greased.
Use the largest pans
available.
Divide the shredded chicken/
sweetcorn mixture evenly into the
bread linings, scatter spring onion
over top.
Pour egg mixture evenly into
the bread cases and top with
cheese
Bake at 180 deg C for 10-15min
until egg is set and bread cases are
golden.
Can be eaten warm or cold.
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The Russley Village is operated by the Generus
Living Group. For Group Director Graham Wilkinson,
announcement that Ashley Suites won the award was
further confirmation that its positioning in the luxury
end of retirement living not only resonated with the
market but, more importantly, was investing in the
wellbeing of residents.
“With Ashley Suites we sought to provide a care
offering and environment that was exceptional in the
market. We focused on creating a beautiful residence
from which tailored and meaningful care could be
given. We are delighted that this approach has been
recognised by the industry and is reflected in the care
outcomes of our residents. The Ashley Suites offers a
personalised care approach uniquely overlaid with a
quality hospitality offering.”
Wilkinson said Generus set out to craft villages
that reflected their unique location and which enabled
residents to retain their individuality. “I believe with
Ashley Care Suites, and, indeed, The Russley Village, we
have achieved that.”
The stunning architecture of the care facility has
been seamlessly integrated with the urban fabric of the
broader village. The care facility residents of Ashley
Suites enjoy the extensive amenities on offer within the
wider village, including activities in the village pool,
time in the garden or enjoying a restaurant experience
with friends and family.
Spaciousness is a feature of the care suites, with a
fully accessible ensuite bathroom and a kitchenette with
a refrigerator and microwave to enable personalised
and convenient light refreshments for residents and
family. Individually controlled air-conditioning and a
55in television add to the impressive amenity on offer.
Aligned with the village’s upscale hospitality offering,
residents of Ashley Suites enjoy a quality dining
experience, supported by a dietician-designed gourmet
menu and daily social hour.
A private lounge area on the upper floor provides
both residents and families a place to congregate,
both for social engagements and also for respite and
reflection. On the first floor, a dedicated salon and
wellbeing suite allow residents to be pampered and
groomed while maintaining dignity in the privacy of
their residence.
All residents can access an in-house physiotherapist,
podiatrist, dedicated general practitioner, hair salon,
cinema, and swimming pool.
Raised garden beds allow residents to actively or
passively engage with the garden, adding meaning and
purpose to their days.
“I’m proud to say we have created an environment
which enhances a resident’s feeling of independence,
freedom and choice,” said Wilkinson.
“The collaborative approach we have fostered
between our clinical team and family members is
delivering remarkable outcomes and enhancing the
daily life of both our residents and our team.”
Generus was also a finalist in the newly founded
RVA Sustainability awards under the APL Best
Operator Led Sustainability Initiative category with
their Bay of Plenty pilot project at Pacific Coast and
Pacific Lakes Villages. Generus has led an extensive
sustainability pilot in the Pacific Coast and Pacific Lakes
Villages, achieving outstanding results and attracting
nationwide interest since the pilot’s commencement.
Following the successful roll out of the pilot, the
Generus sustainability programme has now been
adopted in all villages within the Generus Living
Collection.
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Thursday September 22 2022
Achievements
add to our
school’s rich
community
Kia ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo e lelei. Bula
Vinaka. Fakaalofa atu. Namaste. Kumusta. Haere
mai haere mai ki Te Kura Huruhuru Ao o Horomaka.
Warm greetings to the Hornby High School
community.
Great communities are inclusive. Great communities
share common values. Great communities share a
common purpose or vision. This past term in particular
has provided evidence of both the diversity and the
inclusiveness of our wonderful Hornby High School
community. Last week we celebrated Tongan language
week, and our celebrations ended with a delightful
‘feast’ accompanied by student performances, all
student driven, with the support of Whāea Ane, Matua
Oscar Richardson, and wonderful whānau. The warmth,
the looks of pride on student faces (and an extraordinary
feast of wonderful food), were an absolute delight. I
commented on the honour, the privilege, of being able to
be a part of such a celebration.
This week we are celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.
Again the celebrations are largely student led,
supported by Whāea Bree, Whāea Jo, and Whāea Chris.
It would be fair to say that in all of these celebrations
our amazing akonga, our students, are supported by
our whole staff, with a warmth and humanity that
quite simply takes your breath away, that leaves you
feeling how wonderful it is to be human.
As a part of our journey towards our vision of being
‘he puna auaha, a centre of creative excellence’, I think
that a rich sense of self, a rich connection with our
origins, of knowing who we are through our language
and our culture, are essential building blocks. These
celebrations, this affirmation of language and identity,
are the first signs you see in a kura to tell you this is a
community that does just that.
So too is the ability of a community to celebrate
success, to acknowledge achievement by its members
individually and collectively. So you will also see some
of the wonderful sporting achievements of individual
students (Kyra-Lee), and some of our sports teams, as
we see sporting achievement built back up to those
halcyon days of the 1980s. Hornby is once again
becoming a force to be reckoned with.
So again join with us in celebrating these and many
other fine things, all the product of talented students,
and committed teachers.
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini.
My success is not mine alone, but it is the strength of
many
This is a great time to be a part of the community of
Te Huruhuru Ao o Horomaka.
Robin Sutton
Tumuaki
September 2022
Commitment,
Achievement,
Resilience,
Respect
Haka brings Te Wiki o Te Reo
Maori to spectacular close
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori/Māori Language Week was brought to a close at Hornby High School on
Friday with the performance of a mass haka.
Basketballers set to play in Nationals
Congratulations to
our Senior Boys’
Basketball team who
came runners-up
at the South Island
Secondary New
Zealand Premiership
A Tournament in
Dunedin last week,
qualifying them to
play in the national
competition in
Palmerston North,
from October 3 to 7.
This is an incredible
result from our
boys, coaches and
managers, including
former Hornby High
School student
Brandon Gray
working alongside
head coach Jimmy
Williamson. We are
proud of you all.
Best of luck for the
Nationals.
Netballers do well
Tongan Language Week celebrated in style
Ke Tu’uloa ‘a e lea faka-Tonga ‘i
Aotearoa — Sustaining the Tonga
Language in Aotearoa.
Hornby High School celebrated Tongan
Language Week 2022 in style. The week,
which ran from September 5 to 9, was
recognized and celebrated by this kura
through a variety of activities including
lunchtime quizzes, Tongan games and
Bilingual students Wairau, Yarny
and Nysten with the tukutuku
panels.
Well done to our Senior Girls Netball team
who started off strongly at the South Island
Secondary School Netball Tournament,
winning five games in their pool. It
was exciting to watch the growth and
development within the team, coached by
Mrs Tafau and Ms Taylor, to finish seventh
out of 16 in their grade.
Another story: Participants enjoying Book Week.
Going all bookish on us
Wow, what an amazing week we had promoting
‘The joy of reading’ across our schools.
Take a look at https://sites.google.com/urumanuka.
org.nz/uru-mnuka-reading/home. We love the
images that staff AND students have created under
the ‘Cool places to read’ tab at the top of the page.
You can watch and listen to staff and students
reading stories at any time. Don’t stop now!!!! We
all love listening to stories.
Preparations for the kai faka’afe under way
to mark the conclusion of Tongan Language
Week at Hornby High School.
sports.
The week ended with a small kai faka’afe
(feast) on the Friday for Hornby High School
staff and whānau.
‘Amaka, a current Year 13 prefect of Hornby
High School, wanted to remember his last
year at school by acknowledging his Tongan
cultural and heritage with this feast. Pigs
were cooked on a spit on site and many
staff and whānau arrived to celebrate and
recognize such this important week for the
Tongan language in New Zealand.
The celebrations highlighted the importance
of knowing one’s tūrangawaewae
(whakapapa) and the keeping of one’s
language alive.