Year 10 student, Kazania Tuhua creates new van design for Haeata

Two of Haeata's vans were donated by Wainoni Pak N Save, and had a face list this week. These vans are used to transport children around Christchurch for their learning and now proudly display the designs of year 10 student, Kazania Tuhua. 

"Kazania has been working on graphic design for the school vans.” says teacher, Clark Williams. Using her passion and new skill she has created the circle designs  using Adobe Illustrator,and came from a combination of the existing Haeata school logo,her own drawings and Māori and Pasifika designs she researched. 

"I had two different designs, one was Māori and one was Samoan” Kazania said. "I took some patterns off the internet and created a file from it”. She then used this as well as her own drawings to create the final design, which took her just two days.

Haeata Kaiako (teacher) Clark Williams, uses his art and design background to teach students how to use Adobe illustrator in Haeata’s ‘Makerspace’, as well as other projects in this area. “Sometimes it was hard without (Clark’s) help” Kazania says. However now Kazania is working independently on the software; “she's gonna start looking at fundraising for the Haeata Samoan trip... making stuff that they can sell." Clark says.

"What she's doing now is drawing her own vector files from designs that she's researched. It's impressive the level of work she's at,"  Clark says. Despite the fact she's only year 10,  (one year before NCEA level 1 traditionally starts), evidence from this year can go towards her NCEA level 1 evidence for next year for either art or digital technology. 

"She has done an amazing job and is working at a really high level!” Clark says.  We look forward to seeing the van around the Haeata community, and the fundraising potential coming from Kazania's skills towards the Samoan trip. 

Pak N Save Wainoni was kind enough to sponsor both the vans and the decal on them as part of their support in the community. "It's cool to have the dressed up, they're all about," Ben Morrisson, Pak n Save.