After a term of focused and dedicated practise our rangitahi performed with confidence and energy, gaining an overall 4th placing!  Other results from our rangitahi were:

Aggregate Items (these are the items that qualify teams for the national competition)

• 3rd in Te Reo Maori
• 3rd equal in Mōteatea (traditional chant)
• 3rd in the Poi
• 3rd in the Haka
• 3rd equal in the Whakawātea (exit item, the last item of the bracket)

Non-aggregate placing

• 3rd for Kākahu (costume) 

A huge thank you to the tutors Whaea Helen Joseph & Whaea Louisa King; the assistant tutors Arlie Bates, Te Ohomauri Cooper and Emile McKenzie. 

Tēnā Kōrua to Whaea Sarah and Matua John Kendal for their unfailingly support of Ngā Taiohi o Wairau, and to the army of volunteers who sewed and stitched for days in the holidays - Ngā mihi nui.

We really appreciate all the support and aroha from Whānau - we're as proud of our rangitahi as you are!

Enjoy checking out the beautiful photos taken by Melissa Banks.