This week culminated with the annual and highly contested spirit day event where each of our six Kāinga reflected their Kāinga narratives and identities within their costumes, their chant performances and in the rotation tabloids that Learning Coaches designed to highlight our school values, finishing off with the eagerly awaited "chant-off" and "best dressed" judgements.

The day also marked the debut of  Kāinga Shield events for 2022. Final results today were as follows...

Category: Values Rotations/Stations

• 1st = Manu & Kapua (first equal)
• 2nd = Aumoana
• 3rd = Tohorā
• 4th = Marama
• 5th = Whetū

Category: Kāinga Spirit Chant-Off

• 1st = Manu
• 2nd = Kapua
• 3rd = Marama
• 4th = Tohorā
• 5th = Aumoana
• 6th = Whetū

Category: Kāinga "Best Dressed" Costumes

• 1st = Manu
• 2nd = Whetū
• 3rd = Marama
• 4th = Aumoana
• 5th = Kapua
• 6th = Tohorā

OVERALL SPIRIT DAY PLACINGS 2022:

• 1st = MANU
• 2nd = KAPUA
• 3rd = MARAMA
• 4th = AUMOANA
• 5th = TOHORĀ & WHETŪ (equal)

Congratulations Manu!!

Our thanks to our Learning Coaches for designing such a wide range of tabloids to deliver key messages over the day, to the Kāinga Design team for their coordination and logistics for the day, and most importantly to all our learners for bringing that magical spirit that makes this day such a highlight of the year.