Our annual sports and cultural prize giving took place on Thursday 30th November. It was a chance to celebrate and acknowledge all of our superstars for their many achievements throughout the year.

Our pononga at Te Pa are a talented bunch. This year we have had to split up our end of year prize giving to make sure every pononga is recognised correctly. Today was filled with proud moments from the pononga and their whanau. There was a wide range of prizes from team awards to mvps.

Ka Rawe to all of our pononga who were given their awards. Miharo ke ana!

Aoraki Matatū

Hinetoa

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Nikita Wilson-Robinson, Manaia Kereopa, Ducky Rangi-Hogan

Tamatoa

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Matakaea Murphy

MVP - Te Rangimarie Mataki-Wilson

Hapai Ō

Tau 5 & 6

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Nikita Wilson- Robinson, Magick Cummings, Avahnty Tangitu

MVP - Kiahn Te Whata-Kururangi

Tau 7 & 8

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Anahera Hazel

MVP - Hikairo Toone

Toi Whakaari - Te Patunui o Āio

Hautūtanga (Leadership)

• Ngatokorua Fifita
• Kaia Rerekura-Tito
• Te Amorangi Taiapa-Ria
• Kaidin Brown-Jackson
• Tamehana Wihone-Solomon
• Bethany Christie

Tūmautanga (Contribution and service to others)

• Zedekiah Thompson
• Kairyn Te Whata-Kururangi
• Magick Cummings

Matatūtanga (Confidence, Courage & Conviction)

• Te Ao Rangimarie Davis
• Miere Paraone
• Kahu Piripi

Hautututanga (Discovery through the eyes of a child)

• Kourage Dixon
• Seff Kenny
• Ewan Bates
• Ofelia Tuki

Tūmautanga (Contribution and service to others)

• Takimoana Cooper
• Keala Tuki
• Wī Jones-Fiso
• Bethany Christie

Matatautanga (Humble in Excellence)

• Jordan Cameron

 Te Matatini

• Jordan Cameron

• Tamanuhiri Parata

• Tamehana Wihone-Solomon

Kapa Haka

Teina

Manu Taiko Kōhine - Manaia Arahanga

Manu Taiko Tama - Kaidin Brown-Jackson

Tohu Whaiaro - Special Award - Pearlzey Ofa

Senior

Manu Taiko Kōhine - Bethany Christie

Manu Taiko Tama - Renata Grigg

U ki Te Pā Haka

• Alix Livesley
• Bethany Christie
• Mahinerangi Poharama-King
• Manaia Awatere-Mackie
• Tamehana Wihone-Solomon

Aoraki Mataora

Athletics

Qualified for Zones

Tau 5 - Karearea Hayward-Wilson, Charizma Wharemate, Kahurangi Mei Stowers.

Tau 6 - Elepise Tupai, Harbour Nahona-Hira, Ziggy Hoera, Asitomani Fifita

Tau 7 - Nikau Kaa-Mackie, Ezekiel Thompson, Kahurangi Foster

Tau 8 - Manaia Arahanga-Pryor, Manaia Kereopa, Layton Cassin, Tiari Radford, Te Atarangi Goodrick, Ducky Rangi-Hogan, Cina-Rose Jones-Fiso

Canterbury Athletics

Kahurangi Foster

• 1st Shot Put Year 7&8
• 2nd Discus
• 5th Shot Put

Basketball

Tau 5&6

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Pirirakau Tangitū

MVP - Elepise Tupai, Rangitahua Paul

Tau 7&8

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Vanila Ofa, Te Amorangi Taiapa-Ria

MVP - Ducky Rangi-Hogan, Kaidin Brown-Jackson

Junior Girls

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Teina Hawkins

MVP - Keala Tuki

Senior Boys

Tika, Pono, Aroha - William Ayres

MVP - Hoani Ataria-Ashby

Gardening

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Anahera Hazel, Maliya Carroll, Katerina Piripi

MVP - Kororia Clarke

Ki-o-Rahi

Tau 5 & 6

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Manaaki Shimamoto Silbery

MVP - Zedekiah Thompson

Tau 7 & 8

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Amo Taiapa-Ria

MVP - Taimana Kaa-Mackie

Netball

Tau 5 & 6

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Iraia Paul-Mendoza

MVP - Charizma Wharemate

Tau 7 & 8

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Ducky Rangi-Hogan, Maataria Dallas-Ruru

MVP - Cina-Rose Jones-Fiso

Senior Girls

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Keala Tuki

MVP - Alix Livesley

Rugby

Tau 4 & 5

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Kahurangi Mei Stowers

MVP - Tiaki Mei Stowers

Tau 5 & 6

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Kataraina Kara, Elepise Tupai, Ziggy Hoera

MVP - Pirirakau Tangitu, Harbour Nahona-Hira

Tau 7 & 8

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Mikae Hepi, Pirirakau Tangitu, Tiari Radford

MVP - Taimana Kaa-Mackie

Table Tennis

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Rangitahua Paul, Hikairo Toone

Volleyball

Senior Kotiro

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Te Raukura Tawhana Tuivaga, Maia Peddie, Charze Wharemate Edwards

MVP - Bethany Christie

Senior Tama

Tika, Pono, Aroha - Hoani Ataria-Ashby, Wi Fiso-Jones

MVP - Tamihana Taiapa-Ria

Waitaha Representatives

Iraia Paul-Mendoza

• Essence Dance Group Swarm Studios
• Shakedown Hip Hop Dance Champs 2023
• Essence placed 3rd

Cina-Rose Fiso-Jones

• National and International Conference presentation support.

Te Atarangi Goodrick

• International Conference presentation

Meziah Rehua

• Aotearoa Māori Rugby League. Undefeated 2023.
• Lions Basketball Year 3, 4 east side miniball champions term 1 and term 4 2023.
• Otautahi U9s teeball. Most valuable player 2022-2023

Asitomani Fifita

• U10s Sportsman of the Year (Shirley Hawks)

Nevaeh Kerei

• ANZRL Tamariki Tournament 2023 - Whakatane
• 3rd Shot Put Year 6

Jahkeil Nutira

• Hornby Panthers U11
• Kiwi Junior League Festival Global Games 2023

Elepise Tupai

• Eastern Zones Athletics
• Canterbury Athletics Zones - 3rd Shot Put
• East Zone Champion Rugby team
• U10s Player of the Year (Shirley Hawks)

Nikau Kaa-Mackie

• Eastern Zone Athletics - 3rd Shot
• ANZRL Tamariki Tournament 2023 - Whakatane
• ANZRL Teina Tournament
• 2023 - Rotorua U13

Harbour Nahona-Hira

• Canterbury Touch Rugby U12
• ANZRL Tamariki Tournament 2023 - Whakatane

Enoka Reynolds

• Waitaha Māori Rugby U13
• Player of the Year - Linwood Bulls Rugby Club
• Captain
• MVP of the Year 2023
• Club Player 2023

Te Amorangi Taiapa Ria

• Waitaha Māori Rugby U13
• ANZRL Teina Tournament 2023 - Rotorua
• Christchurch Rugby Club - Strongest Forward 2023

Taimana Kaa-Mackie

• Eastern Zone Rugby 3rd Place
• Waitaha Māori Rugby U13
• ANZRL Teina Tournament 2023 - Rotorua

Tamihana Taiapa-Ria

• Māori Rugby League Tournament - Rangatahi Rotorua 2023

Ishmael Crow

• Team Player in the Ōtautahi Rugby 2023 Season

Kauri Gulbransen-Thomas

• Rugby under 7 Linwood Bulls

Akaina Cooper

• 2023 Pōtiki o te tau - Otautahi Rugby

Kahurangi Foster

• Eastern Zone Athletics
• Canterbury Athletics
• 1st Shot Put 7&8
• 2nd Discus
• 5th Shot Put

Meziah Rehua

• Aotearoa Māori Rugby League. Undefeated 2023.
• Pacific series Te Toka Tū o Waitaha U9s. Undefeated 2023.
• Lions Basketball Year 3, 4 east side miniball champions term1 and term 4 2023.
• Otautahi U9s tee ball. Most valuable player 2022-2023.

Wi Fiso-Jones

• Wi competed in the South Island Champs and received bronze in this comp in June.
• Received gold in Auckland in Sept this year for his weight class in the Aotearoa Secondary schools comp.
• He also is certified with an Olympic Weightlifting Technique Level 1 certification which he received earlier in the year.

Jordan Cameron

• His Navy Cadets Team, T.S Godley placed 1st in South Island Cadet Forces Regatta 2023.
• His Navy Cadets Team, T.S Godley placed 1st in New Zealand in Cadet Forces Regatta 2023.

Tau 5 & 6 East Zone Rugby Champions

• Eli Bergman
• Magick Cummings
• Asitomani Fifita
• Mikae Hepi
• Ziggy Hoera
• Kataraina Kara
• Kahurangi Mei-Stowers
• Harbour Nahona-Hira
• Pirirakau Tangitu
• Kairyn Kururangi
• Zedekiah Thompson
• Elepise Tupai
• Manaaki Shimamoto-Silbery

Tau 7 & 8 Eastern Zone Rugby Team - 3rd in East Zone Competition

• Kaidin Brown-Jackson
• Fire Cummings
• Romeo Halliday
• Nikau Kaa-MJackie
• Taimana Kaa-Mackie
• Jahkell Nutira
• Tiari Radford
• Enoka Reynolds
• Amo Taiapa Ria
• Ezekiel Thompson
• Te Aomere Wilson

Kukis - Cook Islands

• Keny Tupai
• Ngatōkorua Fifita
  
• Asitomani Fifita
  
• Elepise Tupai
  

Pacific Series

• Wahawaha Felix Winiata
• Keny Tupai
• Ngatōkorua Fifita
  
• Asitomani Fifita
• Kairyn Kururangi-Whata
• Ziggy Hoera
  
• Mikae Hepi
  
• Elepise Tupai
• Nikau Kaa-Mackie
  
• Manaaki Shimamoto-Silbery
  
• Meziah Rehua
  

Te Toka Tū o Waitaha

• Nevaeh Kerei
• Mikae Hepi
  
• Nikau Kaa-Mackie
  
• Harbour Nahona-Hira
  
• Te Amorangi Taiapa Ria
  
• Taimana Kaa-Mackie
  
• Tamihana Taiapa-Ria
  
• Nevaeh Kerei
  
• Meziah Rehua
  
• Manaaki Shimamoto-Silbery
  
• Kairyn Kururangi-Whata
  
• Ziggy Hoera
  

ANZRL Tamariki Tournament 2023 - Whakatane

• Manaaki Shimamoto-Silbery
• Ziggy Hoera
  

Canterbury Rugby

• Kataraina Kara
• Kahurangi Mei Stowers
  
• Romeo Halliday

Matatūtanga

Junior Sports Person of the Year - Elepise Tupai

Senior Sports Person of the Year - Wi Fiso-Jones