Year 13 & 9 Tuakana/Teina Day

On Thursday 24th February the Year 13 and Year 9 students took part in a Tuakana/Teina (Big sister/Little sister) day that involved working together to create a house chant as well as participating in tabloid events.

Our tabloid events consisted of a water carry, stilt walking, coconut shy, pick up sticks, trolley race and ski walk. Each team rotated around each event and played different teams with TE AO recipients being selected by the Year 13 leaders for each event. The emphasis was on having fun, participating and working together, which all students did. Results were very close at the end of tabloids were: 1st place Rangiuru, 2nd place Rukuwai, 3rd Place Hinemoa and 4th place Karenga.

The last part of the day was to present the house chants back to the other houses and our judges - Whaea Laurelle, Mrs Holt, Mrs Tepania and Miss Riley who selected the winning houses. All houses did an outstanding job, creating and choreographing a house chant in two periods but the winners were as follows: 1st place Karenga, 2nd Place Hinemoa, 3rd place Rangiuru and 4th place Rukuwai.

When all points were counted together, the overall winners of the Tuakana/Teina day were:

Congratulations to everyone who attended and participated. What a great way to be embraced into our Rautāwhiri whanau and enable the Year 13’s to awhi/support our Year 9’s.

TE AO certificate recipients

Congratulations to the following students who were nominated by our year 13 leaders as demonstrating our TE AO school values. Those with x 2 or x 3 were nominated two or three times.

HINEMOA

Renee Price

Rakei Henare (year 13)

Micyrah Poi

Wiki Brown

Nikita Harding

Te Maia Mansell

Hariata Epihax 3

Royale Kapene x 2

Kaiarihi Puku x 2

Keira Lazaro

Manaia Gavigan

H Rua - Whole Team

KARENGA

Sayla Williams-Te Kiri

Te Awa Waiwai-Fleming

Sahara Katene x 2

Chantelle Lawson

Emily Armer

Tiriakahurererangi Sauni

D-arby Smalley-Huch x 2

Parahi Hallett

Lilli Paora
Everly Whiripo-Crawford

Ngahirata Haumaha

Rony Rangiheuea-Akuhata

RUKUWAI

Grace Gifkins x 3

Waipunaarangi Hira x 2

Amiria Cassin-Skipwith

McKenzie Anderson-Tito

Tunui-a-Rangi Nathan

Precious Warahi

Meadow Heather

Korban More

Ciara Bishop

Skylar Henare-Wynyard

Taya Raimona (Year 13)

Rk Toru - Whole Team

RANGIURU

Kalea Baumfeild x 3

Ra Tahi - Whole team

Ra Toru - Whole team

Maddison Reeve

Rashae Nair x 2

Meadowe Waiwiri

Avena Alfosio-Tuck

Chloe Grimwood

Ra Rua - Whole team

Patience Lister

Raumati Stephens

Kaia Werahiko

Oshean Karaha