On Friday 2nd August we held our first leaders lunch for the year. Our guest speaker was Kiringāua Cassidy, an ex Tahuna student. Kiringāua spoke about his educational journey and some of the obstacles he has faced. He is a certified Maori translator and had the amazing opportunity to be involved in working for Disney to translate the movie Frozen.

A big thank you to Kiringāua for giving up his time to inspire our Tahuna House Leaders.

Congratulations goes to Riley McCracken for receiving 1st Place also overall winner and Lucy Ross highly commended in the Peninsula Art Exhibition held from Tuesday 6th August - Friday 9th at Bayfield High School.

There is art work on display from all the schools around the peninsula, from very young children right up to high school.

52 students from Tahuna have their art work on display in the Peninsula Art Exhibition, Riley will have her art work put on display in Bellamy's Gallery in Macandrew Bay as her art was placed overall winner of the exhibition.