Ingoa/ Name: Michelle Cassidy Kitto

Ingoa kārangaranga/ Nickname: Shell, Mum

Place of birth: Rangiora

Tino kai/ Fave food: Curry or hot chips

Tino kaiwaiata/ Fave singer: Eminem or Rihanna

Mōkai/ Pets: 2 kurī- Ziggy and Harley

Rongonui/ Claim to fame: I've been in the crowd in What Now, Netball Rep for North Canterbury and Canterbury Country, Trialled for Under 18 NZ Netball team, Representative for North Canterbury Basketball

Runaruna/ Hobbies: Netball, whānau time

Best things about Te Kura o Tuahiwi: Working with my Aunty Berniece, the tamariki and the awesome people I work with. School holidays are a bonus too!

Whānau: My two tamariki Jakaiza and Mere and my partner Josh.

2 truths 1 lie: 
When we went to LA we were looking for China Town and ended up on Skid Row- lucky to get out alive! 
I can speak Cantonese
The scar on my leg is from an infection when I was scratched by a Chinese tiger in a petting zoo.