Our Leaders had the chance to listen and learn from Inspiring Leaders.

A week ago the House Leaders went down to a huge stadium to go to National Young Leaders Day, a day where school representatives from all around came to listen to famous people's stories of their lives and what they have been through. We had a few people like William Pike, Dave Letele, and even a famous singer Georgia Lines. Enjoy our recap of National Young Leaders Day.

Up first was NZ hiker William Pike

William Pike has experienced many challenges throughout his life like having his leg removed in a volcanic eruption on mount ruapehu. At NYLD (national young leaders day) William Pike explained the many challenges throughout his life now he encourages young people like you and me to step out of your comfort zone with the William Pike challenge.

Next we had Dave Letele

Dave Letele went through a hard life when he was young even having his dad go to prison TWICE from being a leader of a gang later on in his life he was lazy and not doing much like giving up. But one day he stood up and was like “you know what I'm going to change” and from that day on he was hard working and now he supports families that don’t have much money to afford food and even won a New Zealander of the Year award.

In between speakers we did fun activities like a tik tok dance and crowd rafting which is a fun mini game where they throw inflatable rafts down and get them to the top of the room and back before the other raft. The teachers also got a bonus speaker from the marine safety company.

Georgia Lines is a famous NZ singer who is on many popular playlists around the world. She even performed for us at the end of NYLD. Georgia Latu is 15 and already has created the world's biggest poi business. Sam Johnson was also there; he is the founder of the student volunteer army which helps create a group for a large project to help the community.

Overall the House Leaders really enjoyed the day out and would definitely go there again if they could.

Mahi Croft and Reed McLean, Year 6