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that we needed to have an early night and start
focusing in order to achieve anything on Friday.
We enjoyed dinner at the pools and had an early
night.
Friday morning - ‘D’ DAY! Te Atamira Results
missed out on the finals after having the fastest Under-16 Boys, W6 250m Bowl Final
qualifying time but being given a 10-second time 3rd Wahia Nga Rua, 1m 03.95s
penalty for missing their turn. However Rika Eka, Under-16 Boys, W6 250m Plate Final
Tumanako, Rangatahi, Team Rangimarie, Wahia 3rd Tumanako, 57.89s
Nga Rua and Manaaki made a lot of waves on the Under-16 Girls, W6 250m Plate Final
water knowing theyr needed to ‘nail it’ if they 4th Manaaki, 1m 07.11s
wanted to progress to Champ’ or Plate finals. Under-16 Girls, W6 260m Champs Final
Congratulations to our whanau from Nga 2nd Rima Eka, 1m 02.87s
Taiatea for bringing home four medals and Under-19 Girls, W6 500m Plate Final
Rakaumanga for keeping us on our toes. 2nd Team Rangimarie 2m 39.09s
All the students would like to thank Matua Under-16 Boys, W6 500m Plate Final
Waki, Whaea Rangimarie, Whaea Mangu (cook), 4th Rangatahi 2m 21.09s
Whaea Elaine Cootes, Whaea Susan Katipa, Under-16 Mixed, WT12 250m Champ’ Final
Gracey, Matua Motuhake and Whaea Wikitoria as 3rd NHS 1 1m 04.39s
well as Matua Bradford (Principal) and the Board
of Trustees for letting us go and Matua Harold
Ranui for being our ‘Knight in shining armour’.
We appreciate the time in which our teachers
and parents let us do what we love - Wakaz!

Waikato River Claim 2008

Ruki Simon, Anne Roa, Te Motu Gray, were really disrespectful!
Kingsley Smith and Barney Wharakura joined a But they got to witness a great part of their
few hundred Tainui people as well as some other tribes’ life, as they know cleaning and governing
tribe’s people on a trip to Wellington on May 5th. the Waikato River is very important. They saw this
Their mission was to witness a great event - agreement with the government as being a start to
the last reading of the signing over of the Waikato their ability to help govern their own river, so that
River claim at Parliament House. Although our trip they have part control on what is done with the
resulted in a few hours of sitting, we did river as the Tainui people are the ones who
experience something great. surround it.
Though the trip was long and tiresome, it It has taken longer than a decade to achieve,
was worth it. They watched the politicians have but now the Government is reaching the end of the
their say in the debating chamber. There was far claim and Tainui will soon be able to do what they
too much arguing and their discussions went on have been wanting to do for a very long time.
too long and our students thought many of them