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Tena Koutou Te Ropu Kapa Haka o
Wharekura o Rakaumanga, na Ngaruawahia - ahakoa he iti,
koutou te Kaupapa nei I kawe he pounamu.
mo te hunga rangatahi o We did not place in the
Tainui. Kore mutu te mihi ki a top three spots which means
koutou mo te ra tino rawe! we do not get to compete at
Te Wharakura o Nationals in 2010. However,
Rakaumanga put on an those who were a part of the
awesome event from the day group this year will get to
of the Powhiri through to the travel to the Nationals (to be
final presentations on held in Rotorua 2010) in
Saturday evening. The whole order to return the trophy we
competition went without a won in the 2008 Nationals.
hitch. This will give our new
As a member of Tainui and young students a great
Teachers who help with these insite into the level of
large events in the Tainui performance required at
Region, it was indeed a national level.
pleasure working with the We would like to pay a
staff of Rakaumanga School. special tribute to our Kaitaki
Ngaruawahia High School was once again Wahine and Kaitaki Tane (female and male
represented at the Tainui Regional Kapa Haka leaders), Hinemaia Mataire and Norman King who
hosted this year by Wharekura o stepped up to the mark in order to lead the group.
Rakaumangamanga on Saturday 9th of May. Hinemaia, who sings so beautifully, and Norman
This competition began way back with us in who took on a difficult role with such a small
2000 when it was brought back to Tainui from Te number of male participants.
Arawa and Mataatua Waka. This was the sixth The boys in the Kapa haka also need to be
Regional Kapa Haka for secondary schools in congratulated on their obsolute persistence and
Tainui. resilience, to have not given up when all seemed
The ropu had worked hard throughout the too much. This is a tribute to you all. This is what
Term and even into the holidays. We competed Rangatiratanga is all about - to weave together the
against 10 other schools and Wharekura in the group and build solidarity.
region and came up against some very tough We completed our Kaupapa with a dinner at
competition. the Twin Rivers Restaurant on Thursday 21st May
The ropu was one of the smallest groups and at the evening the students presented our tutors
Ngaruawahia had ever put forward in the with gifts in an appreciation of the hard work they
competition, having lost many of the students who had put in.
performed with the group in 2009. Kia ora koutou Whaea Tiria, Whaea Rangi,
Nevertheless the ropu took the stage this year Whaea Hariru, Matua Dan, Matual Noel and
with their heads held high and with the guts and Matua Waki, without whom none of this would
courage necessary for a small ropu. have happened.
Nga mihi nui rawa atu ki a koutou katoa o Te
