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The Annual School Manukorero
Competitions were held this year on May 4th. Pita
Ngaru, an ex-pupil and Programme Manager at
Radio Tainui was the Kaiwhakawa in the Maori
sections, and Helyn Huirama, a parent of the
school and teacher at Bernard Fergusson Kura
Kaupapa Maori, judged the English.
Although it was a long day, it was very
successful and the standard in all sections
continues to rise each year.

Sir Turi Carroll Trophy (Junior English) - there
were only three speakers.
1st Kataraina Hohua-Ward
2nd Kiri Morgan
3rd Carly Ruri
Rawhiti Ihaka (Junior Maori) - once again there
were only three speakers, but the standard was
particularly high and all deserved to be first.
1st Te Manawaroa Teinakore
2nd Hekiera Hunt
3rd Kiri Morgan
Korimako (Senior English) - the results were
excellent and very closely contested.
1st Aroha Morunga
2nd Te Waipounamu Teinakore
3rd Murray Nathan
Impromptu Winner: Te Waipounamu
Teinakore
Pei Te Hurinui (Senior Maori—there were 19
speakers in this section and the range of topics was

enormous - from “Pahiketeporo” to “Tama tu,
tama ora”. Once again the standard was WAIKATO-WAIARIKI
exceptionally high and fiercely contested, KAPA HAKA COMPETITIONS
1st Te Waipounamu Teinakore
2nd Taame Tupaea The Kapa Haka group took part in this
3rd Tina Te Koi competition at Claudelands. The organizing
Impromptu Winner: Te Waipounamu committee was chaired by Darrell Waiti (our NHS
Teinakore Head of Maori Language Department) and the
weekend ran very smoothly and efficiently.
Consequently Te Waipounamu, as the top We were the top placed Waikato school
female speaker, received the Mana Wahine overall, taking 4th place. We received an award
Trophy (presented to the school by Barm Turner for the poi and 2nd place for discipline. To be 4th
and family) and Taame, the Tokokolo for the top on aggregate points overall indicated the high
male speaker (second year running). standard our group achieved.
The winners of the three sections then went In all there were 35 schools taking part in
on to the Tainui Regional Manukorero at Tokoroa the two-day festival and our students, along with
High School in July (one of the speakers withdrew thewir tutors Tilly Turner, Hemi O’Callaghan and
at the last minute). Our three winners all got Pita Te Ngaru are to be congratulated on their high
placings: Kataraina Hohua-Ward 3rd, Te standard of performance.
Manawaroa Teinakore 3rd and Te Waipounamu Many would not be aware that our
Teinakore 2nd. performers spent most of the mid-term break and
The Nationals this year were held in all of last Friday night and Saturday at school
Christchurch in August and although the school perfecting their programme!
had no-one speaking Te Waipounamu and her
family went down to return a tonga she had won in
the 1993 Nationals in Wanganui (where she was
second averall in the Senior Maori Section and top
female speaker).