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Ngaruawahia High School Highlights
BASKETBALL SWIMMING
Last week the school team came up At the inter-secondary schools
against the top team “Flyers” in the swimming meet at Otorohanga on records were equalled or set at the
summer basketball league at the YMCA Saturday, Ngaruawahia gained a school
in Hamilton. rewarding number of placings. Maria Thursday and Friday.
The school played their best game Prendergast 1st in the Junior Girls 1
of the tournament in losing only 60-76. length breaststroke and 1st in the 2 Andrew Bell
This game was evenly paced and the lengths breaststroke. Wilson
teams played well. Despite the Vicky Solomon 2nd in the senior (senior hurdles),
“dwarfness” of Ngaruawahia compared girls 2 lengths freestyle, Karen Smith 200m record equalled),
to Flyers, the winning team found they 3rd equal in the junior girls 3 lengths (Int. 1500m),
could not cruise to victory. freestyle and 3rd in the 4-lap medley. 1500m),
Lynne Plummer 3rd in the senior girls Maureen Smith
1 length freestyle. Ross Wall in junior Maniapoto Junior Girls relay and
boys 1 length freestyle. Havelock Senior Boys relay.
Ngaruawahia High School Highlights
TUTANGATA between the school, Maori parents
The Maori Affairs Department and and communities.
the Education Department have 6. To make the work of Maori Affairs
combined to produce a project, the aim community officers more effective.
of which is to provide extra help and As part of this project Howard
support to Maori students in their Morrison and community officers of the
attempts to succeed in our school Maori Affairs Department will be
system/ The main objectives of coming to Ngaruawahia H.S. tomorrow
TuTangata are: afternoon, March 15. They will
1. To encourage greater academic highlight these objectives by speaking
success among Maori students. to all the students, entertaining them
2. To encourage Maori students to stay and, most important, sharing with them
at school longer. an understanding of TuTangata and of
the part each must play.
3. To provide homework centres.
Involvement and support from
4. To organise greater work students, parents, teachers, community
opportunities. officers of the Maori Affairs
5. To establish more effective links Department and, in fact, the whole
