"Whaia te iti kahurangi, kei tuohu koe me he maunga teitei"

 

CULTURAL
Hei Kinaki, the kapa haka group, performed wonderfully at the Cultural Concert on Tuesday 17th August to celebrate the theme A Search for Unity . It was a wonderful evening and the group led the night off with a bang. It was a great spectacle for the sold-out crowd on the night.

Marino Te Hei and Gloria Murray-Fiu led the way in the Dance Concert, 'Reflections.' The night was a wonderful array of dance styles ranging from contemporary to Hip-Hop and and onto tap dancing. Ka nui te reka o ngä mahi-a-Rehia.

NETBALL
Chiara Semple and Meretini Fuimaono were part of the successful Premier Girls Netball team who defended their Auckland Championship on Wednesday 18th August. They defeated EGGS 31-24 in a hard fought final.

Parehuia Mackay

SOCCER
Parehuia MacKay was part of the successful 1st XI Girls' Soccer team to defend their Auckland Provincial Championship on Wednesday 18th August. They defeated Avondale 2-1 in a hard-fought final, won in extra time. An outstanding cross, finished by Kim Maguire being the game clincher and a fantastic way to win a competition of that calibre. Ka wani kë. They now head to Nationals next week in Whakatu (Nelson) to try and improve upon their fifth placing last year. Kia kaha ra e ngä wahine toa.

Luke Wainui

RUGBY
Luke Wainui was a member of the 1st XV rugby team to defend their Auckland Championship title on Saturday 14th August, beating King's College 18-6. The team went on to convincingly defeat Whangarei Boys' High School 75-3 in the first leg of the Blues regional finals and now play Westlake Boys' High School on Tuesday 24th August at 1pm over at Westlake.

The winner will compete at the Nationals in Rotorua in early September. Ehara te toa I te toa takitahi, ka toa takitini, takimano.

MÄORI LANGUAGE WEEK - 26th July - 1st August.

The whanau held a sausage sizzle during Mäori Language Week to celebrate the annual event at school, with the theme being 'Mahi Kai,' it seemed very appropriate and students practised using te reo Mäori to ask for a sausage.

It was a wonderful week and the kupu hou competition was won by:
Boys - Nicholas Reilly, 11PLM, Girls - Thilar Cassidy, 10NHA, Female teacher - Miss Lasenby, Male teacher - Mr Hodges

Well done also, to all the other staff and students who entered the competitions.

ANDRE'S TUKU IHO

On Wednesday 23 June, Andre Colbert was co opted onto the Board of Trustees. It was awesome to realise our goal from the September 2010 wananga and finally have two Maori on the Board. The magic of the evening was the ability for a Maori process to be incorporated into school governance procedures. Ka wani ke!!

MATARIKI

What a stunning morning!! So many attractive Maori arriving up at the maunga at 6am (maybe attractive is a little bit of a teka!!).

Our tupuna smiled upon us and sent down their roimata as we ascended to the peak of the maunga. Our karakia acknowledged the gifts that had been passed to us and our korero linked the vista of 2010 with memories of those who had traversed the path before us.

A very special thank you to BOT member Graham Fletcher who not only came to tautoko but brought along three of his lovely anahera!!!

No reira e nga mate, moe mai ra i roto i tou koutou moengaroa. Tatou te kanohi ora ki a tatou... Mauri ora!!

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HAKINAKINA
We have many talented rangatahi involved in a variety of sports for Mt Albert Grammar, club, regional and national teams. We want to promote and profile Maori sporting prowess. However, Code has 'poached' our roving sports reporters and it is impossible for us to cover all sporting fixtures with Maori rangatahi in them.

So, the Hakinakina section of our website is here for you to be our eyes and ears, our Wairangi Koopu. Send in your photos and commentary and we will post them here for the whanau whanui to enjoy. This could also be a good place for you to inform the whanau of when and where there is an upcoming sporting event.

(Please send any hakinakina panui to:   makka-01@hotmail.com )

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