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Thursday, 13 December 2018

From Us To You

The Ruapotaka Primary Cultural Groups would like to present you with these small gifts as a reminder of our performance today and with it our heartfelt thanks for your support and encouragement towards our cultures for the many years you have been a Principal.

December, 2018

Monday, 3 December 2018

Welcome Mrs Hamilton 🙂

Yesterday at approximately 10:30 am we had a little powhiri for the new principal, Mrs Hamilton.

First the powhiri started off with a karanga that I had to lead.

It went like this "Haere mai ra e nga manuhiri tuarangi e, Haere Mai Haere Mai Heare Mai." Then Miss George replied in Maori. After that I carried on with my part which was "Haere mai i runga ite kaupapa o te ra nei e, Haere mai ra." Once the visitors were inside I said, "Whakatau mai ra, Whakatau mai ra Whakatau mai ra."

When Mrs Hamilton had approached the hall the whole school sat down then Saluselo said a little whaikorero (speech) for Mrs Hamilton. After the speech was done we sang the school song which was E Hara. When the song was finished Mrs Vickers stood up and said her speech which almost made me cry. Then we sang 2 songs after that which were He Honore and He Kohako.