Ngā Puna O Waiōrea – 2023 Polyfest Champions!

The last week of the term 1 was a busy, but successful, one for all of our Ngā Puna o Waiōrea (NPoW) ākonga, kaiako, tutors and whānau involved in the Polyfest 2023 Māori Stage Competition, which was held at the Due Drop Event Centre in Manukau.

NPoW had a three competitive teams and one non-competitive team entered this year:

• O Rehu performed in Division 3
• Ngā Oho performed in Division 2
• The non-competitive group (Whakangahau) performed in the lunch break
• Waiōrea performed in Division 1

Final results were O Rehu placing 2nd in Division 3, Ngā Oho placing 1st in Division 2, and Waiōrea placing 1st in Division 1 – KA RAWE!!!

Check out the YouTube link for the Waiōrea group here, as well as the fantastic article in the NZ Herald here.

Feature Image photo credit: Ben Campbell (as featured in the NZ Herald article.

We’ll feature more in our next newsletter, but below are the full results: