The National Grand Finals of the 48 Hour Film Competition is being held in Wellington/Te…
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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:
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