KI O RAHI He mihi manahau ki ngā manu hakahaka, ngā manawa titi o te Tākaro me te hoea nei I te waka eke noa. Whaia te iti Kahurangi, ururoatia, he toa takitini. It was an outstanding Ki o Rahi season for our Karamu teams. In Hawke’s Bay/ Ngāti Kahungunu Regional Competition we were able to field two teams with a mixture of both junior and senior students. This year Karamu worked very hard at our regional qualifying competition and were fortunate enough to make the top three to represent Hawke’s Bay/ Kahungunu at the Ki o Rahi National Competition. The Ki o Rahi National Competition heralds the top three teams in 12 regions from Aotearoa. The caliber was extremely high. This year our Karamu team made it to the top tier, which is the championship pool, the top eight schools vying for first place, a position we had always narrowly missed out on. In the end, out of 36 schools we placed 6th overall. Although it was not 1st we were very pleased with the result. Congratulations to Raegan Robinson for making the New Zealand Secondary Māori Secondary Team for the second time.
Ki o Rahi Tournament Team
Back row: Ms S Gunn, Mr E Martin, Jakob Matthews, Cruiz Tangen-Wainohu, Connor McAneney, Raegan Robinson, Harmony Kautai, Mr J Matthews, Mrs R Ryder, Miss S Maui Front row: Innika Hapuku-Lambert, Riley Walton-Sexton, Harris Robinson, Aaliyah Tangen-Wainohu, Jemma Green, Cherish Maui, Alexander Rabanal, Brianna Sunley
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Absent: Scarlett Bradley, Steven Fungsoongnern, April Kihirini, Dazzler Mulligan-Johnstone, Nastashia Ngawhika, Te Waiarani Randell, TK Smith, Cortez Te Pou, Xavier Te Tonga
