Waka Wars comes to

Wainui

By Frank Neill

The Wainuiomata Waka Wars attracted a massive turnout on Saturday 11 March.

Ten waka were represented with more than 500 competitors registered.

Sponsored by K kiri Marae, the Waka Wars gave people an opportunity to enter a series of competitions to win prizes.

Instead of collecting the prize money themselves, the winners got to choose a flood-affected marae, which then received the money. There were 16 events on the programme, and the winner of each got to donate $250 to their chosen marae. ers who attended our information sessions say that they’re positive about using Objective Build,” Ms Geddes says. they often are playing boys teams.

A $5000 prize will also be presented to the marae chosen by the winning waka from all the contests.

The contests included euchre, walking, an egg and spoon race, a bake-off, karaoke, tag football, K O Rahi, Netball, a tug of war compeititon and a relay race.

Ulalei Sports Club’s tag football season ended at the Waka Wars. Ulalei played under the Pasifika waka, Te Moana Nui a Kiva and entered three teams in the tag football tournament.

The move to implement the new systems also created an opportunity for Hutt City Council to review its current processes.

A second project, managed separately but in parallel, was the building inspection checklist review.

The purpose of this project was to align with best regulatory practice for undertaking building inspections. With the inspections checklists needing to be incorporated into Objective GoGet, it made sense to include the enhanced inspections checklists at the same time.

Details of the new inspections and inspection checklists can be viewed on the Hutt City Council website.

Last year the club had one women’s team, and it is currently putting together a women’s team to play again this year.

The club is still looking for women to join the team. For more information, or to join, contact Moana Kuma 022 593 7703, moana.kuma@gmail. com.

Local businesses also helped complete the clubrooms renovations – Andrew Harrison, L A Building Ltd and Luke Shields of Proflow Plumbing and Gas.