Polyfest results: Students meet the cultural challenge

More results from the annual 'Polyfest' Maori and Pacific school festival, which ended in Auckland last weekend.

OVERALL WINNERS

Cook Islands

1 Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate

2 Manurewa High School

3 Tangaroa College


Maori

1 Te Wharekura O Hoani Waititi

2 Auckland Girls Grammar School

3 Hato Petera


Niue

1 Kelston Boys and Girls School

2 Edgewater College

3 Auckland Girls Grammar School


Tongan

No overall winner

(Each school performed two items)

ME'ELAUFOLA

PERFORMANCE

1 Tangaroa College

COSTUME

1 Tangaroa College

MILOLUA

PERFORMANCE


1 Marcellin College

COSTUME

1 Marcellin College

'OTUHAKA

PERFORMANCE

1 Baradene College

2 Marist College

COSTUME

1st: Baradene College

2nd: Marist College

FAHA'IULA

1st: Baradene College

2nd: Epsom Girls Grammar

3rd: Marist College

COSTUME

1st: Baradene College

2nd: Marist College

3rd: Epsom Girls Grammar

KAILAO

PERFORMANCE

1st: Wesley College

2nd: St Pauls College

3rd: Sacred Heart College


COSTUME

1st: Sacred Heart College

2nd: Auckland Grammar

2nd: Wesley College

MAKO

PERFORMANCE

1st: Sacred Heart College

2nd: Mt Roskill

3rd: St Paul's College

COSTUME

1st: Sacred Heart College

1st: Mt Roskill

3rd: St Pauls College

TAU'OLUNGA

PERFORMANCE

1st: Kelston Girls High School

2nd: Avondale College

3rd: Clover Park Middle School

COSTUME

1st: Kelston Girls High School

2nd: Aorere College

3rd: Manurewa High School

SOKE

PERFORMANCE

1st: De La Salle / McAuley High School

2nd: Penrose High School

3rd: Southern Cross Senior School

COSTUME

1st: De La Salle / McAuley High School

2nd: Southern Cross Senior School

3rd: Otahuhu College

TAUFAKANIUA

PERFORMANCE

1st: Onehunga High school

2nd: Marcellin College

3rd: Wesley College

COSTUME

1st: Mt Albert Grammar

2nd: Wesley College, Onehunga High School

MA'ULU'ULU

PERFORMANCE

1st: Kelston Girls High School

2nd: Auckland Girls Grammar

3rd: Mangere College

COSTUME

1st: Waitakere College

2nd: Kelston Girls High School

3rd: Penrose High school

LAKALAKA

PERFORMANCE

1st: De La Salle / McAuley

2nd: Mt Roskill Grammar

3rd: Southern Cross Senior School


COSTUME

1st: De La Salle / McAuley

2nd: Mt Roskill Grammar

3rd: Otahuhu College, Southern Cross Senior School


Herald Feature: Polyfest

Official site: Auckland Secondary Schools Maori & Pacific Islands Festival (Polyfest)

* Thursday March 16 to Saturday March 20
(powhiri starts at 8.30am)
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