We asked Rotokawa School students what their favourite things about the school were.
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There are too many things. I like the shade cloth and the principal. I like my siblings being here too.
STELLA HUGHES, 10
Rotokawa School pupils Moana-Rose Uerata (left), Jordie Elliott, Stella Hughes and Chief Collier with principal Briar Stewart (second from right). PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER
We asked Rotokawa School students what their favourite things about the school were.
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There are too many things. I like the shade cloth and the principal. I like my siblings being here too.
STELLA HUGHES, 10
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I like the teachers, they're nice. And I like the swimming pool, it's a heated pool.
MOANA-ROSE UERATA, 10
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I like how it's small enough school to get to know everyone. We've lots of sports we can do.
JORDIE ELLIOTT, 10
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It's a kind school. They teach you how to be good. And all my siblings are here.
CHIEF COLLIER, 10
He parked his ex-cop car in a police spot and probed staff for a security guard's details.