... Eight schools competed; six in the competitive section and two in the entertainment section. Top honours were taken out by Te Kura Whakapūmau i te Reo Tūturu ki Waitaha, second place to Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Whānau Tahi and third place awarded to Shirley Intermediate School. Find out more about the cultural phenomenon that is Kapa haka ...

School principal and Maori seat councilor assassinated A Bay of Plenty school principal, Hawea Ralph Drummond Vercoe, 36, of Rotoiti, was murdered after he was felled by a “king hit” that “came out of nowhere,” outside the Quart House bar on The Strand about 2.30am today. “Mr Vercoe was principal of Rotorua school Te Kura Kaupapa o