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Ngā mihi nui ki a koe kua whirwhiri mō te tīma netipōro Māori a Ikaroa Ki Te Tonga

Noho

The format for the Noho is below

Date: 10th-11th February 2024

Time: Saturday 10th February, 4pm (Powhiri)

Venue: Naenae College marae, High Street in Lower Hutt

Dress Code: Black skirt (knee length or longer) and white top (school shirt is fine), sandals or shoes (no jandals or scuffs)

Weekend Gear: Sleeping bag/blanket, nightwear, toiletries, towel and a change of training clothes for the overnight stay.

Kai will be provided by all of the teams and this will be organised by the team managers to encourage WHAKAWHANAUNGATANGA AND MANAKITANGA.

The afternoon starts with an informal powhiri and we invite whanau to join us on the taumata. Our objective is to make this process a comfortable and enjoyable experience.  After this the kohine will move into their teams to whakawhanaungatanga with each other. We would expect everyone to know and be able to recite their pepeha in Maori or English to each other during this session. The U13 and new whanau are encouraged to join us for the powhiri, and the earlier part of the afternoon will be an opportunity to learn more about Ikaroa Ki Te Tonga, the national tournament, and our vision for the future.

During the noho, we will also learn to work together, i.e., cooking and cleaning, our tikanga (responsibility, behavior, and expectations) interactive te reo māori waiata/march pass sessions while representing Ikaroa ki Te Tonga Māori Netball at a national tournament.

Sunday morning starts early with a 6am run to the Hutt Valley netball courts and back again. This is followed by breakfast, packup, waiata, umpire new rules session and netball training.

Nau mai, haere ma