In Term Two, the Rosmini College Kapa Haka group performed a haka powhiri for the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Jacinda Ardern, and Minister of Health, Hon. Dr David Clark. The performance took place when the Prime Minister and Minister of Health visited North Shore Hospital this winter to tour the hospital’s cardiology unit. 

Tall Blacks Selection for Sports Captain

Rosmini College Sports Captain Kruz Perrott-Hunt, of Northcote, has been named in the Tall Blacks 20-man training squad ahead of the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers, against Hong Kong and China later this month. Kruz, 17, has just returned from the Nike Asia Camp in China and has now flown to Wellington to join the Tall Blacks Training Camp there. Kruz joins Rosmini Old Boys, Tohiraukura (Tohi) Smith-Milner and Derone Raukawa at the camp.

Gymnastic Gold and Youth Olympic Selection for Rosmini  

Rosmini College Year 12 student Samuel Dick, of Herald Island, recently competed in the Gymnastics Australia Championships which took place on 21st May – 4th June in Melbourne. Sam, 16, won the Level 9 Under 17 all-round title in the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics. He scored top marks on four of the six pieces of apparatus.

The championships also doubled as the quota spot selection trial for the Youth Olympic Games, with the best age-eligible athletes from both Australia and New Zealand vying for qualification in Men’s Artistic, Women’s Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline gymnastics. Sam, along with winning his title, secured the Youth Olympic Games quota place for New Zealand.