HU students put on community dialogue about racism
th-graders Sophie Krotinger and Maia George.
“I want to acknowledge the limitations of talking about race, responsibility and privilege, as our class at Harwood and our community certainly is predominantly white and middle class. But, we want to begin this conversation,” said Kathy Cadwell as she welcomed everyone.
She then read the prompt: “What should students, teachers and community members do to acknowledge and confront individual and systemic racism in our schools and community?” Sophie Krotinger and Maia George then said a few words. “It’s been really inspiring to work with my peers this year to learn about these issues together,” said George.
After the pool stage of the women’s competition, Whakatōhea had 10 points, Ngāti Maniapoto had four, wile Tūhoe failed to pick up a bonus point in either of their two defeats. In the final, between the top two teams, Ngāti Maniapoto jumped out to an early lead against Whakatohea, with Hannah Brough scoring a try with a run from 70m out after just 90 seconds.
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Stacey Fluhler, co-host of the Toa 10s, had a role with the commentary team durinig the one-day tournament. Giorgi Tomini hit back for Whakatōhea with a long range try down the same edge a few minutes later. With both of these tries scored in the bonus zone, the score was 7-7.