Thursday, 13 May 2021, 3:10 pm
Senior students at South Auckland high schools are taking
their first steps into a career in the construction industry
with a new education initiative backed by the private sector
and government agencies.
Under the umbrella of the Ara
Education Charitable Trust, with support from Auckland
Airport, the Ministry of Social Development and a number of
construction partners, students from Aorere College, Mangere
College, Manurewa High, Onehunga High School and Southern
Cross Campus will renovate two houses originally destined
for landfill.
Officially launched today at the
worksite on the Auckland Airport precinct, over the next 6
to 12 months students will get on-the-tools experience
Kia Aroha College Otuhaka on the Tongan stage
Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller
Students wowed the crowds with their performances and speech competitions on the different island stages: Māori, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Cook Islands and the Diversity stage.
Seiuli said this year s theme of Healing the body, mind, spirit and soul with the strength of Culture was appropriate as it showed the resilience of the students and their teachers, families and friends to come together and celebrate their language and culture with the songs and speeches. Right now, our community needed this and we deserved this. We deserved having our students back out there on stage and celebrating our young people.