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The entire staff of Marlborough Boys and Girls Colleges attended the accord day on Tuesday around NCEA changes. Furthermore, Morrison said that only 2.3–2.4 per cent of Māori speakers use the language on a daily basis at home. “Even though there s been a lot of positive things happening across the country, and I feel that we re on the cusp of change, we are still in a very precarious situation in terms of keeping te reo Māori alive,” Morrison said. “And I m sure I don t need to tell you the importance of keeping it alive. Because not only is it good for a person s well-being or sense of belonging and identity as people of Aotearoa, but it also has transformational powers.”
Saint Clair Vineyard Half-marathon owner Sheree Stevens was thrilled to have brought the event back to Marlborough. Race owner Sheree Stevens was thrilled with the turn-out and smooth running of the event. “With Covid last year and the uncertainty around events, it s fantastic to have this event back in Marlborough,” she said. “It s a great day for running – overcast and not too hot which is fantastic for the runners. I m really happy.” “It s a team effort, although I m the crazy person that buys an event during Covid time,” she said. “There are 150 volunteers out there that get paid back to their community groups, and there are people here just to support me, but it takes a whole team to run an event like this.”
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The victorious MBC rowing crew, who won a national title. (L-R) Coxswain Walter Wickham (14), Stroke Fred Vavasour (17), Sam Feltham (17), Dylan Burton (17), Leon Poswillo (16), and Ashley-James Fitzgerald (16). Vavasour and Burton won a second gold in Pairs. Absent; Rhys Salvador.
A group of Marlborough schoolboys, rowing in an eight together for the very first time, squeezed out older and more experienced competition to snatch a national title and gold medal in Twizel. Despite never having trained together the chemistry of the composite crew “just clicked” the triumphant Marlborough Boys College rowing team said about their gold medal win at the rowing nationals.