Kia ora tātou e te whānau,

It has been a great pleasure getting to many Winter Tournament Week games. I have been thoroughly impressed with the standard of performance of our students. They play with grit and commitment but maintain integrity in the spirit of fair play. Each team has shown an outstanding commitment to each other and a belief in their collective ability to challenge all opposition.

None of this is possible without the tremendous support we receive from parents, staff and other community members who have coached, managed, planned and fundraised to give our students the best possible experience. This commitment and support for our school reflects in all areas: sports, the arts, culture and other co-curricular activities. Thanks to all our volunteers. We are grateful for your time, skills and energy.

It was a big week for our performing arts students last week, with Dramafest and Dance night during the week. There were some beautiful performances, including a fantastic version of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible by our Year 13 Drama students. Saturday night saw many of our talented musicians perform at the Astrolabe Bar. This event was an excellent opportunity for our students to get real-world gig experience. Thanks to all our families and friends who supported this event and to all our talented performing arts teachers for pulling it together.

Next week, the city will host the AIMS Games. Good luck to all our future students participating, and thanks to current students who are coaching, managing and officiating these games. Movement around the city can be challenging over this time, so please plan to ensure your children get to school on time.

Ngā mihi nui,

Alastair Sinton
Principal

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NGĀ TOKA O TIRIKAWA - KAPAHAKA GROUP

I eke a Ngā Toka o Tirikawa ki te mura o te ahi i Ngā Whakataetae Kapa Haka mō ngā Kura Tuarua o Mataatua, Takitimu ki Tauranga Moana ki Ohui. Tūtū ana te pūehu a ngā tamariki. Heke ana ngā roimata i te ataahua o ngā mahi. 20 tau neke atu te wā whakamutunga i tū tētahi kapa o te kura, i kōnei ka mea ake, kua angitū a mātau tauira. I haere hei kanohi mō te kura, mō te moana o Tauranga. I haere tauira atu, i hoki rangatira mai, i whakatinanahia te whakatauki, "He toroa whakakopa au nō runga i Karewa, he pōtiki manawa ū nō Ngāi Te Rangi.”

Ngā Toka o Tirikawa took the stage at Mataatua, Takitimu ki Tauranga secondary school kapa haka regionals in Opotiki after being absent from this competition for over 20 years.

Parents were overwhelmed with happiness, and the reactions and feedback from the crowd were very positive.

The students performed as a representation of the school and Tauranga Moana. All of the students embodied the proverb "He toroa whakakopa au nō runga i Karewa, he pōtiki manawa ū nō Ngāi Te Rangi" which means "I am a soaring albatross high above Kārewa, a stout-hearted child that belongs to Ngāi Te Rangi."

The Mount Maunganui College Music department has been quite busy in the last few weeks. On 11 August, we took a group of students to the Bay of Islands Jazz and Blues Festival, where our talented Mt. Maunganui College Music Showcase, comprising the Jazz Band, Senior Jazz Combo, and Guitar Group, took the stage. The event was a resounding success, with both students and staff thoroughly enjoying the fantastic weather and even more remarkable performances.

One audience member summed up the experience by saying, "Wow, it was fantastic! What struck us was how fortunate those kids are to have teachers as obviously enthusiastic, talented, and wonderful as you both are. I'm certain that some of those children will never forget the time spent at those performances, and the education you are providing goes well beyond teaching music... I wish all teachers were as amazing."

Dan Meade
Director of Sports

Off-field Sports Uniforms

Off-field sports uniforms are available online at https://codesport.co.nz/catalog/MMCSupporters-1106457.htmx or in-store at 94 Elizabeth Street. It is important to have all our sports players looking the part and we encourage students to buy a long sleeve or short-sleeve tee and/or hoodie if they don’t already have an off-field uniform.

Sponsorship
Please reach out on danm@mmc.school.nz if you’re interested in joining our amazing group of sponsors who make a genuine difference to sport at Mount Maunganui College. We have a range of packages and sponsor benefits available and would love to hear from you.

High Achievers

Congratulations to Misha Boorman who set a new NZ U18 record at the Youth World Speed Climbing Champs on the weekend!

Congratulations to Carter Hopoi and Olivia Lassey who have been selected for the New Zealand U17 Basketball teams. They travel to Papua New Guinea in October to compete in the Oceania Champs.

Congratulations to Lulu Johnson and Finnley Oliver who both won 1st place U19 Girls and U19 Boys respectively at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Duathlon in Pukekohe on Sunday 13th August.

Thijs Clements has been selected to be in the BOP U14 Rugby League team. Well done Thijs.

Congratulations to Teleios Papuni who was named in the Aotearoa U17 Volleyball team. She’s currently in Bangkok to train and play at the FIVB Development Centre.

Congratulations to the following students who are paving the way in their hockey careers, being selected to play in Tauranga Hockey rep teams.

Boys U16 Team 1:
Cole Frazer
Hezekiah Gould
Kahutia Tukaki

Boys U16 Team 2:
Frank Danby
Mac Ewing
Ollie Gillingham
Corban Wilson

Girls U16 Team 1:
Eva Watherson

Girls U16 Team 2:
Shiloh Warner

Hockey 5s Boys (Year 9&10):
Harry Breed
Charlie Hennah

Hockey 5s Girls (Year 9&10):
Alana Burke
Isla Frazer
Riley Ramshaw
Poppy Richardson
Zoe Hennah
Sophie Loader
Mila Watherson

Congratulations to Talitha McEwan on selection as captain of the Junior Black Fins. Best of luck for the Battle of the Tasman.

Congratulations to all Mount Maunganui College surfers who have been named in the BOP Scholastics Surf Team!

Boys:
Caelan Pitkeathly (captain)
Vitor Bauermann
Remy Sale

Girls:
Sophia Brock (captain)
Sage Frithley
Maddie Tod
Ariana Walker

Congratulations to Dylan Douglas and Lockie Williams have been named in the BOP U18 Rugby squad.

Congratulations to past student Kelly Nathan who claimed two bronze medals at the Special Olympics National Winter Games in Wanaka last week! Kelly competed in the Alpine Intermediate Skiing section and managed to finish third in both the slalom and giant slalom races in Division 4. He recorded a time of 2min 10.93 sec over two runs in his slalom. In his giant slalom he finished in 1 minute 46.57, only missing out on silver by the smallest margin.

What’s been happening

Mauao Surf Academy

The Mount Maunganui College Mauao Surf Academy travelled to Raglan for the Secondary School Sorf Championships. Our team placed 4th overall.

U18 Girls
Sophia Brock, 2nd

U16 Boys
Zane Pitkeathley, made it to semi-final

U16 Girls
Sage Fritchley, made it to semi-final

U14 Girls
Izzy Evans, made it to semi final
Maddie Tod, made it to semi final

Eagles Golf Tournament
The Mount Maunganui College Golf Team came away with some awesome results at Te Puke Golf Club. Our two teams placed 8th and 10th overall. Tyler Ashton had a cracker of a day coming in 3rd with a 75 off the stick. Nate Tutt shot a 78, placing him 11th and Georgia Kaye came 4th with an 82.

Basketball
Congratulations to the Senior Prem Girls and Senior Prem Boys who won their finals in the Tauranga weekly league last week. What a great way to end a successful basketball season for our Senior Premier teams. These teams also did really well at the BOP Championships. See below for results.

First XI Girls Football
Congratulations to our First XI Girls who secured the WaiBOP Western Bay title with their 2-2 draw on Thursday last week against Otumoetai College. Great prep for Nationals this week.

NISS Indoor Bowls Championships
Our Indoor bowls team won top school at the North Island Secondary Schools Champs held in Mount Maunganui recently. Hunter Reid took out the north island singles title with Rylee Lovell Dewes coming third. Great results team!

What’s coming up?

BOPSS Ski and Snowboarding Champs
The Mount Maunganui College snow sports team will be taking to their skis and snowboards next Monday 11th September to compete for the Bay Champs at Whakapapa ski field. Entries are open again until 4th September, due to the original postponement. See the Sports Office to sign up if you’ve missed out.

NZSS Street Skateboarding Championship
NZSS Skateboarding Champs are coming up on 31st August and 1st September. Registrations are now closed. We have a great skate team ready to compete. Results to come,

Manawahe Multisport Race
The Manawahe Multisport Race postponement date has been announced as 24th October. Results to come.

Winter Tournament Week
Winter Tournament Week is underway this week around the North Island. We wish all teams the best of luck and will be putting regular updates up on our Mount Maunganui College Sports social media pages to keep you informed. A big thanks to all our Coaches, Managers, Teachers in Charge and fundraising committees. A huge amount of work goes into making sure our rangatahi can take part and as a school we are super grateful for the time and effort that our community has put into getting these tournaments off the ground. Follow results through the links below. We will cover all these sports and their results in the next newsletter!

BASKETBALL
Junior Premiership Zone 2
https://nz.basketball/competitions/schools/juniors/
Saturday 26 - Tuesday 29 August (Rotorua)

AA Premierships Zone 2
https://nz.basketball/competitions/schools/aa-premierships/
Wednesday 30 August - (Rotorua) Saturday 2 September (Rotorua)

CLIMBING -
NZSS Climbing Cup
No website as yet
Monday 29 August - Tuesday 30 August (Mount Maunganui)
Team of 10 Climbers

FOOTBALL
MMC Boys 1st XI - Malcolm Cowie Tournament
Monday 28 August - Friday 1 September (Papakura)
https://nzssboysfootball.co.nz/boys-2023-tournament-draws-and-results/malcolm-cowie-tournament

MMC Boys Junior 1st XI - Hillsdene Junior Tournament
Monday 28 August - Thursday 31 August (Tauranga)
https://nzssboysfootball.co.nz/boys-2023-tournament-draws-and-results/hillsdene-junior-tournament

MMC Girls 1st XI - Lotto Premier Tournament
Monday 28 August - Friday 1 September (Taupo)
https://nzssgirlsfootball.co.nz/2023-tournament-draws-and-results/premier-girls-tournament

HOCKEY
1st XI Boys
Founders Cup
Monday 28 August - Friday 1 September (Napier)
https://hockeynz.altiusrt.com/competitions/532#pool1281

1st XI Girls
Jenny Hair Tournament
Monday 28 August - Friday 1 September (Napier)
https://hockeynz.altiusrt.com/competitions/533#pool1286

INDOOR BOWLS
NZSS Indoor Bowls Championships
Sunday 27 August - Monday 28 August (Auckland)
Team of 4

NETBALL
Upper North Island Secondary School Championships
Monday 28 August - Friday 1 September (Auckland)
Premier 1
http://www.uniss.co.nz/

SKATING
NZ Secondary School Street Skateboarding Championships
Wednesday 30 - Friday 1 September
Team of 14
https://skateboarding.nz/2023-nz-secondary-school-street-skateboarding-championship/

Winter Codes
Our winter sports teams are heading towards the business end of the season. We have a number of our school teams in finals and semifinals across a range of codes and we wish them all the best of luck.

Sports Awards Applications
Applications for Sports Awards are now open. Application forms can be found under the Sports tab on the school website. Please fill in the form if you wish to submit information regarding a student’s sporting achievement/s from October 2022 through to October 2023. Once you complete the form you will be sent a link so you can constantly update the information up until the closing date.

Please keep all applications concise, listing events, achievements and results.

This may be for either individual, team and/or representative sports and will assist Mount Maunganui College in acknowledging students achievements.

Special Awards
Senior Sports Boy
Senior Sports Girl
Junior Sports Boy
Junior Sports Girl
Sports Team of the Year
Contribution to Sport within the Community
Contribution to Sport at School
Most Outstanding Sporting Achievement Female
Most Outstanding Sporting Achievement Male

You will also need to fill out this form if you wish to be considered for Principal and Crimson Awards.

Consideration for Principal, Crimson and Special Awards will only be on applications received. Criteria for these awards are:

Principal’s Award

These are awarded to students who have:
Broken a school record
Been selected in a regional representative team at U16 or above
Been selected in a Tauranga representative team in the oldest age group
Been selected in a national squad, development team or tournament team in the current year
1st place in BOP individual secondary school event or have gained a significant placing in a national individual secondary school event.

Crimson Award
This is our highest sporting award. These are awarded to students who have been selected in a New Zealand team or have achieved a top three placing in a national sporting event.

Applications close on Friday 15 September 2023, 5pm.

Summer Sport Registration
Time to start thinking about signing up for Summer codes. These codes include:

Cricket - Most cricketers play club cricket as well as playing for school teams. Mr Golding will hold trials in the first week of Term Four for juniors prior to their games. If you’re not currently on Mr Goldings radar but are keen to play, please see him in H5 or email him on mattg@mmc.school.nz.

Futsal - WaiBOP run a weekly league on Sunday at Trustpower. If you wish to play, please register your interest via the school futsal page and information will be sent to you once more details come out about the competition.

Surfing - Ms Grimmer organises a surf group in conjunction with South Pacific Surf School. Students pay $25 a week for a professional lesson catered to their ability level. Please contact Ms Grimmer on alishag@mmc.school.nz or go and see her at school to sign up/learn more.

Touch - We are ramping up our Touch programme this year. We will offer social touch as well as competitive grades. If you are interested in playing touch in Term 4 please register your interest with Teacher in Charge, Rachel Gregory on rachelg@mmc.school.nz. Trials for the senior mixed touch team are being held Tuesday 5 September at 3.30pm on the school field.

Volleyball - Junior girls volleyball trials have already taken place and junior boys trials will take place Thursday 7 September in the school gym directly after school. All social players should keep their eye on the daily news for more information towards the end of Term 3 regarding the social league.

Waterpolo - Junior waterpolo preseason trainings are already underway. If you’re interested in playing for the school please contact Miss Abbey Yule on abbeyy@mmc.school.nz

Sports Academy
The Mount Maunganui College Sports Academy, run in conjunction with Athlete Factory is up and running again this term. It provides a great space and top level strength and conditioning coaching to help your child reach their physical potential for their sport.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/LJ9yEtTAm3f5NCp68

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TECT PARK CAMPAIGN

What’s next for TECT Park? Share your ideas and you could win some cool prizes!

TECT Park is our own outdoor adventure playground, which is important to our community and we’re proud of it! 🏞️

You can do lots there already – either with a club or an activity like the Adrenalin forest, or you can just rock on up and do some things for free.

The park’s been operating for over 10 years and now it’s time for the next chapter – but we need your help! 🙏

We want to hear from you, your friends, and your whanau!

Have you heard of TECT Park? What would you like us to add or to experiences there?

🤔 Maybe a café or an outside classroom? More mountain biking tracks? Maybe archery?

Let us know and help us plan for the future. 🗣️💥

Just fill out our short survey, you'll be in the draw to win some cool prizes! 😉 Stoney Creek Vouchers, Adrenalin Forest Family passes, or even a Mountain Bike.

Go to www.tectpark.co.nz and be in to win!

You’ve got until 5pm, 17 September.

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WAKA KOTAHI UPDATE

Tēnā koe,

Te Maunga interchange, at the State Highway 2 and 29A intersection at Baypark, is scheduled to fully open to traffic next week. The interchange has been operating without its fourth ramp since its partial opening in 2022. The remaining ramp is scheduled to open in mid-August and will temporarily take all traffic from SH2/TEL/Pāpāmoa over the newly signalised interchange. This change will enable SH2 at ground level, underneath the interchange, to be completed.

The traffic switch, including opening the ramp, the commissioning of new traffic lights on Te Maunga interchange and the closure of SH2 northbound underneath the interchange, is scheduled to take place from Sunday 13 August to Wednesday 16 August and will mean changes for people travelling on SH2 from Pāpāmoa and SH29A from Maungatapu.

You’ll find further information below and online at nzta.govt.nz/temaunga

We would appreciate if you could include any of the below information in your communication channels. Please let us know if you require any further information.

Ngā mihi,
Baypark to Bayfair Project Team

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KEY DATES

2023 Term Dates (click to view)

2024 Term Dates (click to view)

September 2023
4          …………          Year 13 Spirit Week
6          …………          Head Shave
7          …………          Year 13 Quiz
11        …………          Level 1 English Examination
12        …………          Level 1 MCAT Examination
13        …………          Level 1 Science Examination
15        …………          DanceNZMade Nationals
15        …………          Level 1 Mathematics Examination
21        …………          Engagement Report Issued
22        …………          Last Day Term 3

October 2023
9          …………          First Day Term 4
12        …………          Performing Arts Awards
25        …………          Sports Prizegiving
30        …………          Senior Academic Prizegiving

December 2023
7          …………          Dean’s Prizegiving
8          …………          Junior Prizegiving
8          …………          Last Day Term 4

NGĀ TOKA O TIRIKAWA - KAPAHAKA GROUP

UNIFORM

MAIN ENTRANCE / STAFF CARPARK

TECT PARK CAMPAIGN

WAKA KOTAHI UPDATE

KEY DATES