the world's largest high school cultural competition, begins
What you need to know:
Polyfest, the world's largest secondary schools cultural competition, is running from Wednesday-Saturday at Auckland's Manukau Sports Bowl.
In total, 181 cultural groups from 55 schools are taking part over the four days.
There are six stages: Cook Islands, Aotearoa, Niue, Samoa, Tonga and a Diversity stage. There will be traditional music, dance and speech competitions.
The Māori stage has been moved to a different weekend this year to allow students who also competed at Te Matatini a rest. It will run April 3-5 at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau.
Here's all the info you need on tickets, parking and road closures if you're heading down.
Me mōhio e koe:
Atu i te Wenerei ki te Hātarei a Polyfest, te whakataetae ahurea kura tuarua nui o te ao, tū ai ki te Manukau Sports Bowl ki Tāmaki.
Tōpū katoa, 181 ngā rōpū ahurea nō ngā kura e 55 e whaiwāhi atu ana rā ngā rangi e whā.
E ono ngā papatūwaewae: Kuki ’Āirani, Aotearoa, Niue, Hāmoa, Tonga me te papa Kanorau. Ka kitea ētahi puoro taketake, ngā kanikani me ngā whakataetae kauhau.
Kua tārewatia te papatūwaewae Māori ki tētahi atu wīkene i te tau nei e whaiwāhi atu ai rātou ngā ākonga i tū hoki ki Te Matatini kia whakatā ka tahi, ka rua, kia whakarite. Hei te 3-5 o Āperira tū ai ki te Due Drop Events Centre ki Manukau.
Anei te roanga atu o ngā kōrero hei kai māu mō ngā tīkiti, te tūnga waka me ngā aukatinga huarahi mēnā koe e toro atu ana.
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