Te Reo @ Tamaki

Our preparation... Even though everyone was very busy throughout the week - we all still managed to come together as a combined class and create an item for the talent night. Two short practices and we were rearing to go. Kia kaha! Talent Night Highlights Participation - awesome to see parents taking part and fully dressing up for the ocassion! Fun and exciting performances by all classes and family acts. Our favourites for the night were the video clip (open class), troopers, high school musical, Canaan and Xavier. A night fully enjoyed by the teachers and students of grade 7 - 100%
Students of Grade 7

Practices...
-Practices were really long
-we knew that it would have a good outcome
-it was great doing something different and serious
-the performance on the night was awesome!
-it was good to see everyone getting involved and going hard out.
"Kia kaha, kia mana, kia manuia"
Te Reo Karanga Crew, Grade 8

Tamaki's Got Talent - Grade 4 reflections

Well the dust has settled on a fantastic night of fun, fellowship and entertainment. The consensus is that it was a hugely blessed and enjoyable night for both young and old. Grade 4 were fortunate to win the ‘Sunday School Class’ category of the talent quest with their item – The Parable of the 10 Bridesmaids: The Thriller Remix.
This morning at Sunday school, Grade 4 were still beaming and basking in the honour of having being adjudged the top placegetters, so Tala o Tamaki asked them – What was the highlight of your evening?

"What I liked about the Tamaki’s Got Talent was performing in front of people and watching all the classes and other people’s performance." - Alo

"What I liked about the talent quest was – everything!" - Helen

"My highlight that I enjoyed was performing in front of a lot of people." - Moses

"Yesterday the best highlight for me was dancing and performing and most of all showing that Grade 4 has talent as well as the whole of Tamaki PIPC." - Tascha

"My highlight was coming 1st and watching all the classes dance." - Cruz

"The things I enjoyed most last night were performing our group performance – The Thriller, and just busting my moves with my mates and watching other groups perform….and having supper!"Tanielu

"The thing I liked about last night was performing to other people and supper. But most important is that I liked spending time and dancing with my friends – Tanielu. Cruz and Moses and my class mates." - Jacob

Grade 5 & 6’s Doctor Dance Reflections

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ACTION!
Hey people,
Grade 5 & 6 Dance was solid aye! “How did our dance come second?” I hear you say, well…it all started when our teacher Bob told us to practice with a mop!!! Yes a mop. We only had one week to suss it out.Practices were fun and really energetic. We started with really easy moves then it started to shine.
The girl’s were really on to it - shaking their hips while the boys were struggling with shaking our legs and doing our actions as well (hey boy’s can’t multi task like girls do).
Then all the hard work, all the hard things we practiced - pulled off on the night of the talent quest.
We all enjoyed dancing and laughing at our practices. This wouldn’t have happened without our teacher’s Bob, Emma, Aniva and Rasalama.
Thanks to everyone who helped. Peace out.
Leauma T (Grade 5 & 6)

Tamaki’s 29th Anniversary was awesome. Practices were challenging but fun. Yesterday the 16th May 2009 we had our 29th anniversary. The theme we had was that of a ‘Ball’. It was very nice to see the beautiful formal dresses that were worn.
Oh my - it was our grade’s turn to go and perform! It was thrilling when we went on stage, seeing everyone cheering for us was so cool!
The talent quest is over and overall we came second!
Student 11-12 year old (Grade 5 & 6)


Our 29th anniversary was based on a talent quest. The theme was a formal ball. Everyone including the parents came looking absolutely stunning.
Everything was running smoothly, I was enjoying all the performances, especially Canaan and Xavier’s Michael Jackson item.
Time was running by and oh my - you know it - it was our grade’s time to go and perform.
We were doing a cool hula dance. It was so thrilling when we went on stage seeing everyone cheer for us was so cool. I didn’t care about anything but having fun. To my amazement I didn't get any of the actions wrong. Our dance was coming to an end, to tell you the truth I was actually glad, I just wanted to get it over and done with. We went off the stage and everyone was cheering again. It felt awesome.
I was back on the dance floor breaking out my groovy dance moves I was going hard! It was neat! The DJ played some mean sounds.
Overall the night was great!
Student 11-12 year old (Grade 5 & 6)

Tamaki's Got Talent 2009

HAPPY 29TH BIRTHDAY TAMAKI PIPC!
That's right, its our church's 29th Anniversary Ball and we're celebrating the big occasion with our very own Tamaki's got Talent 2009!!! Do you remember our last groovy talent quest in 2001? Watch our movie and reminisce on a very memorable and fun night.