Rehu Tai School Speech Finals

On Monday, we hosted the school wide Rehu Tai Speech finals for 2025. Somerville students, staff and guests were able to enjoy incredibly talented presentations from across the four Whānau of our school. 

The following students presented in the various categories:

Three minute speech:
Jacob K, Vivaan M, Leo W, Caroline S, Axel F, and Thais H.
Spoken Word:
Annie L, Hana Al-A, Heidi P and Andrew L. 
Rap: 
Noah N, Atharv M and Alex Z.
Flash Talk:
Declan G and Jack M.

Congratulations to Leo W, Hana Al-A, Noah N and Declan G who were selected to represent Somerville Intermediate School at the APPA Rehu Tai Cluster Finals. 

Special mention also belongs to these students, who were awarded Highly Commended for: 
Performance: Caroline S
Excellent research and construction of oral language presentation: Jack M
Most entertaining presentation: Atharv M
Originality: Thais H
Interpretation of theme: Andrew L

We would like to acknowledge the generous help of our guest judges, Steve Harper Travers (Principal, Mellons Bay School), Kylie Bryce (HOLA, Howick College), Michael Greenwood (DP, Panmure Bridge School), Mark Keenan (Principal, Sunnyhills), and our own Nadine Mackereth. We also can’t forget the great work from all the teachers and their students to achieve such amazing results.