Graduation

We graduated from the Mauri Ora course this weekend at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua.

It was a good experience - we were called in in the traditional Maori way and confronted by the staff from Te Wananga o Aotearoa doing a haka. We were on the front row so it was rather loud and impressive.
It was quite an informal ceremony with several of the graduates doing performances, and people jumping up in the crowd and doing haka or waita when their relatives walked up. Great stuff!

Our next door neighbour was there graduating from a different course, and we also met a couple of the people from the British Expats forum, one of whom did the course on my suggestion!

They walked up to me and said "You're Rob!" which was a bit strange but kinda cool :)

Me, and a couple of Buck Nin originals

More art from around the arena