The annual Sheilah Winn Shakespeare competition kicked off at Napier Boys’ High School on the evening of 31 March and included two Karamu High School groups.
The student-directed group, directed by Year 13 Ria Loveder, put on an original and compelling interpretation of a segment from Macbeth, which won them the competition. The group, consisting of Ria Loveder, Stephen Clothier, Connor Findlay and Callum Reeve have won themselves the chance to compete in the national finals of the Sheilah Winn competition held over Queen’s Birthday Weekend in Wellington.
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Five Karamu teams brought home three silver medals from the Canoe Polo Nationals, held in Feilding at the start of April. The Junior Girls’ team lost the final to a very skilled Horowhenua College team. This team played extremely well and seven of the eight players were playing their first season of canoe polo. The Senior Girls’ teams both played extremely well throughout the tournament to make the finals of both Division I and II. Both Senior Girls’ teams came home with silver.
Once again Karamu students did extremely well in the annual Edible Arts competition held at the Hawkes Bay Opera House. Tessa Paaymans, Year 12, took out first in the senior section as well as second in the Supreme Award section. The winner of the adult section was Hemi Wong, a Year 13 here last year. In addition there were promising efforts from some of the Year 9 girls.