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he körero - about this site
This site is built for and dedicated to ngä putiputi who attended St. Joseph's Mäori Girls College - Hato Hohepa between the years 1990 - 1993.

We are all around 29-31 years old now and while some of us are overseas, have tamariki or 3, in-laws, jobs, degrees, lives & loves - we still are going strong on the mates scale. Our skura days might have ended last century, but many of us have remained in each others pockets which this site is a testiment to... ämene! Plus this site should provide a good old roffle so that's always a bonus.

An obvious labour of love, this site is for those who know what it was all about to be of the following combination - he mäori, he kötiro, a boarding school kid in the Bay and to grow as a teenager of the 90's. To think that when Beverly Hills 90120 debuted, we were on the other side o te ao at St Joes. Yes it was that long ago!

At Hohepa we acquired some interesting 'how-to' life talents - how to sweep steps and clean windows like never before; how to engage in the anti-starvation practice of lining up in dead straight silence before being herded into the dining hall; how to create a production line for cleaning hundreds of plates, cups and cutlery; how to serenade the neighbourhood with a daybreak pöhiri practice; how to be witty yet obnoxious to power authorities at every turn; how to harmonize on cue and sing the same song 3 differents ways; how to poi for weeks on end and learn to play a guitar in one day. And then there was the reason why we were there - to pass School C or so every parent hoped.

Many of us would be privy to some undoubtedly sarcastic conversations in the more than 10 years since leaving; each self-counselling but laughter-filled körero bringing a new understanding of the whole situation. Despite the oh-so-harsh climate we experienced, would we do it all again? A mildy interesting question so many years later. If we knew the reward of getting mates like no other and some pretty crazy stories to boot, then most likely...

So that's what this site is a snapshot of. Take a look around. There's some awesome links to piks of us in our tragically influenced 90's flair; waiata (coz you know we loved to wail...); a bit of lingo here and there, and just some good old memories of 4 (and even 5 for some!!) long, yet dare we admit, joyious years at 25 Osier Road, Greenmeadows, Napier.

Don't forget - you can give up some love and put a mihi in the guestbook if you want and check out the shoutouts section.

Well that's my spin. I o mahi katoa, me mahia.

Naku noa,
Te Kaihanga o tënei Paenga Tukutuku

 

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