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We are incredibly proud to celebrate Shakaia, who has been selected as one of just five students from all of the 112 Area Schools and Kura across the whole of New Zealand to receive a New Zealand Area Schools Association (NZASA) National Student of Excellence Award!
Shakaia has been recognised for her outstanding achievements, leadership and contribution to our school and community.
Having already achieved NCEA Level 3, Shakaia chose to return to school this year to work towards University Entrance (UE), with plans to study towards a degree in Social Work. Her commitment to her education and future is truly inspiring.
This year Shakaia was also selected for the TOSI National Area Schools teams in both Volleyball and Basketball and went on to be selected for the New Zealand Volleyball Team, and is one of our Head Students, where she is a positive role model and supports students, our school and wider community.
Shakaia is one of our cultural leaders, a high quality academic student, a great sportsperson and a wonderful community and school representative.
Congratulations, Shakaia! We are incredibly proud of you!
Kia ora,
Tapawera Area School is a school that serves our local and wider community for students aged 5 to 19 years old. We have wonderful facilities which have been modernised recently and have some more major updates planned for 2026 and 2027. These facilities allow our students from an early age to experience and take part in specialist subject areas and facilities for earlier than they would at a ‘normal’ primary school.
We are close enough to Nelson to allow our senior students easy access to NMIT and Whenua Iti Trades Academies in years 11-13 for a huge range of high quality tertiary formatted courses.
We have Tapawera Kindergarten on our site allowing for amazing links pre and post starting our kura and playcentre is less than 100 meters away as well.
We currently have 5 school bus runs to service our wider community, free of charge to our families. Small class sizes, high quality subject specialist qualified teachers and a very strong learning support facility only adds to the value of our school.
We strive to succeed in giving multiple opportunities to all our students, some of which they would not get in larger urban schools. We pride ourselves on knowing every student's strengths and weaknesses and getting the best possible outcomes for them. We are large enough to provide for excellence and small enough to support all of our students and community needs. I look forward to meeting with you at any point and welcome questions or visits to our kura.
Andy Ashworth
Principal
“Providing Excellence, Opportunity and Equity for all”
25 Sep 2026
YOUTH FLY FISHING SESSIONS
Fish and Game are offering three after-school fly-fishing sessions in October/November. This is an excellent opportunity to begin your fly fishing journey, or if you have already started, to refine your skills. The course will be run by Jacob Lucas (Fish & Game staff) and Weesang Paaka (teacher and angler). Participants should be in high school (or aged 13-18) to attend.
Day 1 - Monday October 26 - Richmond Fish & Game office
Basic principles of fly fishing - class-based
Day 2 - Monday November 2 - Saxton Field (outside Sport Tasman office)
Knots, casting
Day 3 - Monday November 9 - Waimea Fishing Ponds
Casting, catching, cooking
They are also offering an after School Club at the Waimea Ponds for 1 month after the course (on Monday afternoons), where students can come down to fish for trout, with 1-2 staff on hand to assist. See attached for more info. Please register here to attend.
Or come and see Tegan and she can put in your registration for you.
All equipment provided. No fishing licence required – we can supply an educational permit for the evening at Waimea Fish ponds.
Yeah Girls Cricket Sessions.
Please see below information for this season, Yeah! Girls - Y7/8 Hub if students are interested.
Day: Wednesday
Time: 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Term 4 - Starting November 2
School Years 7/8
Cost: FREE
Register via this link - https://www.playhq.com/new-zealand-cricket/register/e3305a (Link is also on our facebook page)
Location: Aerial Field, Saxton Complex, Stoke,
Coach: Caitlin Whiting ( Nelson Nixon )
Girls Only!
Yeah! Girls is 7 fun 45-minute sessions during term 4 for Girls. Each session is made up of three or four fun games designed to help girls learn the skills required to play cricket.
🎉 GET READY FOR WIG WEDNESDAY! 🎉
Next Wednesday 16th September , we’re getting our wildest wigs ready and raising funds for Kiwi Kids with Cancer. 💛
💇♀️💇♂️ Wear your best, brightest or craziest wig for the day!
💰 Donation compulsory, please — every little bit helps support this amazing cause.
Let’s get behind a great cause, have some fun and see just how crazy our school can look! 🤪🌈
Wig up, Tapawera! 🧑🎤🎉
ccf-wig-wednesday-2026-supporter-poster-a-3-noah-pdf-bd21d1.pdf
‘The Rivers’
(Tapawera Area School Annual Magazine)
Celebrating Our Students' Achievements
Because our school community is a major part of the local sporting community, we want to include all types of student activities in our yearbook to record their achievements throughout the year.
I have already connected with the local rugby club (TRFC Stags), netball club (TNC), and the jiu-jitsu club to arrange coverage. However, we know many of our students participate in other clubs and individual sports like Moto-X.
We also want to celebrate achievements in activities beyond sports, such as dance, gymnastics, scouts, cadets, pole dancing, and more!
If your child participates in an activity that you'd like to see included, please email me the details (below) and an individual clear photo.
We'd love to showcase everyone's accomplishments.
Sentences that include the following:
Student's team name and club
Grade
Position played
Sum up how the season went in 2 sentences.
End with names and year
Trophies: if they won one or player of the day/ribbons, or medals
Contact me:
Susan Fenemor
Editor
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