Nearly 2 years ago Simon, an ex school board member asked if our kapa haka group would be willing to lead the mihi whakatau at the opening ceremony of the Asia Pasific Dodgeball Championships held at Te Puna Wai. Of course I said yes.
Murphy's Law says that anything that has been planned that can be affected by weather events, will be affected by weather events. Thursday was a strike day for teachers in the union and we had severe Red Weather warnings with the possibility of hurricane force winds. Oh goody!
We followed all the precautions and notified every authority to seek advice and then decided to proceed
