Matua Pepe helped Rooms 14 and 8 celebrate the beginning of Maori Language Week with a workshop on mau rakau. Matua is a Pouwaru in mau rakau (defensive stick fighting) which is the equivalent of holding a Black Belt in Karate.
He emphasised that you need to be fit and strong, and eat the correct food to be an elite athlete.
We enjoyed his session so much, we are arranging for Matua to come back and take a small group of students for extended training.
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