2021 Tūrangi Whakawhanaunga Kī o Rahi Tournament

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On the back of the Kahuitara and Tokomaru Akau Kī o Rahi tournaments, Roera Hartley and his crew from Tūwharetoa decided to run a Whakawhanaunga Kī o Rahi Tournament in Tūrangi.

Roera had been to both tournaments on the coast and wanted to continue the whanaungatanga, hence the decision to do something in Tūwharetoa.

What follows is a rundown of the day from Roera:

A beautiful day in Turangi to run a Kiorahi tournament.

We had 5 teams competing as we had a few pull out last minute but we were able to pull together a mean draw.

Our 5 teams that competed were our visitors from the coast, Tokomaru Bay, and Ruatoria.

Our last 3 teams were all local teams being Waihi, Ngati Hikairo, and a Turangi team.

1st round

Tokomaru Bay vs Turangi

Winner - Tokomaru Bay

Ruatoria vs Waihi

Winner - Waihi

2nd round

Ruatoria vs Turangi

Winner - Ruatoria

Ngati Hikairo vs Waihi

Winner - Ngati Hikairo

3rd round

Tokomaru Bay vs Ruatoria

Winner - Tokomaru Bay

Ngati Hikairo vs Turangi

Winner - Ngati Hikairo

4th round

Ruatoria vs Ngati Hikairo

Winner - Ruatoria

Waihi vs Turangi

Winner - Waihi

5th round

Ngati Hikairo vs Tokomaru Bay

Winner - Tokomaru Bay

Ruatoria vs Waihi

Winner - Ruatoria

Overall Placings

1st - Tokomaru Bay

2nd - Ruatoria

3rd - Ngati Hikairo

4th - Waihi

5th - Turangi

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After round robin we finished the day with a Coasties vs Turangi game.

The coasties gave our Turangi team a beat down winning 41-6. However, we’ll get our revenge at Koroneihana though.

Overall it was an awesome day! Big thank you to Tongariro School for opening the fields for us to host the tournament. The coast teams for travelling all the way to Turangi to play Kiorahi. Rongomai Marae for hosting our east coast whanau, and lastly to everyone who turned up on the day to make it was it was!!

Chur

Danny Maera