The Contract Management Solutions Ltd Franklin
Multicultural Festival was held on Saturday 1 April 2017 at Pukekohe Intermediate.
The sport this year was Turbo Touch. This was followed by
performances from local schools and groups ranging from Kindy through to
adults.
Food for sale included burgers, indian, pacific kai, sausage sizzle and cakes.
The profit from the day is still being calculated. We could not do this without
our sponsors listed below:
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Alan Wilson Plumbing Ltd
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Kids After School
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Alberts Kitchen
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Liberty Stage Ltd
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ASB Bank Pukekohe
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Liddells Pharmacy
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Auckland Council - Franklin
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Liquorland Pukekohe
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Aurora Law
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McDonalds Pukekohe
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Autobahn Cafe
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McRobbie Bros Ltd
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BK's Counties Motor Lodge
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Mitre 10 Pukekohe
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Boneyard
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Monarch Cafe
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Cafe Kaos
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NZ Maritime Museum
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Callander Construction Ltd
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Otaua Motors Ltd
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Campbell Tyson
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Pak n Save Pukekohe
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Cloud 9
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Pita Pit Pukekohe
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Coffee 2 Go Cart - Demac
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Placemakers Counties
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Coinsave
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Pokeno Bacon
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Contract Management Solutions Ltd
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Preview
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Counties Fitness
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Pukekohe Chiropractic
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Crossfit Pukekohe
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Pukekohe Toyota
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Curry Leaf
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Puni Springs Pony Park
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Custom Threadz
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Puni Workshop Ltd
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Designer FLowers
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R & P Building Works Ltd
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Draeinail Construction Ltd
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Rahna's Professional Massage
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ED Street
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Resene
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Farmlands - Farmsource
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Rettro Hair & Beauty
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Firstflex Cables
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Roofing Industries (Franklin Ltd)
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Franklin Pool and Leisure
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Ryco
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Gallagher Group
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Sally Beavis (World Organic Consultant)
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Gary Logan Pharmacy
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Set Sue Ltd
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Ginger
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Slice of Elegance
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Hill Takeaway
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Stirling Sports Pukekohe
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Hortigro
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Spartan PT
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The Warehouse Pukekohe
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TP & SR King & Sons Earthmovers Ltd
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Waters Funerals
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Wai Shing Ltd
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Whittaker's
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Each
year in late March/early April, Puni School organises the Franklin Cultural
Festival to celebrate the varied ethnicities of Pukekohe and the surrounding
areas. This is our main fundraiser of
the year. The Festival is run in
conjunction with the Counties Manukau Ethnic Council and sporting bodies of
Franklin.
The day is celebrated at the Pukekohe Intermediate Grounds commencing with a sporting competition for 8-13 year olds. Local schools enter teams, generally of 10-12 members to experience
new or different sports that they may not encounter in the school yard.
2008 - Kabiddi (Indian bullrush game)
2009 - Ki-O-Rahi (Maori Rob the Nest)
2010 - Crazy Ball (NZ made game to strengthen throwing and catching skills)
2011 - Ultra Rip Rugby (devised by Jeremy Wara and Dameon C from Counties
Manukau Rugby)
2012 - Tee-Ball (devised in USA in 1940's)
2013 - Futsal (Brazilian 5 a side soccer)
2014 - Ki-O-Rahi 2015 - Touch Rugby 2016 - Turbo Touch 2017 - Turbo Touch
The day generally commences at 12.30pm with a welcome, karakia and warm up for
the 300+ competitors. Instructions and organisation for
the day is given out by the main stage and the teams wearing sponsored t-shirts
from local businesses then spend the next 2 1/2 hours engaged in inter-school
competitions.
The Puni School PTA/Community provide amusements such as face painting,
children's stalls, raffles, bouncy castles, merry-go-rounds, water walkers etc
and a huge variety of ethnic foods for sale such as butter chicken, hangi,
spicy lamb burgers, sausages in bread, japanese/chinese delights, dutch
pancakes, cold drinks, ice-blocks, coffee/tea etc. The stalls open up at the intermediate school around 9am and run
through to the end of the festival.
At 3pm a prize-giving is held for the sports competition at the main stage
and our Master of Ceremonies welcomes the crowds and the Cultural performers
who entertain in the afternoon's.
Performances begin at 3pm with Puni School Kapa Haka group being the first to
perform, with the whole school closing the event at 6pm. Each group has 10 minutes to perform and we receive entries from
indian dancers, bangla dancers, martial arts devotees, polynesian groups,
school kapa haka teams, cheer leaders, hip hop dances, scottish pipers, chinese
dragon dancers, school choirs etc.
The Festival concludes around 6pm each year. The Festival has
become an annual feature on the Franklin Calendar over the past 9 years.
Puni School performance 2017 |