"I was a city girl and wanted to go to a big school or to a school with boys. My mum wanted me to go to Nga Tawa for the education it provides but also because she thought the uniform was pretty. I’m so glad I did because people actually knew me as a person and I felt like part of a community."
Claris, a big city girl with a witty sense of humour, spent three and a half years at Nga Tawa. She finished her final year of school with great grades and went on to study Accounting. She was the first to admit sport wasn’t her thing but she tried everything– softball, badminton, tennis, and even the Nga Tawa fitness programme. Unfortunately, one thing she didn’t have a go at was horse riding - she realised on her first day she was allergic to horses so stayed well away from the yards! She has great memories of her teachers and the friends she made.
