Battle of Gate Pā Poetry Poster Competition (2014)

Only one entry per class was allowed. The last date for entries was Thursday 1 April 2014. Students wrote poems. Each child in the class wrote a poem in Māori or English or both on an A4 size sheet of paper based on the title: What does the Battle of Gate Pā mean to me? Children who entered this competition wrote about any aspect of the Battle of Gate Pā.

A large poster was created. The children then pasted their poems (only the best ones might have been chosen) onto a larger piece of paper (or any other material) and drew a large picture showing a scene of the Battle of Gate Pā as a background to the poems. The poems and the drawing complemented each other.

The posters were displayed in the St. George's Church Hall alongside the Battles of Gate Pā/Te Ranga Art Competition entries or at the Tauranga City Library during the sesquicentennial (150 years) commemorations of the battle.

Ōtumoetai Intermediate School entry