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Welcome to the RANGI wikispace!

Hi Rangi, and welcome to our wikispace, this is a place where we can communicate ideas and answer questions, this will be a valuable tool for us in 2011 as it has been in the past, after all a well organized Whanau is a successful Whanau and communication is the key to good organization. So I encourage the use of this wiki and will try to keep it as up to date as possible, but creating a wiki that will help the whole Whanau is something that any Rangi student can help in, so by all means ask questions leave comments and help Rangi get organized!

Rangi did really well last year but unfortunately, Waima did that little bit better. (Rangi came second in 2010!) Our successes in 2010 can be attributed to our ability to communicate in order to find our strengths and to work together to put our strengths forward and to support them as a group. Team work is essential for a successful whanau and participation is a major part of that this is especially true because in many events points are given just for the number of people willing to have a go. However in some of the whanau competitions Rangi can only be represented by a small number of its members for example whanau soccer and hockey etc. have a limited number of players in each team this means we must have a good communication system in order to find the skills our members have so that they can be best utilized.

And this is where our wiki can come in, information on upcoming whanau events can be published here and anyone can come and find out all they need to know, then you can let us know about any skills you have that make you a good representative for Rangi this way we can be better organised and hopefully this will mean we can do even better. But there is not always the high level of skills that would be ideal amongst our small whanau so its important that you are willing to have a go even if you don't think you're the especially skilled, we need participation! Our Whanau is the smallest of the five and this means if we want to have competitive participation numbers we need you all to have ago in events like cross-country, athletics and swimming sports. Remember that most of the Whanau events are about participation - so encourage your friends, grab a mate and get involved!!

Our school will reward Whanau participation in a number of ways - for juniors, Junior Diploma points can be awarded, the Whanau with the most Whanau points at the end of the year will receive the Whanau shield but events like Whanau swimming sports are a reward in themselves, the Whanau spirit at these events is outstanding, so get involved and enjoy it!

With the right attitude and sufficient organisation and communication 2011 can be Rangi's year!