Mark Ellis - Rakaia School Auto Fair

Get ready for a fun-filled day at the Rakaia School Auto Fair. SUN 2 NOV 10AM – 3PM at Rakaia School Grounds. Just $5 entry per adult | $2 per child | $10 per family. Luke caught up with Principal Mark Ellis to ask what we can expect. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
To Welcome to in studio by Rakaire School Principal Mark Allie.
Feels a bit weird calling him that because he was
also my principal way back in the glory days of
Mayfield Primary School and we were reminiscing over a few
fond memories. One of them I remember it was usually
when I was in class being punished by some maths

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test with Missus Donnelly, and then the fire siren across
the road would go off. And he's always been a
committed firefighter, mister Allie, so we'd all press up against
the window and watch him, almost like an Olympic sport,
jump over the railing of the office and then sprint
across the field and then dash his way across the

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road before jumping into the fire engine. Do you still
pull off those sort of theatrics for the kids at Rakaia, Mark.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
Yes, probably just a little bit slower.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
I think it's all like the Master's games now, is it?

Speaker 2 (00:53):
Certainly is? I'm over for fifty. I might think I'm thirty,
but no, Rakaire School, what term four?

Speaker 1 (01:01):
Now?

Speaker 3 (01:02):
We're doing really really well. We're back over two hundred
for the role, which has grown tremendously. Wow, fabulous staff,
great people and just a wonderful place to be.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
If you guys had a school production this year.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
No, we had in term three our art show, so
we had the community come through. We had a bit
of a barbecue and they went through all the classrooms
and looked at the fabulous pieces of art that the
children had created. And we do that on a three
year rotation. We have our production, we have a technology
slash science sort of year, and then we have an

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art yere so it gets our parents in to enjoy
and see what the children have been doing.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
Yeah, maybe we could task some of those kids with
helping out with the salmon. No.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Yes, well that's another chair, isn't it.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
We're too busy organizing what's going to be another wonderful event.
You've come to us today to tell us about the
Rekaire Auto Fear.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
Yeah, getting underway. It's our first time.

Speaker 3 (01:56):
So it's November two and we certainly invite everyone from
MD Cannerbury and the wider districts to get their cars
out of the garage and their motorbikes out of the
garage and come and put them on display at require
school between ten and three.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
So this is like a show and shine.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
Yeah, yeah, I suppose that's another way to put it.

Speaker 3 (02:13):
It's there'll be some prizes for you know, best in show,
and we'll have teen coffee and we snack there for
the people that that enter, and of course there's just
a donation as you come in the gate. There'll be
stalls and there'll be things for the kids. So we're
really excited.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
Is it just cars?

Speaker 3 (02:30):
No cars and bikes? Say, you know, for a principal
riding a Harley, there's got to be a few bikes
in there. Make so you do you still ride?

Speaker 2 (02:37):
I've still got.

Speaker 3 (02:38):
That tucked in the garage and when it's warm enough
I can get out and about.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
So Pete Livingston isn't the only local principal who's a
wild hog.

Speaker 3 (02:45):
No, no, but you know, Pete and I might have
that discussion when he gets a Harley here, he'll be okay, but.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
Oh he's not an official hog.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
Oh no, no he's not. But you get Pete in
and we'll have a jet.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
Well that's brilliant. So it's not just for the petrol heads.
You're going to have a bit of a mum market
display there too.

Speaker 3 (03:01):
Yeah, there's the food vendors are all sold out which
is amazing, so there were plenty of food and things available.
There's still about five spaces left for anybody that wants
to sell their wares and we invite them to jump
on the page and have a look.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
Is this a fundraiser for anything in particular at.

Speaker 3 (03:19):
The moment without being too political, you know that schools
aren't funded as well as they need to be to
look after our children with needs and the things that
schools need to operate. So it is something in particular
that our school support group, the Old ptas people may
remember it, are raising funds for and they donate every
year to our school around ten to twelve thousand dollars

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to support the programs in.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
Play goes a long way revved up for the kids.
The Rakaire School Auto Fear ten Toll three at the
school grounds on Sunday. You can find more by searching
the Rekaire School Auto Fear on Facebook.