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Mt Albert Grammar School Niuean group

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The traditional spear dance these boys are performing warns enemies to run away or face certain death. While the dances tell of battles past, today’s struggles – finding a job and a place to live in Auckland, the world’s largest Polynesian city – are equally challenging.

 

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Carl Walrond, Niueans – Community and culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/722/mt-albert-grammar-school-niuean-group (accessed 20 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.