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Can you help with a karakia?
Would you and your class be interested in recording an opening and/or closing karakia for us to use at this year’s INTERFACEXpo events?
If you are, please contact Greg Adams at [email protected] for further details.

Meet this year’s awesome Minecraft competition winners!

Thanks to everyone who entered this year’s INTERFACE Student Minecraft Competition, in association with the Marine Stewardship Council.

The challenge was to build an environment that protects fish, keeps fishing sustainable and ensures clean and pollution-free seas that are full of marine life. We had a record number of entries and we were blown away by your ideas, creativity and building skills.

There were some tough judging calls but congratulations to this year’s magnificent Minecrafters. They are …

Primary (Years 1-6)
WINNER: Shell Sunlight Fishing Village, Rowan Patterson, Home School

SECOND: Sustainable Seas Project, Wyatt Awarangi, Te Ahuwai Bromley School, Christchurch

THIRD: Madi’s Sustainable Fishery, Madison McDonald, Whakarongo School, Palmerston North

Intermediate (Years 7-8)
WINNER: Minecraft Sustainable Seas, Sylas Tairi, Totara School, Oamaru

SECOND: Baxter’s World, Baxter Staples and Will Hardy, Hereworth School, Havelock North

THIRD: Moeraki: Guardians of the Sea, Loki Che, Auckland Normal Intermediate school, Auckland

Secondary (Years 9+)
WINNER: Coral and Krill Marine Life, Adrain Te Kura, Sam Andrewartha, Conner Brunt, and Izayah Apiata, Wairarapa College, Masterton

SECOND: Project Ocean, Iynah Jung, Annie Liu, Katie McDowall, and Atasha Juanillo, Carmel College, Auckland

THIRD: Minecraft Seas, Jimmy Phillips, Anna Zou and Hunter Jeffery, Okaihau College, Northland

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Meet this year’s awesome Minecraft competition winners! Thanks to everyone who entered this year’s INTERFACE Student Minecraft Competition, in association with the Marine Stewardship Council. The challenge was to build an environment that protects fish,…