Taieri College .::. Our Spirit

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Our Spirit

The Taieri High School and Mosgiel Intermediate closed at the end of 2003. The new school that was born was Taieri College. We tried to capture the spirit of what had gone before and pass it on to a new generation.

Taonga
This taonga symbolises the 'spirit' of The Taieri High School passed on to its successor, Taieri College.

'Marama' - the Moon. Renewal and change but remaining the same.
Koru 'Fern Frond' - new life and growth.
'Fern Root and Kumara' - as staples for the body, mind and spirit.

Artist - Ewan Duff, Otepoti - Dunedin
Iwi - Ngai Tahu - Te Atiawa
Pounamu - Putiputi, New Zealand Flower Jade

Blessed by Rev Selwyn Yeoman, 5 December 2003

Each year the Taonga is handed over by the guardians of the school spirit, the departing Head Prefects to the Head Prefects of the following year. This is done on the final day of the school year at the junior prizegiving.

Left to right - Kirsten Ward-Hartstonge and Hayden Dalton Head Prefects for 2009 handover the Taonga to Head Prefects for 2010 Jessie Lord and Kit Collins