Teams to strut hip-hop stuff at national final

Members of the Macandrew Intermediate Mac 2 and King's and Queen's High Schools' Spacific 6 hip-hop groups (clockwise, from left) Junior Tairi, Sumaya Taha, Shaleem Shelford, Daniel Dam, David Taua, Paul Tupai, Alexzandria Matagi-Stevenson, Mitchell Wilson, Sam Stewart and Serena Mather (centre) prepare for the national hip-hop finals in Wellington this weekend. Absent: Chantelle Fuka. Photo by Craig Baxter.

King's and Queen's High Schools' Spacific 6 and Macandrew Intermediate's Mac 2 qualified for the national final in August after success in the secondary and intermediate hip-hop categories at the Otago and Southland aerobic and dance championships.

They will be joined by the equally energetic Queen's High School aerobics team, which also qualified for the national final in Wellington.

There are 10 pupils in the team - all of them placed at the regional championships in team and individual categories.

Queen's High School dance teacher Nicole Rogers said all three teams had been rehearsing for the past three months in preparation for the championship.

"They're all looking great.

"They realise the competition is going to be tough. The North Island teams are traditionally very strong," she said.