Primary school students join Games story

On the beach front at Tawharanui were, from left, Sully Lusk, Teddy Raffills and Season Muavae with relay ambassador Dame Sophie Pascoe, holding the New Zealand baton.

Ready for the big cleanup were Matakana students, from left, Leighton Hoskins, Luke Nowell, Carter Harnett and Max Wilson. Leigh’s Wendy Brown, who competed in the 1974 and 1978 Commonwealth Games, with weightlifter Alex Simays. The NZ Team baton was designed by master artist Ta Derek Lardelli. A long-standing Commonwealth Games tradition arrived at Tāwharanui Regional Park on March 19, as part of the build-up to this year’s 23...