Sunrise over lake Rotorua

As we gathered in the cool of the brisk morning it began to rain. This turned out to be a good thing because we were blessed with the most beautiful rainbow!

The first school we went to today was Hamilton East Primary. This school has absolute multi-cultural oneness! With students attending from many different parts of the world, this was a mini United Nations! Children got up and said the word “harmony” in their native languages while they held the torch. In the same way that we sang the World Harmony Run song with actions, they sang some songs also with actions. One of the songs was about how kiwi kids are strong and can do anything. So many children from so many different backgrounds - so happy and proud to be New Zealanders!

We then ran to Waikato Waldolf School where we were once again greeted with warm applause. They had lots of questions about world harmony, and they really believed in making it happen.