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Polyfest 2021 - day four in photos

17:09 pm on 17 April 2021

Polyfest 2021 has wrapped up with a full day of performances and prizes.

In 2019, the event was cancelled due to the Christchurch terror attacks and then in March last year, the Covid-19 outbreak forced organisers to pull the plug on the world's biggest Pacific dance festival.

But the four-day annual competition this year attracted thousands of students, parents and friends to the Manukau Sports Bowl.

See how day four unfolded - including all the competition results - with RNZ's live Polyfest blog here.

Here's what RNZ's Mabel Muller captured on Day 4:

A member of the Niue team from Alfriston College at Polyfest 2021 gets ready for the stage. Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

The Tongan group from Auckland Girls Grammar School get ready for the big stage on day 4 of Polyfest. Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

A member of the Marcellin College Samoan group takes to the stage on day four at Polyfest 2021. Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

The Kia Aroha College Samoan group at Polyfest 2021 Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

The Niue team from Alfriston College at Polyfest 2021 gets ready for the stage. Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

The Niue team from Alfriston College perform at Polyfest 2021. Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

The Niue team from Alfriston College perform at Polyfest 2021. Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

Avondale College on the Niue Stage Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

Avondale College on the Niue Stage Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

Avondale College's Tongan group gets ready for the big stage Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

Avondale College's Tongan group gets ready for the big stage Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

Dilworth School's Tongan team at Polyfest Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

Kia Aroha College ‘Otuhaka on the Tongan stage Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

The debrief for Tamaki College's Tongan group. Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

A proud father of two Wesley College sons after their performance on the Tongan stage. Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

Kia Aroha College Samoan group Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

Kia Aroha College Samoan group Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

Avondale College on the Niue Stage Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

Marcellin College perform on the Samoan stage Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

Marcellin College's Samoan team. The two dates they’re holding up are significant periods in Samoan history: Black Saturday 1929 and the year of the Spanish flu pandemic. Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

One of the most famous food cuisines of Polyfest, pineapple ice cream! Stall owners of The Hawaiian Pineapple Hut were kept busy. Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

Auckland Girls Grammar Tongan group students skipped breakfast this morning for their early start, but were lining up for churros after their first performance for the day. Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

Michael and Josh enjoying potato crisps for their morning tea. Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

Candy floss treats for the kids. Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller

And watch RNZ Pacific reporter Christine Rovoi's short video interviews with the crowds at Polyfest here: