Our school kapahaka uniform has the Aramoana design as its base. Aramoana means pathway to the sea, waves of the sea, sea path. It is designed with the school colours in mind. 

The colours and elements that go towards making the aramoana patterns suggest that:

1. The purple comes from the flush of dusk, just before nightfall, when the day turns to night. It reminds us of the whakatauki: ao te po, po te ao - night follows day, day follows night. It serves as a reminder to continue along the path set as the sun follows its path, so does the moon.

2. The orange stands for the shades of this colour that are seen on the shore in driftwood, grasses, sand and stone. The upright zigzag pattern also reminds us that Aoraki has a connection to us. 

3. Yellow is from the sun. The sun rises in the East - Rāwhiti. A new day, a new dawn. He whakaaro hou - new thoughts, new horizons, new directions.

4. Aramoana is also a reflection of the location of Rāwhiti school.