Makoura College treated to class act

Conchord Jemaine Clement reckons he had a "phenomenal" education at Makoura College while partner Bret McKenzie thought the school's music room was the perfect VIP spot for the after party.
"We'll rock to the break o' dawn and do some equations," Bret said.
The digi-folk duo spoke after an unplugged micro-gig at the school's hall featuring the tunes Jenny, Issues, and audience request Albi the Racist Dragon.
Clement stumbled on some of the early lyrics in Albi but soon regained his composure after McKenzie questioned his ability to make it through the nursery rhyme parody.
The pair hasn't played live for a year and forgot their guitars the first time they tried to make their entrance at the exclusive powhiri at Clement's old school.
They were welcomed on to campus by local iwi representatives and greeted with a thunderous haka from a spirited Makoura troupe.
"This is a very special day for Makoura the fact that you came back to this school to bless us with your talents is great," principal Tom Hullena said.
As the duo went through their audience warm-up, McKenzie pointed out the absence of Clement's name from the school honours boards in the packed assembly hall.
After the trio of songs (which also featured the band's "orchestra" old university mate and collaborator Nigel Collins on cello) the Conchords were swamped with autograph and photo requests by students.
At first it was Clement who attracted the critical mass but by the end McKenzie had the majority of the throng in his orbit.
The ultra-laidback pair then spoke briefly to the assembled news media who quizzed the deadpan and fluently funny pair with background questions about Jemaine's involvement in the fight to save Makoura.
The Times-Age asked if they were open to the idea of a Flight of the Conchords' movie mooted last week by actor Rhys Darby who plays luckless manager Murray on the Conchords' TV series.
"It's a rumour why, have you seen it?" an apparently baffled McKenzie said.
Not yet.
"Where did you read that? In a newspaper?" Clement said.
On the internet.
"That's just Rhys trying to drum up business for himself," McKenzie said.
"It'll be a movie about a band manager," Clement added, deadpanly.
The Times-Age asked Clement if he had been nervous about playing at his old school hall.
"I still have nightmares that the school will call me and say you have to do 5th form exams again & and I'm 35," he said.
When asked if the show was a warm-up for their upcoming US and Canadian tour the pair responded quite to the contrary, saying their North American shows would be a "cool down" and that could just be the case after last night's mutha'uckingly phenomenal Rec Centre performance.