A new simple and local initiative is increasing primary school attendance across dozens of schools in Canterbury and Waikato. It comes as the government has set an attendance target for all schools - 80 percent of students present for 90 percent of the term by 2030. Show Up and Shine encouraged attendance by offering the class with the highest attendance rate in each school a free visit to Ninja Valley, a privately-owned playground. Gilberthorpe School saw a 26 percent surge in attendance, while Springston School recorded a 19 percent increase. In Waikato Ngāruawāhia Primary School attendance increased by 57 percent. The winning classes so far this year were Room 3 at Benneydale School in the Waikato, reaching 98 percent attendance, and Lyttelton Primary School achieving 97.6 percent. Ngāruawāhia deputy principal Margaret Gillies told  Morning Report  as well as the incentive, the programme appealed to children's competitive nature.…