Summer Learning Journey Day 5 Activity 1

Maori and English...

Nau mai ki Aotearoa - Welcome to New Zealand
Mya is my name - Ko Mya Toku ingoa
What is your name? - he aha to ingoa?
He pai Taki ki te takaro i te whutupaoro - I like to play rugby
Where do you come  from? - no hea koe

Summer learning Journey Day 4 Bonus Activity

I rated the best performances from one to ten...

The winner is Te Puku O Te Ika - 9.5/ 10

I thought that there performance was amazing it really came from the heart for the person they dedicated there song too. These singing was also amazing.

In second place Is Te Iti Kahurangi - 8/10

I thought I was different and it was really nice at the same time. It was also the high notes that gave it some nice taste.

Last but not least Tamatea Arikinui - 7.5/10

This is not the worse I thought it was also good but it was not my favourite. The singing and the poi going all at the same time must have been some hard work.

E Te Ariki

Today we learnt a Maori song called E Te Ariki. The boys had a part and the girls had apart but most of the girls helped the boys. I actually learned this song from last year. We are going to be learning more Maori things I hope.

Migration

Today Ms.Maude talked about her knowing of the Maori history of finding New Zealand. So according to Ms.Maude she started the story of Kupe. Well she says the he lived in hawaii and was chasing a octopus he went around all the pacific islands and then he found the North Island. He said" I am going to bring my people here." So he told the chiefs and off they went. They named the boats as Aotea, Tearawa, Tokomoru, Tainui, Kurahaupo, Takitimu and Mataatua. As Kupe went to the North Island he named it Aotearoa. She also said that Tainui was a part of the Tearawa boat the navigator had gone on the Tainui boat so the Tearawa boat had no navigator and asked Ngatoroirangi to navigate them. As Ngatoroirangi was going around Aotearoa naming different parts of the island. When they settled down the parents would cook and do all the other important things. The grandperants would tell stores, songs and how to make tools but the most important thing was "HISTORY."

Maori,English