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The Early Years St Joseph’s Cathedral                 

The Early Years           The right to vote
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The first prime minister of New Zealand was called Henry Sewell he served from 7th of September 1807 – 14 May 1879.The longest serving prime minister was  Richard Seddon, who held the position for thirteen years between 1893 and 1906.In the year before 1893 women were not allowed to vote until a women named Kate Sheppered lead a important movement in New Zealand calling for a change in the law. Finally on the 19 of September 1893 women were allowed to vote.

Here are a few reason why women in Saudi Arabia should be allowed to vote.

1. Women and Men are both human and diverse to have the same rights.
2. Women are an important part of a country and should have the right to vote.
3. Women work just as hard as men sometimes harder.
4. Women are not afraid to stand for whats rights. Take Malala Yousafzai for example who fought for girls education.

Bonus Activity: In Flanders Fields

For 15 year New Zealand was relatively quiet until 28 July 1914. This day marks the beginning of World War 1.World War 1 lasted five years and took the lives of  18,000 New Zealanders.

Here is a poem call In Flanders Fields. For this activity I have to say whether I like the poem and how it makes me feel.   

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

    That mark our place; and in the sky

    The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

    Loved and were loved, and now we lie,

        In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

    The torch; be yours to hold it high.

    If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

        In Flanders fields.

The poem makes me feel lucky because my Dad doesn't have to go to war and just think about all those sleepless nights thinking about your Dad wondering if he's ever coming back.I think we are very lucky that all those New Zealanders went and fought for our freedom.

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The Dawn of a new Era..... Translating Phrases

When the English came to New Zealand they could not speak Maori so it was very hard for the two groups to communicate.
I've used Google Translate to translate the following phrase from English to Te Reo or from  Te Reo to English. Here are the 5 phrase.

1. Nau mai ki Aotearoa. Welcome to New Zealand.
2. ____ is my name. Ko Braeden toku ingoa.
3. What is your name? He aha to ingoa
4. He pai taku ki te takaro i te whutupaoro.   I like to play rugby. 
5. Where do you come from? No hea koe?

The dawn of a new era......The treaty of Waitangi.

Waitangi is a very important site for New Zealand as it was the place that the Treaty Of Waitangi. The Treaty Of Waitangi was singed by Maori chiefs and Europeans and stated that if the Maori agreed new Zealand would become an European nation and the Maori could keep there land,forest, fisheries and other possessions. Maori were also  given the rights and privileges of British subjects.

Here  are 3 things to do a Waitangi, Northland, New  Zealand.

1. Visit the Treaty House itself to see a replica of the original treaty.
2.  fully carved Maori meeting house and one of the largest Maori war canoes in the country.
3.  Live kapa haka performances.

Bonus Activity: #EarnTheFern

Once the treaty was signed New Zealand became a Commonwealth country along with Canada, South Africa, Australia, India and Malaysia. Year's ago a man called Melville Marks Robins organised a sporting competition for athletes in the Commonwealth countries.

Today I have to pretended to interview Bill Kini a famous New Zealand heavyweight boxer and rugby player. I have to ask him four questions. Here they are.

1. How many hours do you practise every week?
2. Who inspired you to become a ruby player and a heavyweight boxer?
3. Do you like what you do?
4. Who is your hero?

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Hitting the high note  The Waiata. - A song in your heart

 Waiata have always played an important part in Maori life. They are recording the deeds of ancestors, calling to a lover or marking the birth of an important child.There are three main types of traditional waiata those are oriori (lullabies), waiata tangi  (laments) and waiata aroha (love sing).
I listened to three Maori waiata. They were Pokarekare Ana - love song Paikea - whale rider and Poi E inspirational. My favourite was Poi E. Here are the lyrics in Maori and English.

E rere ra e taku poi porotiti Tītahataha ra, whakararuraru e Porotakataka rā, poro hurihuri mai Rite tonu ki te tiwaiwaka e Ka parepare ra, pīoioi a Whakahekeheke, e kia korikori e Piki whakarunga ra, ma muinga mai a Taku poi porotiti, taku poi e! Poi E, whakatata mai Poi E, kaua he rerekē Poi E, kia piri mai ki au Poi E, e awhi mai ra Poi E, tāpekatia mai. Poi E, ō tāua aroha - - Poi E - paiheretia ra. POI... TAKU POI, E!

Swing out rhythmically, my feelings lean out beside me, so deceptively. Swing round and down, spin towards me just like a fantail. Swing to the side: swing to and fro zoom down, wriggle, climb up above, swarm around me my whirling emotions, my poi, Yeah! Oh my feelings, draw near, Oh my poi, don't go astray Oh my affections, stick to me Oh my instincts, take care of me Oh my emotions, be entwined around me. Oh poi, our love... Oh poi ...binds. Poi.... my poi, yeah! Poi E Video

Hitting the high note     Playing games.


Maori have traditionally played a wide range of sports and games. Some where made for teaching important skills and others practised as part of ritual and many more enjoyed as pure entertainment.

I read about all 4 of the games and all of them sound and look like fun. I've played one of them and the was ki o rahi. But the game I chose was Poi Rakau.

Poi Rakau

The aim of the game is to hand eye coordination and also increasing confidence around rākau.

Rules
1. IF the thrower in the middle throws with their left hand the catcher has to catch with their right hand and the pass to the person on the right hand side.
2.You must catch/throw the rakau upright.


Hitting the high note   Bonus Activity: Musical Festivals – Matatini

I had to pretend to judge 3 songs from the Te Matatin Maori festivals. Here is what I thought:

1 Te Puku o Te Ika
2Te Iti Kahurangi
3Tamatea Arikinui

I like Te Puku o Te Ika the best because it sound beautiful because they were all sing in harmony and I also like their costumes. I also like it how the man came out and said some sort of prayer.

I did really like it because it was slow and sort of boring.








Some facts came from the Te Ara encyclopedia of New Zealand.
  

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It's all in the family     Bonus Activity: Fun Family Facts

Today I'am going to tell you some fun facts about my family.

Summer

Mum: Spending time with her horse Frank.

Dad: Going camping and fishing.

Brother: Spending time with his baby chickens.

Interesting facts:

Mum: My Mum makes the best pizza and hamburgers ever!

Dad: My Dad was 17 when he came to New Zealand from Hong Kong.

Brother: My Brother can play the ukulele and loves chickens.

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It's all in the family      The more, the merrier?


Today I have to write a few sentence about what it would be like living in a large family.

Personally I would't like it. I wouldn't like it because it would be very, very, very noisy, you would even be able to hear yourself think! You would also probably have to share a with two or more people mean that you couldn't keep anything private. Finally it would be hard on the parents because they would have to make a lot of many to kept all the kids feed.



It's all in the family    Acknowledging Ancestry

Today I had to post my pepeha. I hope it is all right. (All I could find for my awa was Lake Pupuke in Takapuna.)

Ko Rangitoto te maunga   

Ko Lake Pupuke te awa         

Ko Mahuhu -ki- te - rangi te waka

Ko Awataha Marae toku marae

Search Results

Ko Waimate North ahau

Ko Lisa raua ko Kin oku matua

Ko Braeden toku ingoa

Search ResultsAwataha Maraetōku marae My marae is…

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It's all in a day's work       The Rules of Engagement

Today all I had to do was draw a picture of my dream job. Here it is.

Bonus activity: Favourite food

My favourite food is dim sum. Dim sum is usually filled with mince and mushrooms and is steamed  Dim sum is also know as Yum Cha that translates into drink tea. Dim sum is always served with unlimited amounts of tea and that is why it translates into drink tea.

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It's all in a day's work     A House or a Home?


A Maori wharepuni or house  were very detailed with cravings on the out side and inside. Most of the exterior of a wharepuni were covered in carvings especially the front. There was a legend I found the is superposed to be how Maori discovered carving.

According to legend, carving was discovered by Ruatepupuke when rescued his son, Manuruhi, from the carved underwater village of Tangaroa, the god of the sea.

Here are two similarities and two differences between a wharepuni and my house.

Similarities

1. Both are where people can sleep.
2. Both have windows and doors. 

Differences

1. A wharepuni roof and walls are made of timber, fern, rushes and bark unlike regular house that are made of wood and plaster.
2. Wharepuni have carvings outside but regular house don't.