Day 2 Bonus Activity Special Meals

Day 2 Bonus Activity Special Meals

Back in the 1800s, most Māori ate a simple diet. They ate foods that they could catch in the water (eg. fish) or grow on the land (eg. kumara). They did not have access to a supermarket to buy food for their meals! Speaking of meals, what is your favourite meal? Mine is wood-fired pizza. Yum!

On your blog, post a picture of your favourite meal. Be sure to tell us what it is and why it is your favourite. You could also include the recipe if you have it so that we can all try it!

FALAI PISUPO

This is one of my favourite home made meals. Its quick and easy to make at home.

I love how my dad makes it yummy. I like the smell when hes cooking too. Its a samoan meal called falai pisupo but anyone can make it. Down the bottom is a recipe. Thanks and bye!

RECIPE

Boil water and make noodles. Set to side

Cut onions and fry in pan.

Once brown add the corn beef, noodles and you can add mixed vegetables if you like but I like it with just the noodles. I lie to eat it with rice too but my brother likes eating it with bread and sometimes my nana and papa eat it with taro but you can eat it with anything you want. Enjoy

Day 2 Activity 2 The Rues of Engagement/Dream Job

Day 2 Activity 2 The Rules of Engagement/Dream Job

During the early years in New Zealand, men and women would often marry at a young age. Women were expected to have babies and remain in the home caring for their children. Few, if any, left home in search of work. Men, on the other hand, were expected to work outside of the home.

These days, we don’t have the same strict expectations about work. Girls and boys can choose their own path in life. In fact, I was lucky enough to go to university and to follow my dream of becoming a teacher!

What is your dream job? Draw a picture of yourself doing your dream job and post it on your blog. You could be a doctor, an actor or even a zookeeper! I have drawn myself taking a picture of a beautiful castle in Poland because I would love to become a travel blogger and photographer one day.

Day 2 Activity 1 It's all in a days work. A house or a home?

Day 2 Activity 1 It's all in a days work. A house or a home?

In the 1800s, most Māori lived in villages called pa. Each village had many buildings – kauta where people cooked, pataka where they stored goods and wharepuni where the Māori slept. A traditional wharepuni had a thatched roof and walls made of timber, fern, rushes and bark. Look at the picture below of a traditional wharepuni. Does it look like your house?

On your blog, compare the wharepuni to your own home. What are two similarities and two differences between a wharepuni and your house?

I read about the wharepuni and here are some interesting facts I learnt.

Two similarities between a wharepuni and my house :

1. We both have doors in the front.
2. We both have windows around the house.

Two differences between a wharepuni and my house :

1. A wharepuni is made out of ferns and bark but my house is made out of wood.
2. A wharepuni has special maori god carvings around it but my house has flat walls outside.

Day 1 Bonus Activity Waka Ama Race Day

Day 1 Bonus Activity Waka Ama Race Day

To this day, the people of New Zealand still use waka. Instead of using their waka to transport them from one place to another, they sometimes use waka in special events and in sporting competitions such as Waka Ama. Both boys and girls compete in Waka Ama boat races.

Watch this short video of a Waka Ama race. On your blog tell us whether you would like to be in a Waka Ama race one day. Why or why not?

I watched the video of the Waka Ama Race Day and it looks fun and awesome I wish I could race in the waka ama race. I can't get over how fun and awesome it looks. All the racers were SUPER fast. Number 1 came second they were the second fastest but number 2 was the winner. I hope one day I get to be in a race like the waka ama race.

Day 1 Activity 2 Setting sail

Day 1 Activity 2 Setting sail

The first settlers to come to New Zealand must have been really brave! They had to leave their original homes and sail thousands of miles across the ocean on a special boat called a ‘waka’ to reach New Zealand.

Imagine that you were on board one of the wakas. On your blog, write a short letter to a friend telling them about your voyage to New Zealand. In the letter be sure to tell them how you feel about moving to a new country. If it was me, I would have felt really nervous…

Dear Patrone,

Hey mate how are you? It is daytime right now and I'm writing this to you on the waka boat I am travelling on. I'm on my way to New Zealand 

on the waka boat. The water is shiny and nice and warm but at night its windy and cold.

In the waka boat there is not much food so I caught a fish the other day for me to eat. It wasn't very nice but I had to eat it to survive. I have been using the seawater to wash and clean my body it is so salty.

The waka boat is cool because its shiny and smooth and it was fun on the waka boat and I was happy to come New Zealand. I had a fun day it was relaxing and nice on the way to New Zealand but sometimes I was scared and didn't enjoy some part of my journey. Anyway I hope this letter reaches you and that you are okay. Send my love to the family.

Lots of love,

Jahrey

Day 1 Activity 1 The first settlers

Day 1 Activity 1 The first settlers

It is widely believed that the first people to arrive in New Zealand came from Polynesia. Most historians believe that they landed in New Zealand over 700 years ago. Although they were originally from many different countries, these settlers learned to live together and, eventually, formed their own distinct culture known as ‘Māori.’  Māori have their own language, traditions, and culture.

Follow this link to read a short story about a famous man in Māori mythology – Maui. On your blog, post three facts that you learned about this interesting man. What other stories have you heard about Maui?

Three facts about Maui and the giant fish

1.  Maui's giant fish is known as the North Island of Aotearoa.   
2.  Maui's canoe is known as the South Island.      
3.  Maui weaved a strong fishing line from flax.

My highlight 2017

Australia

I like Australia because it has lots of people and I also like it because in Australia
the water parks are better.
1,095,000 visitors ranking it first in Australia and eighth in the world.
Australia is the world's 6th largest country by area. Due to its large size and isolation from the rest of the world, Australia is sometimes known as the 'island continent'. The largest cities in Australia are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. A desert area known as the 'outback' covers much of the land.