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Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Day 1 In the beginning

ACTIVITY 1 LEGEND OF NZ

Activity 1: The Legend of New Zealand [4 points]

According to Māori mythology, much of Aotearoa New Zealand was formed when Māui, a powerful demigod, fished it out of the sea. Legend has it that Māui created a magical fish hook from the jawbone of his grandmother and that one day he took his hook, boarded a boat, and rode out into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Once at sea, he threw his magical hook into the water and caught a fish. This ‘fish’ was actually the North Island of New Zealand! In honour of this legend, the North Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Ika a Māui or ‘Māui’s fish’ and the South Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Waka a Māui or ‘Māui’s canoe’.
To learn more cool facts about New Zealand, check out the Tourism NZ website. Read the fun facts posted on the website and choose your ‘Top 3.’ On your blog, post your ‘Top 3 Fun Facts’ about NZ in your own words.
MY TOP 3 FUN FACTS ABOUT NEW ZEALAND

1. The name of the country we live in is called New Zealand. in New Zealand our native language is Maori. There are lots of different places in New Zealand with Maori names but the one people should know is the Maori name for New Zealand. Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand. Land of the long white cloud.
Photo by - Nathan Kaso

2. Some people like to call us New Zealanders or another word is Kiwis. Kiwi is the cool name we like to call ourselves but it is actually new Zealands native bird. The bird does not fly and lives in dark places.


Roha the Kiwi. Photo credits Kiwi Coast Malcom Pullman

3. In Auckland city where I live one of the cool attractions to see is the skytower. It is very high up at 328 metres high. If you go to the skytower you will get a beautiful view of the city. You can go to the casino or restaurants and even bungy jump off the skytower.

Photo credit My Mum Mareah Mata
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2019 at 1:29 AM

    Hi my name is Emacyn from owairaka school i'am also doing the summer learning jorney. i looks like you are doing very good at this point of the learning jorney. you are very smart and you got good skill on a chromebook.
    EMACYN
    blog you later

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    1. Megan LaffertyJanuary 3, 2019 at 12:20 PM

      Hey Emacyn,

      It is awesome to see you posting thoughtful and kind comments on students posts from other schools. In order to receive the full 2 points be sure to personalise your comment by talking about something specific in the persons blog post. Be sure to make the comment helpful.

      Keep up the awesome work, Emacyn.

      Regards,
      Megan :)

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    2. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2019 at 1:36 AM

      Hi Emacyn thank you for your nice comments. I hope you have fun doing the summer learning journey too have a good day bye
      Jahrey

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  2. Megan LaffertyJanuary 3, 2019 at 12:17 PM

    Kia ora Jahrey,

    Happy New Year and welcome to the Summer Learning Journey. I am thrilled that you have decided to join us again this year and complete some activities. I am blown away with the effort you have put into this post and I am stoked to see that you have put the whole post in your own words. Well done!

    You have shared three very interesting facts about New Zealand. In fact, I did not know that the Sky Tower is 328m tall. That is over six times taller than Tane Mahuta, which is known as the tallest Kauri tree. Have you been up the Sky Tower before? I have been up before and I love standing on the glass floor panels. This makes my heart skip a beat every time. Wouldn't it be funny if the staff at the Sky Tower decided to insert glass panels that have special effect which makes it looks like the glass is breaking. If you feel like it, have a look on youtube at the East Taihang Glasswalk. Would you attempt to walk on this skywalk?

    I am very excited to see more great quality posts from you Jahrey. Keep up the awesome work.

    Kindest regards,
    Megan :)

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2019 at 1:35 AM

      Hi Megan thank you for your kind comment.I'm happy that you noticed my hard work because I tried really hard with my post because my Mum and Dad wanted me to it again and I want to make them happy.I have never been up the skytower only to the restaurant inside with my family. My Mum and Dad promised to take me and my brother and sister if I work hard on the summer learn journey in the holidays.I love youtube Im going to search up the glasswalk after but I dont know if I would do it because I'm actually scared of heights.

      Bye Megan

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