Day Two Of Art

Today at art we based our prints on the battle of Gate Pa or a Maori picture. First we had to draw it onto a pice of paper and then we had to draw it onto a pice of wood. Then we had to go over it vivid. then we had to carve something out with a carving tool. After that we rolled yellow ink onto the wood and we pushed it onto a pice of paper.    

Day One Of Art

Today at school we had art tech. It was fun even know i'm not good at art. We had to draw what ever was in front of us. In front of me was a boat with some paddles and some other stuff in it. It was hard to draw mine and it didn't look that good. And then we had to draw it on to a piece polystyrene card. Then we had to role yellow ink onto the card and then we rolled on to a peace of paper with a clean roller. then I had to cut something out and then had to clean it and role red or brown onto the card then we put it over the yellow ink after that the bell rang so we went back to the class for lunch.  

why we dont want possums in nz bushes

 Possums eat all the native birds food and kill them.

Possum’s are a pest to new zealand.

Possum’s only come out at night, so they are called nocturnal.

There are about 30 million possums in nz.

They can weigh between 1.4 - 6.4 Kgs.

They were first brought here to nz in 1837.

Around 9,000 tonnes berries,Leaves and fruit are eaten every night.

Possums are native to Australia and are protected there.

Te Whare Wananga o Te Maro - Our Marae

The Whare





There are 3 iwi




Top one is from takitimu waka

Ngati ranginui.

Middle one Ngati pukenga.

Bottom one is from matatua

Ngai te rangi.

There is a rope running through them with every houses colour.




😊 the Tahuhu is the backbone of the Whare and the Heke is the ribs of the Whare




they make them to represent a Ancestors face. It always faces to the sun. the Head represents ancestor

valentines day

St Valentines was a Roman priest who was secretly organising weddings for soldiers. He was jailed then sentenced to death by the King on February 14th AD 270. We exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers, with our special valentines. A special valentine is someone that you love.


American spend up to 3.6 billion dollars on Valentines gift each year. 50 million roses are sold each year on Valentines Day. 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentines day are men and 27% are women.15% of the US women send themselves flowers on Valentines day. Eros is the greek god of love and his roman form is Cupid.

Waitangi Day

These people are carrying the banner because they don't think the treaty has been honoured

The treaty was signed on the 6th of feb 1840. Maori chiefs signed it but later over 500 more chiefs signed most of the chiefs didn't know how to write. They used symbols and crosses. The treaty was signed in Waitangi witch is above Auckland the Treaty was between 2 groups, the British and the Maori. there is a Maori and an English version.

they are now debating witch treaty is more accurate

My Story

I was sitting at home watching tv when I heard my mum run down the hallway (she sounded like an elephant). When she got to me she said  ” Nanna has died George!” We need to go up to Wellington for Naana's funeral. We will be going on the ferry up to Wellington.    

I couldn't wait to go on to the ferry because it was the first time that I have ever been on the ferry before. When I looked on the ticket it said that  the boat was departing Lyttelton at 8:40 p.m on the 9th of April 1968 and arriving in Wellington at 8:00 A.M on the 10 of April 1968, which was two days away. As twelve year old I was sad about my Nanna dying but I was also excited about going on the ferry.

Me and my family got a taxi to Lyttelton Harbour where the ferry was waiting. It was huge! The docks were really busy with people loading the boats and people getting dropped off. It was a really cool atmosphere. It took half an hour to board the boat because there was a really big line. When we got on the boat we went to our cabin. It was really dark and There were two lots of bunks. Me and my sister were on one bunk and mum and dad were on the on the other one.

We left Lyttelton harbour at 8:40 on the dot and if anyone was late they would be left behind and the boat would`t stop. Luckily no one was late. It was really dark when we left. I was even more excited when we were going it felt like we were going really fast but we weren't. The trip was going really good until we got to the top of the south island we hit a storm when I was sleeping. I woke straight up and though what is that I got up and went onto the deck. There was huge waves as big as my house Hitting the boat it was really scary I kind of felt worried until my mum said that these boats are meant to withstand these type of waves and then I went back to sleep. When I woke up half an hour later And when I went outside it had got worse the waves were bigger and there were people vomiting.

When we got to the entrance of the Wellington harbour captain H G Robertson decided to enter Wellington harbour even though the weather was really bad. When we got into wellington harbour it was worse then cook strait it was way winder and the waves were even bigger. The captain said that the boat has foundered on Barrett reef. everyone was really scared at that moment. Then everyone was rushing to the lifeboats and some people crazy even jumped off the boat. I was lucky me and my mum were pushed into a lifeboat but lots of people died because there was not enough lifeboats and they couldn't swim. lots of people on the shore helped us off the lifeboats and keep us warm. There were lots of emergency vehicle helping people. We watched the boat tip over. When we went to hospital we were glad to see my sister but we never saw my dad agian.