te matatini

                            
At 7.00 in the morning we went to christchurch
for te matatini.sadly whaea katie was sick so she stayed home so my mum came and she was really excited.we had to go on the school van and the sunshine coach.we went to christchurch to see the te matatini cultral experience it was the very 1st time in 30yrs  te matatini is held in te waiponamu.
                            (south island)
The people that came was whaea michelle matua tony matua emille whaea terena whaea mellissa and te hiringa tuakana.I was feeling really excited to go because i really wanted to see what sort of kapahaka they do compared to our kapahaka at school.

te matatini

                               te matatini

For reading last week we read a story called kaupapa kereru and here is my summary.

whakarapopoto

The story was about a kereru that got threatened for it's feathers and meat. It is illegal to hunt for kereru. The Pakeha introduced rats-stoats-possums-and cats kereru is another word for kukupa or kuku.

room 5

last friday there was swimming sports but i forgot my togs so i had to go in room 5.in room 5 i was a helper for mrs drake the things that i helped with was there swimming sports going to take some of the little kids that wanted to go to the garden and taking them where they had to go.in room 5 the helpers were jordan fauth and baiely it was really fun.

Kia ora,

Ko Mikaere toku ingoa.

E tekau tau toku pakeke.

Hello
My name is Mikaere

And I am ten years old

I tenei tau I am looking forward to learning more maori and getting more goals.