Thursday, November 28, 2019

Tukutuku

This is my Tukutuku:
The black represents darkness
The white represents light
The blue is Ranginui
The green is Papa
The four designs on the sides are Rūaumoko, Tāwhirimātea,
Rongomatāne and Tangaroa
The Black in the middle is Tānemahuta


We done these Tukutuku because of how our environment
is falling to ashes and how we will die soon. What we are
saying is that we are telling you to help instead of making
all of us die. This Tukutuku is based on Papa and Rangi and
the gods are slowly dying.

First we had to do it on a piece of paper and draw what
design we would do. There were little boxes that could fit
x’s in it. Once we done it on a piece of paper, we had to
draw the designs on the Tukutuku panel. When you’re done,
show it to a kaiako then we will be given strips to fit it
into the holes.

Te Kotuku performance

Last Saturday we had our second kotuku
performance. Last year we won the kirkwood
trophy but we had to give it back this year.
We were the last group to perform and had
heaps of time to get ready. I was the last
one to get ready because I needed some
privacy.


While Te Mura o Tāmaki were doing vocal
warm ups, my moko was done and I had to
put on my maro. When I was done I joined
my group and done some vocal warm ups.


When we were on our way to Ruapootaka
Marae all the boys went in one van and the
girls went in the other van. When we arrived there, we made our way to the entrance. We took a picture and made our way to the back off the stage. We were having our final karakia
getting ready to perform.

After our performance we got dressed then
went outside. They gave away the
participation awards to all the kura that
performed. Later on, they announced the
winner. THE WINNER IS… ST KENTIGERN
GIRLS SCHOOL!!! When it was announced we
stood up and did a haka tautoko. It didn’t
matter if we didn’t win because we didn't
need to win twice. We went back to school
and had a kai haakari. We had a good day
and a good performance.



Monday, November 4, 2019

My Weekend

My Weekend
On Sunday in the morning i had touch training. It started at
12:00pm so we left about 11:30am. When we got their it
was like almost 11:50am. When we got there and no one
was there we were the first ones too come. 


My Dad was looking around and saw a train going around
the soccer field that was there. We went to go and see it
but just before we got there we saw my cousin with his
dad here.


Later on our coach arrived with his son and told us too
get ready for training. It was just us there at training then
later on our other teammates came. We were doing some
stretches and sets for practice when we play our touch
games.

Touch training was over and we then went home. My legs
were sore and i was tired so i watched some youtube
then went too sleep. That was probably the sorest day
i ever had.