Week 1 Day 3

Activity 1

If I was in a big family with lots of brothers and sisters I wouldn't like sharing a bedroom with them or having the same food every night because we wouldn't have lots of money to buy lots of different foods - we would have to use all the money to buy clothes.

Activity 2 

Ko Aoraki te maunga    The mountain that I affiliate* to is…

Ko  Māwheranui te awa          The river that I affiliate to is….

Ko te waka The waka that I affiliate to is…

Ko tōku tīpuna My founding ancestor is…

Ko Ngati Pakeha tōku iwi          My tribe is…

Ko tōku hapu My sub-tribe is…

Ko tōku marae My marae is…

Ko Mawhera ahau I am from…

Ko Brian rāua ko Kate ōku mātua  My parents are … and …

Ko Grace tōku ingoa. My name is …

Bonus Activity

Nana's favourite summertime activity is sitting by the lake and swimming.

Grandads favourite summertime activity is playing golf.

Mums favourite summertime activity is not working!

Week 1 Day 2

Activity 1
2 similarities between my house and a Wharepuni

1.  They cook and we cook in our house.
2. We sleep in our house and they sleep in theirs.

2 differences between my house and a Wharepuni

1. They don't have an oven, bathroom, fridge or couches like we do.
2. Our house doesn't have Maori patterns on the side.

Activity 2

Dream Job

Bonus Activity

Favourite meal

Maui and the Giant Fish

Day 1, Activity 1
3 facts about Maui
1. Maui always dreamed about going fishing with his brothers
2. Maui had an ancestor called Murirangawhenua who gave him a jaw bone.
3. Murirangawhenu said he would be a good fisherman.

Other stories I've heard about Maui: How Maui caught the sun


Activity 2
Letter to a friend

Dear Poppy
I have been in America and I am traveling to New Zealand on a Waka.  There is no room for me to lye down and sleep so I have to sleep on top of the seats.  It is not comfy because it is made out of wood.  To get water, it has to rain, and I open my mouth and look up at the sky for the rain to fall into my mouth.
I eat fish out of the ocean that we all catch.  Because it is so hot, the fish cooks under the sun.  I can't wait to eat proper food!

There are lots of white caps out here which makes the boat really shaky and lots of people are getting seasick.  I am excited to place my feet on the ground of New Zealand and looking forward to seeing family, houses, food, and water.  

From Grace

Bonus activity:
No, I wouldn't like to be in a Waka Ama race because it would be hard arm work for one arm, and to change to the other one it might slow you down.  You also have to go a long way!