Maori King in Hospital

Maori King in Hospital

Maori King , King Tuheitia has been taken to hospital after suffering from diabetes .The 59 year old was going on tests to find out what was wrong . King Tuheitia has a poor health , from cancer and diabetes . A hui will take over as Maori King well King Tuheitia is in hospital . On August the 25th 2014 , King Tuheitia whanau and family friends all gathered and prayed for King Tuheitia .

By:Tino

The Tree of 40 fruits

The tree of 40 fruits!

Winning artist and professor Sam Van Aken’s latest experiment .  The professor Sam Van Aken experimented on different kinds of trees.

It grows all kinds of fruit like peaches , plums  , apricots , nectarines , cherries and almonds .  The blossoms are coloured crimsons , pink , purple and white . Sam had put 16 different fruit and 40 fruit trees around the United State museums . Sam hopes his project will tell  people the unique fruits of peaches , plums , apricots , nectarines , cherries and almonds .

By: Tino

127 cheers for the birthday girl !!!!

127 wishes for the birthday girl!

In Mexico an old women who has just turned 127! Her name is Leandra Becerra Lumbreas and is the oldest person to live . On 7th of September on Sunday  it is her birthday . She can’t prove it to the Guinness World Records because she lost her birth certificate 40 years ago . Leandra Becerra Lumbreas is believed to be born in 1887 in Mexico . She has five children and many grandchildren .

By:Tino

Te Tahawai Marae

Te Tahawai Marae

On a beautiful Monday Morning we went to Te Tahawai Marae for a visit . When I got out of the bus, I noticed a dead cat on the road and I was afraid to go near it . I went inside and saw there was Edgewater school near it . As we waited outside the Waharoa , We saw a girl and a boy acting silly outside . Then a lady named Brenda welcomed us inside the marae and we took of our shoes and entered . Then we started off with speeches . They spoke first,then we responded back  .Then we gave the koha . It wasn’t a donation it was a gift  . Then we sang . After we sang we did the hongi  and then washed our hands . We went into the wharekai  and ate biscuits and water . After that  we split into two groups the Year 7 and 8 girls went with the Year 6  boys . I went with the Year 5 and 6 girls . We learned about how sacred are Marae is and learned about the ancestors .  Then we learnt Te Tahawai Marae means  Edgewater  Marae  and they taught us that the marae isn’t just for Maori’s but it is for everyone . Then we drew the ancestors and mihi it . Then we went to do the other activity with Brenda . She taught us kowhaiwhai  all about koru’s .Then last of all Brenda gave us a poi each . She told us how to use it and not to hit each other . We spread out and did a song and dance with the poi . Finally we had to thank them and say goodbye . We put on our shoes and went back to school . I enjoyed  going to the Marae .

By:Tino

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Sina and the eel legend

Sina and her eel

Long ago there was a girl named Sina. Tales of her beauty spread through the pacific islands. In Fiji the magical fijian chief heard about Sina  and wanted to win  Sina as his wife. He turned into a eel and traveled to Samoa in Savaii. When Sina was getting water for her Mum’s cooking she scooped up one,then two and then three. She noticed the eel and took the eel inside and put him in a jar full of water. She looked after the eel until was too big to fit in the jar so she put it in a spring. Sina looked after it in the spring until it was too big she put it in the village pool. The eel would always hide in a corner where it was safe and no one would notice, But when Sina would swim in the village pool it would come up and circle around her. Sina was afraid of the eel and moved to nearest villages but the eel would follow her.In Safune village pool she looked in her reflection and saw the eel she was frightened and cursed it and called it Mata ole aitu pool . 

It means a demon’s eye in English.She was frightened and went into the chief’s fale and told her cousin and the chief that this eel was hunting her. Her cousin was sent to behead the eel . The eel was beheaded , before he died he said to Sina “ My beautiful Sina listen to my word in pity , fulfil my last wish . I am the Tuifiti from faraway Fiji , I came to win you as my wife . I have lost the art of magic making and therefore I am unable to change myself into a man , Sina before I die cut off my head and bury it in front of your fale . A tree will grow out that will be useful to you , Drink from these fruit , when you are thirsty , And you will be kissing me” . The poor heart broken eel died . Sina did what the eel said. The fruit had two eyes and one mouth , so every time Sina would get a fruit she will be in fact kissing the eel. That was the first coconut tree in Samoa.The two eyes and the mouth represent Sina’s eel .

By: Tino