Category: Hanga | Create

Matariki and Tawhirimatea’s story.

The parents, Ranginui and Papatuanuku were stuck together and could not move with their children. There was darkness all around them. The god of war told the children to beat their parents to death.  One son, Tane decided to stretch his legs and push his father into the sky and he stayed up there and the father made light. They could all see the world. The mother stayed down on the earth and is happy to provide food for her children.

Some gods were happy and the god of wind was not happy. The god of wind was so angry he pulled out his eyes and crushed them and threw his eyes up into the milky way and that is how we see the Matariki stars now.

Maori people come together at this time and think about their family who have died and also wonder how the year ahead will be for them.

I am a small boy, and my father is Hideaway Tom.  We live together in a humpy on the Coorong. My name is Storm Boy and I got this name because once when it was a very cold and wet and rainy, stormy day I went outside to pick up shells. Two men came by, who thought I was lost. When the men turned around I disappeared and they thought I was in trouble. I was not but I did not want to be found. My friend is Fingerbone Bill. who has taught me all I know and is very knowledgeable about everything in nature

I am …………………………Storm Boy

Yesterday we had our first ki o rahi tournament ever at our school. Everyone was happy and excited because it was a nice warm day outside.

The first team was Kauri  versus Rata. Unfortunately Kauri lost and I was very sad but I was a little happy because I was going on for next game.

Next round was Rimu and Totara and I was very happy but then I was sad because Rimu lost. I got very down next round was Totara verses Rata    I was voting for Totara, but then Totara lost.  We played right until lunch time and then we had the final two games after lunch.

I was the happiest boy of my life. The finals were Rimu and Kauri  and I was so!!!!happy again because Rimu WON. The semifinals were between

Rata and Totara again but I was very sad because Totara lost. 3 place were Rimu and Rata, 2 place was Rata and  1 place was Kauri.

ANZAC Biscuits

Last week on Thursday we ate ANZAC cookies because we had celebrated ANZAC Day. ANZAC stands for Australian, New Zealand, Army Corps and during war men and women went to fight a long way from home.

 The  ANZAC cookies felt like a bumpy crunchy hard rock. It smelled like coconut and oats. It looked like a brownish, tan circle from the moon. The ingredients were butter, golden syrup, flour and baking soda. When I tasted it, it tasted like a butter coconut oats and It was delicious.  Women made ANZAC cookies in world war 1 for the men fighting in the war. They had a long way to go so they had to last for a long time.

On Friday morning I felt like sunshine, full of excitement because we were celebrating St Patrick ‘s Day and not any St Patrick Day but it was our 175 years jubilee.

My favourite activity during our tabloid sports was the boot throw. I even threw further than Theo, my brother.

On Sunday we went to church and we sang and prayed with everyone else. After all of that we went to the hall where we had to do the Big Singing in front of a crowd!!! WE stopped and sang songs of joy and we were awesome. We were singing Mo maria, te Iwi e, the Irish blessing. Everyone was taking videos but unfortunately I couldn’t stay for long because we had to go home. 

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