Category: Hanga | Create

On Tuesday 13th of May, St Patrick’s School held an Ki o Rahi tournament between classes in our school. This tournament consists of four teams, which are called “Totara, Rimu, Kauri and Rata.” (Aka. Yellow, Blue, Green and Red.)

Ki o Rahi is a mix of Handball, Netball and Tag Rugby We had six games of seven people against each other. I played in the second game of the tournament. Totara (My team) and Rimu were against each other. Totara was chosen to be Kioma, their objective is to score points by touching the pou (poles) with ki (Small Ball) that is around the whole area of the game. The other team was chosen to be Taniwha, their objective is to hit the ki (Small Ball) at the tupu which is in the middle of the whole area. There are three zones which specific teams are only allowed to enter in. The outer zone is called Te Ao, the middle zone is Te Roto and the central zone is Te Motu.

Ki o Rahi may not be my favourite sport to play, but it was fun. I hope I get to play sometime in the future.

The sky looks very clear, the birds fighting over a piece of bread

Seagulls squawking and flying around

Hearing the crashes of the waves

The splashes of the waves are nice to the ear

 

 

Police Sirens

Scared because, I’m in a wooden boat

The smoke spreading around our area

Rocking yacht makes an attentive moan

 

People of our country protesting

The screams of the people

You have no right to do this

Furious, I can’t believe this is happening!

 

This week during R.E we have chosen an advocate to research and talk about. I chose Martin Luther King Jr.

We added information about, Where they were born, Why they are famous, How they made a difference, and What has happened to them.

My heart pounding and pounding, I rush to the designated area, I don’t want to miss this. I can hear my comrades shouting. Luckily I made it in time. I sit down and gaze upon the darkened door window panels. We place our hands on deck with our backs facing the burst. Alerted we have only two minutes. Sweat drips down from my head. My heartbeat is racing. The broadcast alerts us to shut our eyes and put our goggles on. The count up starts. Every single second memories of my loved ones flash and race through my mind. Why have I come here. I knew the consequences but my naive mind tempted me anyway. I’m sorry.. Mum, Dad. 

The last moments before the burst detonated, I heard ‘four, three, two, one. An intense blast trembled through my ears. My hearing begins to fade. All of a sudden a loud voice in my head saying ‘Bomb Gone!’ We spend fifteen seconds in excruciating heat penetrating through our back. Before we opened our eyes I could see through my eyelids to the bones of my hands. Opening our eyes we face the burst. It was a sight to see. An enormous mushroom cloud soaring in the sky upon the horizon. This may have been an amazing experience however, I had ruined my future ahead.

 

How can I be an Advocate Kai Korero like Jesus:

 People may be inferior to you and superior to you nevertheless you shall be attentive to them, having more power or less power means nothing when we all realise we are the same human beings that can become a kind, loving, caring community.

 

 

 

Sir Peter Blake, a New Zealand yachtsman. He won the 1989 – 1990 Whitbread Round the World Race. This race was special in reasoning that according to people’s experiences it takes around one year to complete this race. Soon after he had won, he realised that racing would change him. Therefore he had quit and sold all of his sailing boats. With the money he had after selling his boats, he had bought another boat. This boat was a Seamaster model. He planned to travel around the world to research about the ocean and tell everyone how we humans have affected the ocean. Sadly he had died on December the 5th of 2001, pirates shot and killed him while he was on a environmental exploration trip in South America monitoring global warming and  pollution  for the UN (United Nations)

In February of 2019 James Gibson launched a program called Blake NZ-VR. This company tries their best to go to every single school in Aotearoa, New Zealand to teach year 7 and year 8 students about how us humans affect marine life and how we can change that.

Blake NZ-VR records marine life using 360 degree water proof cameras to show us what happens underwater when we, humans affect them. Instead of having a video shown on a slideshow we get to use VR Headsets (Virtual-Reality) technology to watch them. When wearing the VR Headsets it seems like you’re in the video.

The video showed many marine animals such as, the common dolphin, humpback whales, southern right whales, great white sharks, New Zealand sea lions, pilot whales, stingrays, rainbow fishes  and a lot more. They also showed a dirty part of the ocean which was caused by pollution which is caused by us.

After the lesson I took in one thing they taught us, which was never to litter. The rest of the things they taught us I already do. So remember viewers, let’s take care of our ocean!

The Beatitudes were blessings Jesus gave to people who were marginalised.

What’s up T, I had a blast last night at your basketball game but I’ve noticed there was something wrong with how you played last night. You looked worried about something. Well my advice to you is to focus on what you love doing, just keep the bad thoughts off your mind. It’s good to open up about your feelings, to someone close. Once you’ve got things off your chest you’ll feel a lot a lot better. I’m always here for you when you’re feeling down. Let’s hangout sometime.

See you soon T!