Day 5
Activity 1-The dawn of a new era
For activity 1, I read about how in the 1840s the European settlers began to live in New Zealand and this caused a fight between the Maori and the Europeans as the Europeans started to outnumber the Maori and they argued about land ownership. I read that it was obviously hard to understand each other as one side spoke English while the other spoke Te Reo Maori! I was given five phrases in either English or Maori and I had to translate them to the other language. Here is what google translate came up with:
Nau mai ki Aotearoa-Welcome to New Zealand
Cameron is my name-Ko Cameron toku ingoa
What is your name?-He aha to ingoa?
He pai taku ki te takaro i te whutupaoro-I like to play Rugby
Where do you come from?-No hea koe?
Activity 2-The treaty of Waitangi
On the 6th of February in 1840 a treaty called the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) was signed. This treaty showed how the two groups (Europeans and Maori) would live together in peace. This treaty was signed in a place called Waitangi in the north island and my task was to say three things that a visitor could do in Waitangi.
-Visit the Waitangi treaty grounds. This is the place where the treaty was signed and you can have a look at the area it was signed in.
-Taiamai Tours Heritage Journeys. This is a great opportunity to go on a waka and experience how they travelled back in the day. You will experience the magic of local Maori.
-Waitangi Moutain Bike Park. This is a more modern day activity where you can ride a professionally made mountain bike course near where the treaty was signed!
The one that I would like to do most would be the more modern style one and do the mountain bike track because I like biking and it would be pretty cool to try out a professional track!
Bonus Activity-#EarnTheFern
For today's bonus activity I read about what the Commonwealth is and what the commonwealth games are and they are both really interesting subjects! The Commonwealth is all the countries that are owned by Europe which includes us! The Commonwealth games are when all the Commonwealth countries get together to compete for a range of sports just like a mini Olympics. A famous Gold medal winner from New Zealand called Bill Kini had earned himself a gold medal for being the best heavyweight boxer, what a cool achievement! If I imagined interviewing him and had to ask him only four questions here is what I would have asked:
"What is the difference between a heavyweight boxer and a normal boxer?"
"How long did you have to train every week?"
"Did your boxing skills help you when you moved on to playing Rugby?"
"How did it feel to get that gold medal?"
Kia Ora Cameron,
ReplyDeleteWell done on another great Summer Learning Journey post! I like that you've written a short summary for each of the activities. It shows that you have really been focussing on your learning.
Good job with the translation of phrases. Had you heard any of them before? I had heard most of them except for "I like to play rugby". Do you know any other Maori phrases?
A few of the students doing the Summer Learning Journey have also said that their favourite activity at Waitangi would be the mountain biking. I've been there a few times and I didn't know that there was a mountain biking path. Have you ever visited Waitangi?
You've written some great interview questions. I like that you used two open-ended questions. They encourage the person you're speaking to to give you more information. I think that the most interesting question would be the one about how his boxing training helped him with his rugby.
Keep up the great work!
Meri Kirihimete,
Hazel :)
Kia Ora Cameron
ReplyDeleteMy name is Jolie and I go to Glen Innes School,I am also doing the summer Learning Journey which means that I can see more of your amazing work. What was your favourite part about this activity? Why?. Keep up the great work.