HAKA

 Sep 29, 2021

HAKA

Many many moons ago there was a brave chief called Te Rauparaha that guarded a place called Ngati Iwi. Te Rauparaha had a lot of enemies that would hunt him down and kill him. Because there were enemies hunting Te Rauparaha he thought that he must do something about it, so he went on a long journey to find more warriors to help Te Rauparaha. 

On Te Rauparaha’s journey he finally found a place where other chief’s were happy to help, that place was called Lake Rotoaira. When another chief called Te Wharerangi told Te Rauparaha that he can stay and that his tribe can be his protection if the enemies find him. Later in the day Te Wharerangi alerted Te Rauparaha and said that the enemies are coming so Te Rauparaha thought that in a potato pit is not where the enemies would find a chief because it is not tapu at all. As Te Rauparaha hid in the dark pit he asked a strong wahine to guard the entrance, her name was Te Rangikoaea. Te Rangikoaea listened out for the enemy's chants in case they were near. As Te Rauparaha was in the pit he whispered to himself saying “Will I die, will I die, Will I live,  I will live, and will I ever see the sun shining again.” While Te Rauparaha was saying that, he could hear footsteps coming closer and closer to him. Soon when Te Rauparaha could hear the footsteps going more quiet he jumped out and said “I live, I live and I can see the sun shining again!” 

That's when Te Rauparaha went back to his home and told everyone about his story and he told them what he was saying to himself in the potato pit. Te Rauparaha told his story to his kids and his friends and they made it into a strong haka of Aotearoa and they passed it onto their kids who passed it onto their kids who passed it onto their kids and that went on and on until it reached you. This is how the haka ended, WHITI TE RA!!

Narrative Writing

 Monday 27 September 2021

WALT: Add descriptive features to my Narrative

Once upon a time in the sunny tropical islands of Fiji there lived a cheetah called Bella. They say that Bella is the most fierce cheetah they have ever seen in their lives. As people came to see Bella, Bella noticed that one of them looked like the person that checks her health but then when he came closer and then patted her, she felt like he should live with her. The man had a really funny looking hat and a colourful lab coat. He had a lot of gadgets and all sorts of different things like straws, metal things, hooks and even food all on one hat. The funny man was called Peter. Peter felt the same way that Bella thought so he thought that he should take her home and so he did. They lived together for years and then Peter noticed that Bella had a pup over the time that Peter had stayed with her. Bella adored her pup but after a while Peter noticed that her pup was not growing fast and that it was a kitten. Oh oh!!

The Kitten Catastrophe

The kitten was the most trouble that Peter had ever experienced. The most annoying part was when Peter would try to go to work by himself but instead there was a kitten holding onto him the whole time instead of working. The only time Peter could have a rest was when Bella and her kitten were having a nap. Bella was getting bigger and bigger and harder to take care of by himself and the kitten started to get extra annoying from trying to climb on the curtains, always meowing for attention and eating all of the food in the rubbish bin. Bella was getting way too big to be living in Peter's house so Peter kicked Bella out of the house to see if it was any better then before and it turned out to be a lot worse because the kitten did not sleep at all. The kitten ended up being like her mother, all grouchy, mean, fierce, and really looking forward to catching prey even if she knew that she was not going to find any prey that day. As Bella grew the kitten grew and that was the moment when Peter thought of a great idea and he went off to find the old time traveller that he made years and years ago. 

The Time Traveller

Every night and every day Peter would be looking for his time traveller. First Peter tested it on a toy that he didn’t like then He put Bella into the time traveller and then set it to 6 years ago. Then off Bella went! Do you think Bella will ever come back?