Students from Room 8 celebrate Maori language week on Friday afternoon.

Gabby's Story

Hoha The Tui                                                                                                                                            Hoha the Tui went "tweet tweet tweet" all day long. He was a wonderful Tui! The person that created him was The great and big Te Mawe. He made Tuis, Peacocks, Fantails and many other birds. He had a bag full with things to make the birds with. But the special birds he made were the Kiwi and the Flamingo. Te Mawe had two dogs that travelled the land and seas. One day, one of Te Mawe's dogs Matariki went to get a drink from a very dangerous stream. Once Matariki got to the stream, he started drinking and was getting pulled in, so he barked for help. Te Mawe heard him barking and ran down the hill and pulled Matariki as hard as he could until he got to the surface. Matariki had survived! Te Mawe and Matariki ran back to Tui as fast as they could to feed him, but he was so happy that he was fast asleep snuggled up his nest pillow. He was nice and warm in his leaf blanket.
By Gabrielle Clarke