Malama Honua Voyage
Today on the 25th of March were going to welcome Hawaiian people to Pt England beach. We had to pick a junior and our buddy class was room three and we also had to leave our bags at the hooks near our class which is room eight. The senior class picked their own buddy too and the senior classes are room seven, eight, nine and the Intermediate class is just room ten but it’s a big class.Then I picked my buddies and we went on bus but the Intermediate kids went because both buses were full then we had to wait for a while maybe like five minutes or four around there then afterwards the buses came back and we jumped on the bus and I went in the bus that was in the front, on the way we saw Panmure Bridge walking and when we arrived we walked pass Pt England Reserve, and we made to Pt England beach.
We sat for a while until the waka’s were coming and when the waka was coming closer and closer a person was blowing a conch shell. Someone said stand up in Maori then we all stand up and someone maybe the same person that was blowing the conch shell or maybe the person that said stand up in Maori started haka off. Then we did the haka. After we did the haka they were getting the people that was on the waka on to a mini white boat.
They came and they did a speech about us and the Manaiakalani, the person that was talking was talking about a connection about Hawaiian and Manaiakalani about the hook from heaven then he stop talking about the Manaiakalani. Someone again started off the waiata then we sang it and we stopped and started doing the haka but this time we only did it two times instead of six times. Then we sang the fast song but I don’t know the name of the fast song but it’s a fast Maori song.
After we sang the fast Maori song we listened to more speeches but I didn’t really listen to that speech because it sounded like it was about the day and I also forgot it so I can’t say it to you only if someone reminds me. Then we had to high five the people that helped the people that was on the waka and we also high five the people that was on the that was from Hawaii. I high fived all the people and once our whole school finish high fiving the people we went back and we had to wait again on Pt England Reserve. I think the whole singing and all of that was like two hour or one hour in a half but I think one hour in a half. The buses came and but this time I didn't see Panmure Bridge walking. When we arrived we had morning tea and the day kept on continuing.
0 comments:
Post a Comment