Te Tuhi Museum- Recount

I woke up brightly in the morning, excitedly knowing that today was the day of our excursion to the Te Tuhi museum. Quickly, I yanked open the curtains to get a glimpse of the sun shine, but all I saw was rain spitting. It doesn't matter, I thought to myself as I noticed it was the day that everyone would see my stunning artistic skills come to life.

Just then, I walked towards the wooden slippery stairs and smelt a marvellous fragrance of bacon and egg with some black currant juice. I trudged down stairs to get a better sniff of the nice smell of bacon and egg. “Eat up son, you have a big trip ahead of you”, said my dad as my dad as he placed some bacon and egg on a plate. While munching on my bacon and egg, I cautiously settled my feet into my shoes ready to go to school.

I eventually made my way past every obstacle, through the front door and to the car trying to beat my siblings as I wanted to sit in the front seat., off we went to school.

                                                                   5 minutes later..........

It was 11:00 o'clock in the morning. The buses arrived at school just in time, prepared to drop us off to the Te Tuhi museum. My hand gripped the rubbery railing of the rickety bus, I quickly made a dash for the bus as I wanted to get a good seat especially towards the back as that’s where all the ‘cool kids’ sit. Off we went to the Te Tuhi museum.

                                                         A few minutes later.............

As we pulled into the narrow driveway I was eager to get off the bus. I wanted to get my hands messy, knowing that we were making art as I thought quietly to myself. I quietly lined up at the back of my teacher ‘Miss Clark’ as she briefly told us to quietly trudge through the entrance of the Te Tuhi museum. As we attended the Te Tuhi museum, we noticed that there were numerous people crowding the cafe. Just then... a guy roamed towards us and introduced himself. “Hello guys and girls, ahhh my name is Jeremy and welcome to the Te Tuhi museum. I am your tutor for today and uhhh.... I am going to show you around the place so join in.”

After a while......we trudged against the narrow side of the hallway and as we got to the door, Jeremy immediately said....”For art, you basically have to have an apron on before you start dying or painting. So come on in and grab an apron. Don’ touch anything on the tables until I say.” As we strolled into the ‘art room’, we grabbed our selves an apron and sat quietly on the chairs. After that, we peacefully listened to Jeremy’s instructions before we could touch anything.

“I will give you 1 piece of paper and it will have 4 squares on them” as he handed them out. “Uhmm.... after I have given you your piece of paper you are going to scrunch it up.”, Jeremy mumbled “Grab the brown coloured pastel and face it to the side like this”, he said. “Then after you have faced the pastel onto the side you can now colour in the 4 squares on the paper.”After we have gently coloured in the 4 squares Jeremy instantly said to start dying. “Dye every white spot with dye until it is all covered then place them carefully onto the wooden steps to dry.” After we have placed our pieces of artwork onto the wooden steps, Jeremy said.......”Come and get another paper that is already dried and draw your artwork on them.”

As soon we had received our piece of paper that has already been dried up, we started to draw our interests, family, home, culture onto it with a pastel that looks like a pencil. “After you have drawn in your 4 things, you can now start painting the background with the brown paint inside the filthy looking container”, said Jeremy. Next... we used the brown coloured pastel to colour in the background for the other 2 squares with the top of the pastel.

After we had finished our pieces of artwork, we respectively hanged them up, back where it belonged then we quietly lined up in front of Jeremy as he conducted us to the room where an animator created an artwork that is about water. One of her interests was water dams and she created an animation about them.

After a few minutes later....after we had seen the water dam animation, Jeremy immediately guided us to an artwork with 18 pieces of A3 paper with  drawings that has all been merged together. “What do you think this artwork might be about?”, Jeremy asked as he pointed his finger onto the piece of artwork. I rapidly raised my hand as Jeremy pointed at me saying, “Yup.... you bro, what do you think this artwork might be?” I replied back saying, “Uhmmm......Is it Auckland city?” Jeremy thoughtfully said, “No not really” as he asked another student.

After about 10 questions been asked, it was time to go back to school. “I hope you guys had an awesome day today as we learned about the art from around the world and ahh.... feel free to ask me any questions about today's journey to the Te Tuhi museum.”

I have a question Jeremy as my classmate said....”When do we receive our pieces of Tapa we made? ”, as he raised his hand. “You probably might be able to receive them from your teacher tomorrow noon”, he replied. As soon Jeremy replied, he suddenly said “Good bye pes”. “Goodbye Jeremy thank you for teaching us today”, we all shouted.

The time was 12:30 o'clock in the afternoon and it was time to go back to school. We said our final goodbye to Jeremy as we left the Te Tuhi building and strolled into the rickety bus.  Once again, my hand gripped the rubbery railing of the bus as the doors shut right behind me as soon as I got in. Off to school we went as the bus roamed it’s engine *Brrm Brrm...Brmmmmm*  

                                                                  30 minutes later..........

The bus instantly arrived at the car park right in front of our school breeze. The doors of the bus eventually opened up as I respectively hopped out just in time that the bell rang.......

                                                                  *Brriing Brriing*

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Film Festival-Recount

One early morning, I woke up without hesitation and saw the sun shining brightly through my bedroom curtains. I leapt out of bed and ran towards the bedroom curtains as I excitedly yanked them open. I glimpsed outside and saw an amazing view of the sunshine blooming on my face.  “Get out of bed, are you going to the Manaiakalani Film Festival?” yelled my dad as I just remembered that today was the film festival.

Just then, I walked towards the stairs and smelt a marvellous fragrance of fried pancakes and pineapple juice. I trudged downstairs to get a better sniff of the nice smell of pancakes. “Eat up you have a big day ahead of you”, said my dad as he put some pancakes on a plate. While munching on my pancakes, I settled my feet into my shoes ready to go to school.

I eventually made my way through the door to the car trying to beat my siblings as I wanted to sit in the front seat, off to school we went.

                                                                    5 minutes later.........

It was 9.00 o’clock in the morning. The busses arrived at school and they were ready to pick up the juniors. The juniors swiftly boarded the busses and off they went to the Hoyts Cinemas.

Later on that day, it was 11.00 o’clock and the busses arrived to school prepared for our intermediate classes to attend the film festival. We boarded the busses and off we went to the film festival!

Without hesitation I gently hopped out of bus and lined up quietly in front of my teacher. Just then, we strolled towards sylvia park. My hand gripped the railing of the elevator, higher we went towards the over sized for Hoyts Cinemas, I quickly made a dash for the front of the line as I wanted to get a good seat. I wonder what order our class movie was played in.

The lights switched off as our class presenters, Henry and Muamua presented our class movie. “Go Henry and Muamua”, I yelled as I cheered them on with a clap. After their speech, they swiftly ran down back to their seats as our class movie started to play.

After about 20 movies had played, we trudged back to the carpark and waited patiently for the bus to come.

                                                                  2 minutes later........

The bus instantly arrived at the carpark and we were ready to head off back to school. I respectively went into the bus and sat down next to my friends. “What was your favourite movie Faaiua”, I asked. “I liked class 2’s movie because it had a lot of funny scenes in it and it was very enjoyable to watch”, he replied.

After about 15 minutes had gone by, we arrived back at school and strolled back to class. The school bell rang just in time to go home. I looked at my watch and it was flashing 3.00PM.  

Here is a peek of our class movie!

Future Aspirations

On Wednesday 26th of November, our intermediate classes came across an important bunch of people talking about their past and their future lives. These important people are Anthony Samuels which is a T.V entertainer, Paula Fakalata which is an Attitude Presenter and also Amelia Unufe that is a Fashion Designer. They taught us about their lives, like how they became a T.V entertainer, Attitude Presenter and a Fashion Designer. "To Miharo Hoki-You Are Amazing"

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Kowhaiwhai

What is Kowhaiwhai?

Kowhaiwhai are beautiful painted design patterns. At first, kowhaiwhai patterns can be viewed as decoration only, but closer examination shows that they involve sophisticated mathematical precision.  These patterns include symmetry, rotation, reflection and translation.

The koru or pitau is the most basic design element of kowhaiwhai. These are curving stalks with bulbs at one end. They bear a striking resemblance to the young shoot of a native fern.

After the koru or pitau, the next main motif or pattern of kowhaiwhai is the crescent or kape. This  is characterised by a line of evenly placed white circles on the outer edge of the crescent.

The koru or pitau and the kape, are all that make up the list of basic kowhaiwhai motifs. However when used in various combinations these two patterns can create many varying designs of incredible depth.

1. Why does it say that kowhaiwhai are more than just decoration?

Because in the text, it says that (At first, kowhaiwhai patterns can be viewed as decoration only, but closer examination shows that they involve sophisticated mathematical precision)

2. Describe the two main patterns of kowhaiwhai?

The Pitau/Koru and Kape

(The koru or pitau and the kape, are all that make up the list of basic kowhaiwhai motifs)

An Artform

Stories that explain the origin of kowhaiwhai all say that it is an art form secondary in importance to  wood carving (whakairo) and tattooing (ta moko). When kowhaiwhai is compared to wood-carving and tattooing, there are several contrasts.  Apart from the obvious differences of how they are created, kowhaiwhai is seen as something more temporary. It is not seen as having  lasting value, so requires no special ritual and no formal training. It is considered to be a common (noa) activity and so therefore, can be carried out by anyone.

The colours red, black and white are often the only colours that appear in kowhaiwhai patterns. Red was obtained by mixing red ochre with shark-liver oil.  Black paint was made by mixing shark oil with powdered charcoal. For white paint, taioma or pipeclay was burned then pulverised and mixed with oil.

3. Why is kowhaiwhai seen as less important than whakairo and ta moko?

(When kowhaiwhai is compared to wood-carving and tattooing, there are several contrasts.  Apart from the obvious differences of how they are created, kowhaiwhai is seen as something more temporary)

4. Do you think whakairo and ta moko was carried out by anyone?

Yes it can. Because in the text it says that (It is considered to be a common (noa) activity and so therefore, can be carried out by anyone)

Origins

One oral account from Ngati Kahungunu, traces the origin of both wood-carving and kowhaiwhai. It tells us that:

When Whiro, Haepuru and Haematua climbed up to the second heaven to obtain carvings for their house, they were told by one of the gods that the art of decorating houses with wood carvings had already been taken away by their younger brothers. Whiro and his two friends complained to the god that they could not go begging to their younger brothers for the art, so the god showed them how to embellish a house with painted designs.

Whiro and the others then descended and adorned their own house with painted designs.( Best (1982:287-8…)

5. Why couldn't Whiro, Haepuru and Haemata get carvings for their house?

6a. sophisticated

Look at these words in the article and see if you can work out their meaning from the context. Then look up and write down the definition from the dictionary

Precision- The aim or accuracy. The state or quality of being precise.

Resemblance- Forming something. The state or fact of similarity.

Motif- The next main step or subject. A recurring subject, theme, idea, etc.

Secondary-The next thing after the first. Next after the first in order, place, time.

Temporary-Something that lasts only a period of time. It lasts only for a limited period of time; not permanent.

Pulverised-I think that it is something that you lift. Reduce to fine particles.

Obtained- Capturing. Get, acquire or secure (something)

Embellished-Make something more attractive.

Adorn-make something more beautiful and attractive like decorating.

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a)                              2.5 + 3.9=6.4        -0.1            +0.1                            2.4 + 4.0=6.4	f)                    13.7 + 4.5=18.2        +0.3            -0.3                          14.0 + 4.2=18.2	k)                 7.3 + 7.5=14.8        -0.3           +0.3                            7.0 + 7.8=14.8
b)              4.6 + 1.8=6.4        -0.2            +0.2                            4.4 + 2.0=6.4	g)                      5.8 + 4.6=10.4        +0.2           -0.2                          6.0 + 4.4=10.4	l)           11.1 + 6.8=17.9        -0.2           +0.2                          10.9 + 7.0=17.9
c)                           3.1 + 6.3=9.4        -0.1           +0.1                            3.0 + 6.4=9.4	h)               9.9 + 4.6=14.5        +0.1           -0.1                          10.0 + 4.5=14.5	m)                    5.8 + 9.3=15.1        +0.2           -0.2                          6.0 + 9.1=15.1
d)                2.8 + 2.5=5.3        +0.2            -0.2                            3.0 + 2.3=5.3	i)                     6.6 + 8.8=15.4        -0.2           +0.2                            6.4 + 9.0=15.4	n)                  7.2 + 8.4=15.6        -0.2           +0.2                          7.0 + 8.6=15.6

e)           4.8 + 6.7=11.5        +0.2            -0.2                            5.0 + 6.5=11.5

j)           4.2 + 5.8=10.0        -0.2           +0.2                          4.0 + 6.0=10.0

o)          13.5 + 8.9=22.4        -0.1           +0.1                          13.4 + 9.0=22.4

a) 6.5+8.1=14.6 b) 9.3+7.4=16.7 c) 6.7+8.3=15.0

d) 4.8+12.3=17.1 e) 7.7+2.6=10.4 f) 12.4+12.9=25.4

g) 9.8+8.8=18.6 h) 7.3+12.4=19.7 i) 15.3+3.7=19.0

a) I have 3.7 metres of rope and I found another 7.8 metres of rope. How much rope do I have? 11.5	b) Andrew weighs 45.6 kilograms and his cat weighs 4.8 kilograms. How much do they both weigh in total? 50.4
c) Sarah was 1.3 metres tall but she has grown another 0.3 metres this year. How tall is she now? 1.6	d) An electrician has completed 14.4 metres of wiring in a house. He must still do another 13.6 metres of wiring. How much wiring does the house require in total? 28.0

e) A designer uses 4.6 metres of blue fabric and 12.3 metres of red fabric. How much fabric has she used in total? 16.9 f) To create a long red carpet two carpets are placed together. One is 12.2 metres long and the other is 14.5 metres long. How long is the red carpet in total? 26.7

g) My car has 33.4 litres of petrol in it. I add another 7.5 litres of petrol. How much petrol in my car now? 40.9

h) Sue drank 1.6 litres of water and another 1.3 litres this afternoon. How much water has she drank?2.9 i) A paddling pool had 37.3 litres of water in it. I added another 19.8 litres of water. How much water is in it now? 57.1