Slippery Snails

Serving Umu Food

The cooked food is carried to the table, from the umu, so every one can eat it. Before any one eats the minister prays. Then everyone helped themselves to the food yum!. It tasted delicious.

Europeans Try To Buy Land In Early New Zealand

Europeans came to New Zealand to buy land for the animals because there was no room in England. This Pakeha is trying to give money to the Maori lady because he wants land. But no one person owned the land. It belonged to all of the Tangata Whenua.

Art of Van Gogh

Last Friday we were larning about VicentVan Gogh's art.Vincent van Gogh's art was about what moods he was in,he had big bold brush strokes that seems as if we were actually there.

Maori Houses

When the Europeans came to New Zealand they saw that the Maori people had different types of buildings.
Brooke

Captain Cook Comes To New Zealand

We have been researching what it was like for captain Cook when he first came to New Zealand. He met a new and strange people, who lived very differently to the way he had been brought up in Britain.
Have a look at what we found out.

Swimming at the Pools - by Brooke

Have you been to Swimarama Pools in Panmure?
I have. I went to Swimarama with my mum, and brothers and cousins on Sunday because it was very hot and my feet felt like they were going to catch fire.