Māui
3 facts about Māui:
- Māui's Mum's name is Taranga and his Dad's name is Makeatutara.
- He had four brothers, Māui-taha, Māui-roto, Maui-pae and Māui- waho.
- He was looked after by ocean spirits and then raised by Rangi after his mum threw him into the ocean.
Māui had just finished dinner and was left staring at the fire when he wondered how fire was made so being the tricky person he was he woke up when no one was awake and extinguished all the fires in the world. When everyone awoke they wanted to cook breakfast but they saw that there was no fire and didn't know what to do, so they sent Māui to fetch fire. He walked to the mountain of Mahuika and she gifted him a fiery fingernail. With that fingernail Māui carelessly dropped it in the nearby stream. He asked for more untill there was only one left, so Mahuika threw it at Māui in anger. He dodged it and it hit 5 different trees. It caused a huge fire and Māui prayed for his ancestors to put out the fire with rain. He fled with dry wood and rubbed it together to make fire. Now he had fire for the villagers.
I would like to do waka ama because my arms would get stronger and I would like to be on the water and with friends. My Grandad sailed across the cook straight leading a waka back in the 80's and it would have been cool but scary to go with him.
Here are a few Photos of my Grandad (we call him Mano) when he used to guide the Arahura Waka in Picton in the 1980s
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Letter to my Mum
Dear Mum,
I'm in the middle of the ocean but I'm not having fun though. I've been sea sick for 3 days now and there has already been a storm that washed away some of our food but I'm not hungry because we still have coconut from home. I'm in the 6th waka out of 15. I'm really excited that I'm moving to a new land and to see what that land has. I miss you and i'll send a letter when we get there.
bye
from Leo
Waka Ama
I would like to do waka ama because my arms would get stronger and I would like to be on the water and with friends. My Grandad sailed across the cook straight leading a waka back in the 80's and it would have been cool but scary to go with him.Here are a few Photos of my Grandad (we call him Mano) when he used to guide the Arahura Waka in Picton in the 1980s
Kia Ora Leo,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Hazel, and I will be one of the people blogging with you this summer. You may remember me from when I came to speak your class a few weeks ago.
You have made a great start to the Summer Learning Journey; I am very impressed :) What a clever idea breaking up the activities with the banner.
You found three great facts about Maui, and I like that you retold the story of how Maui brought fire to the world in your own words. I had not heard that story before so I really enjoyed reading it. My favourite story about Maui is the story of how he slowed the sun. Have you heard that one?
I thought your letter that you wrote for activity two was fantastic! You have really put yourself into the shoes of the first settlers, and imagined what it would have been like. How do you think they would have felt when they finally arrived in Aotearoa?
I think my favourite part of your post were the pictures of your grandfather that you included in the bonus activity. That is so cool that your Grandad competed in Waka Ama races. Have you ever been on a boat with him?
I am so glad to see you've made an awesome start to the Summer Learning Journey, and look forward to reading all of your posts this summer!
Hazel :)
Hey Leo
ReplyDeleteI can really see the all of the hard work that you have put into this activity. I also am doing the summer learning journey on my blog. What was your favrioute part about this activity? Why?
Hope you have a merry christmas and a happy new year.