The Great Explorer Tupaia

The Great Explorer Tupaia

I have been learning about the explorer Tupaia which is a famous Maori navigator who helped Captain Cook who done their first voyage in Tahiti. 

My learning has gone well because I have learnt a lot about Tupaia. 

What do you know about Tupaia?

Jimi Jackson

Jimi Jackson

I have been learning about famous Māori people because it will help me  research better in the future and it has taught me about famous people from my culture. 

I think my learning has gone well because I have learnt a lot about Jimi Jackson. 

What's your favourite famous Māori person?

In The Beginning

In The Beginning

We've been learning about the different versions of creation stories because we want to learn more about the different variations. 

I've rewritten the Maori creation stories in my own words. 

In the beginning there wasn’t anything but darkness. Not even a single thing moved or whispered. Later on in the darkness there was a shake and a tiny curl began to form. The light blew away the darkness and there in the fogginess was Ranginui the sky and Papatūānuku the earth. 

Ranginui woke up and looked around him and saw Papatūānuku. He was like sheesh, what a banger and then Papatūānuku was like sheesh wanna marry me and then Ranginui said, hell yeah.

I think my learning went well because I have learnt a lot of different things about the Maori creation stories.

What's your favourite creation story?

 

Wiremu Tamihana

In class today we learnt about Wiremu Tamihana and we had to take notes about his life. He was born in 1804 at Tamahere near Cambridge but the name given to him at birth was Tarapipipi. His tribe was Ngati Haua which have had many wars against other tribes. Tarapipipi fought with his father, Te Waharoa, in some of these battles and as a young man, he also became a christian and was given the name, Wiremu Tamihana.