Town Trip

 Yesterday we went into town on two buses, a year 8 bus and a year 7 bus. The year 8 bus went to the Victoria square. Before the Victoria square was made, Maori used it as a trading market. When we got there we ate a bit of food to fuel us. We got given worksheets and had to do tasks that were based on belonging. The tasks involved drawing and designing our own Pou. We had to draw a huge weeping willow - the french brought the Willow here, This piece of information surprised me.  We had to draw statues as modern versions ( Queen Victoria and captain Cook ) and we had to answer the questions that went along with the drawings and designs. Then we had our lunch and we got into three lines and walked down tot he town hall . We went to the town hall to watch the performance Tumahana We got walked up stairs into the upper section of the hall.  The performance started when Tangaroa ( Takaroa ) and Papatuanuku got together and had many children. Then Tangaroa had to go away on a journey. Ranginui ( Rakinui ) saw Papatuanuku sitting on her own. Ranginui grabbed up Papatuanuku. Rakinui and Papatuanuku got together and had many children. When tangaroa came back he fought Ranginui. Tangaroa eventually lost, but he had injured Ranginui. The children who were between Papatuanuku  and Ranginui became ill because their father was injured.  So the children pushed their parents apart so they could have light and they could get well. The parents agreed. The children were finally free. The sky and the earth were apart.  Some of the children celebrated and some denied it. 

I think that this was a great learning experience.