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We have had a busy term, lots of information and fun activities to do with Stream Life and the Tasman Region.
Exposition writing, Speeches, getting our animation stuff ready (which we will be completing in the first two weeks next term!!)Kapahaka, kōrero i te reo, Tuakana/ teina, testing, the list goes on...!!
Another busy term next term too.....Camp, Big Day Out, Parihaka celebrations, lots to think about!
Thank you to everyone for ngā mahi pai, ngā mahi tautoko i tēnei wāhanga. a Special mihi too to Whāea Trina for challenging us and supporting us to be the best that we can be!
Mauri ora!
Te Oi, Kayzian mē Heidi

Visit from the Mayor Kerry Marshall

Today we had a visit from the Mayor, Mr Kerry Marshall. Matua Martin came as well, thanks Matua for organising this meeting for us.
He came because three of our boys, David, Abel and Kawhia wrote a letter to him to let him know that they were concerned about the polluted river,by Nelson Central School. We questions to ask him and we were pleased with his answers.
Here is a short summary of his visit:
I really enjoyed today when Kerry Marshall came to visit. He made the visit lots of fun. (Abel)
We got to interview the Mayor of Nelson. We were glad to have had this experience in meeting him.(Kawhia)
Mayor Kerry Marshall was very descriptive in his answers and he was funny too. (David)
Nā David, Abel mē Kawhia

Pōwhiri

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On Rāhina (Monday) we will have a team from the Education Review Office come to our kura. We will be involved in the Pōwhiri, our Kaikaranga will be Heidi, Cheyanne and Lucy and our Kaikōrero will be Matua David and David.
The whole school will be there as well, and it will be tau kē to have all of our kura out there to welcome this review team.
We will sing a few of our own songs when the speeches are completed and then we will be in the mode of hariru- which is meeting our visitors.
Matua David and David are fantastic speakers. We were especially proud of David, as he is a good role model on Whaikōrero.
Kia ora anō koutou katoa!

Abel, Tanisha mē Ra

Tēina Dress rehersal

Thursday (Rapare) 17th of September, our Teina group- Nga Piipiwharauroa o Te Pouahi performed. Their audience were people from Early Childhood centres and Kohanga Reo. Our Tuakana were the ushers for the day and had their Te Pouahi shirts on.
We were all proud of our Piipi and they were proud of their efforts too!
Nā Tanisha, Analijia mē Heidi.

Kapahaka!

Kia ora anō te Whānau!

Kei te hāere tere ngā rā mō te mahi Kapahaka!
Kore i taea ngā rā maha.....auē hika!

Not long to go now until the Kapahaka Comps. We have been busy preparing for kapahaka, learning the ends of the poi, sharpening up our haka, watching our waiata a ringa and making sure we are in time with each other!
Nerves, excitement running through us all!

Ngā Kākano Tuakana ō Te Pouahi.

Stream Life studies

Stream life studies has been full on! We were lucky to have the Mapua Touch the Sea experience, and the Electric fishing. This was fantastic!
We will be working this mahi through our ePortfolios- we are currently putting our mahi into our work folders, preparing and then will be ready to put together in our folios.

Kapahaka- Te Huinga Whetu Festival

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Well, it isn't long to go now until "Te Huinga Whetu" Kapahaka!
We are all excited and nervous at the same time.
Our teina are "Ngā Piipiwharauroa ō Te Pouahi" and they have a cool bracket.
We are known as "Ngā Kākano Tuakana ō Te Pouahi"- we have a cool bracket as well!
Whāea Trina has written 4 of our waiata and our waiata address how we should remember the tools that have been handed down from our ancestors and also why tamariki are special tāonga!
So come along and check us out!
Date of Festival: Saturday (Rahoroi)26th September (Mahuru)
Time: (Te Wā): Doors open to the Public at 8.30am- until 5.30pm
Place: Nelson College
Cost (Te utu): $5 Senior citizen/ kuia/koroua
$10 Adult
$5 students under 16
$25 2 Adults/ 3 children under 16
UNDER 5'S FREE!
The MC for the festival will be Te Hamua Nikora- from Homai te Pakipaki
Lots of kai stalls, Nau mai, hāere mai!

Electric fishing

Electric fishing!

We went Electric fishing on the side of the Maitai River (by Riverside Pools)
Thanks to Matua Martin (Rosa's Dad), we were able to see DOC Martin Rutledge and Reece working their magic in the water.
They were wearing protective gear, and waders, and had a back pack wich held the electric currents to send through the rod to stun the stream life for us to look at.
The ducks were'nt too happy about this, and quickly cleared themselves from where we were based.






Did you know.....
New Zealand has 35 native fish species, yet(and no, trout are NOT native!).
People are astounded to learn that ‘whitebait’ are the juveniles of five native species, including some that are threatened.

This is how you can help our native fish.....

Protect streamside vegetation

fence off stream edges from stock

plant alongside streams to create a shady cool habitat.

culverts need to be fish-friendly – native fish can’t jump!

Protect wetlands
for more information see the following website:
http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/fish

Te Rā kotahi ō Kōanga

Tēnā koutou te whānau!!

Kua tae mai ngā rā ataahua ō te wāhanga ō te tau, arā, te wā ō Kōanga!
He wā tēnei mō te huri hāere ō ngā mea ē pā ana ki te Āo ō ngā Kararehe, ngā otaota, ngā rākau, ngā putiputi hoki!
Kia kaha, kia māia, kia manawanui!!

`Ngā tamariki ō Te Pouahi!!