Assignment 1 March 27.

He mihi nui ki Apirana Ngata me ona hoa. I whakaoti e au i taku tuhingaroa. Ki te mutunga o te raa, e tipu e rea.

Just finished my first assignment.That was pretty kewl. The key is to take notes oi! One of the tauira is oraganised and makes word documents as the lesson is going. At the end of every session she prints it out and then types it into her laptop. The printed version goes into a hardfile.

Tip of the day.

Ko Tiare teenei. I managed to get backstage and interview Tiare who was the presenter for te day at the Maaori stage. While I was back there I met up with the official photographer for the day. Pio sister. She works in health and was using her numerous skills where ever required. Tau ke!
I tried to get a pass to do photos over the rest of the Polyfest but I ran outta time. Just getting backstage was an achievement. The wairua back there was heavy. The groups were lining up to go onstage and all heads were bowed in karakia and then 2 mins later they were in the throes of Whakaeke. Truly focussed rangatahi for the atamira. Mihi nui ki a ratou!

POROUFESSOR AT POLYFEST

Ko Poroufessor teenei. Kotahi waewae no Ngati Porou, a, teetahi no Tauranga Moana. AAAAAIIIII!!! Ko toona mahi ki Polyfest hei whakaako i nga whanau e pa ana ki nga matenga o te haurangitanga. Me kii DRUGS AN ALCOHOL EDUCATION. Ko te painga o toona mahi ki ahau, koia he tangata rongonui ki te ao Maaori. He tauira ki a ratou nga rangatahi ki te whai i te huarahi pai. Cher Cuzzie. Much Respect. MWAH

NGA WIGS NUI

He pai ratou ki te whakapiri mo te whakaahua nei. Engari tera whara ki mua. Aue! kei ia pikitia kaore ia i titiro mai.

Na Rangimarie i karanga mo Georgina, na matou ko Paige, ko Kotuku i Waiata nona. Waimarie au i reira nga manu tioriori me kii nga rangatahi. Kei a au tonu i aku pekana. KTKT (katakata tino kaha tenei) Ra ra ra ra ra. Maku i hanga i tena, te KTKT. Me kii te keitikeiti he kupu Maaori mo te LOL. Te Taura Whiri o Hinemarie tenei. Matakitaki tonu mai.

GEORGINA TE HEUHEU AT MIT

Ka haere mai a Georgina Te Heuheu i tenei ra. He kaupapa ano tana ki a MIT, me kii nga wigs nui. I powiritia e tatou na te mea, he waewae tapu ia ki tenei marae. He mea whakatau i a ia. He honore nui tenei ki a matou. Koia tetahi wahine kaha ki te mahi ki te wharenui o nga Pii. Koia tetahi minita Maori tino kaha ki te tautoko nga mea paapaaho. He whanaunga hoki ia ki a Kotuku. Ko tona Aunty ia. Na tana karanga ka waimarie matou ki te tutaki i a ia. A teenaa, He whanau kotahi tatou o Te Kete Paapaaho