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=__**T OPIC T ERM 1 **__= =PEPEHA = Tena Koutou

Formal greeting to three or more people

Ko Tararua te maunga

My mountain is Tararua

Ko Ruamahanga te awa

My river is Ruamahanga

Ko.........te iwi

My tribe is ............

Ko Emma ahau

My name is Emma

Tena koutou

Acknowledging the people who have passed on.

Tena koutou

Acknowledging the people present.

Tena koutou katoa

Acknowledging the people still to come

=**__DANCE.__** = This Term our topic was Take Action for Water. For this we did a production. There were three sections to the production, dance, drama and music. I was in dance. For dance we had to make up a dance about the maori legand of Ranganui and Papatuanuku which is about how water came to New Zealand. Sam danced the part of papatuanuku the land and Jack played the part of ranganui the sky. We practiced every monday and four students from Kuranui came to help us.

**Poem** I can hear the sound of the water trickling down the stream, The piercing sound of the cicadas squealing. I can smell the damp trees that surround me, The smell of the mud and dirt on the mountain floor fills my nose. I can see green,the green trees and green grass. Its so peaceful out here in the mountains with only the sound of the water and the cicadas, no car engines, no car horns, no people screaming and yelling. I wish I could be here forever, I hope it never changes.

By Emma = =