My Mihimihi

 Mihimihi 

Vaiola

I am learning to: introduce myself and others, and respond to introductions using my personal information

Tēnā koutou katoa, (greetings to you all)

Nō Aotearoa ahau (where you are from / Aotearoa*)

Ko Owairaka tōku maunga (Mountain)

Ko Waitematā Harbour tōku moana (Ocean)

Kei Tāmaki Makaurau tōku kāinga ināianei (I now live)

Ko Te Hapara pai tōku kura (school / Good Shepherd School*)

Ko Kautoke tōku whānau (family name)

Ko Allan Kautoke tōku pāpā (father)

No NZ born Tongan ia (Father is from, share diverse backgrounds)

Ko Mele Kautoke tōku māmā (mother, ask if maiden or family name)

No NZ born Tongan ia (Mother is from, share diverse backgrounds)

Ko Vaiola Kautoke tōku ingoa (your name)

Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

(Therefore, greetings to you, greetings to you, greeting to us all).

My Mihimihi.

Ko mount Tauhara toku maunga.

Ko mangatawhire toku awa.

Ko tongan toku iwi.

Ko good shepherd toku marae.

No Auckland ahau.

Kei New Zealand toku kainga inanei.

Ko good shepherd toku kura.

Ko Kautoke toku whanau.

Ko Allen toku matua.

Ko Mele toku whaea.

Ko Vaiola toku ingoa.

No reira, tena koutou, tena tatou katoa.

Poi Making

This year for our school production we made pois. Only the girls got to make them witch was the fun bit. It was hard to make them especially by yourself. The first thing we had to do was to bring some plastic bags from home which was the easy bit. Then came the hard bit: wrapping, sellotaping, covering!

Here are the method to making a poi:

Get some wool and a piece of string.

Wrap the string around the wool and tie a knot.

The next step was to scrunch it up into a ball.

Then get a plastic bag and cover the ball with the plastic bag

Now twist the poi then sellotap it then do again.

I had to get four or five people to help me! It was annoying at first then I got used to it. I loved making poi’s for our school production.

I hope it goes well for you too.