The Aotearoa History

Kia kotou Katoa everyone!

Welcome back to my blog. Today's blog is going to be about The Aotearoa history. In hurumanu 1, we have been watching a video about the Aotearoa history. But this time, we have to blog it. 

Have you ever wonder how the New Zealand war started? Well, I cant put all of the information, but this all what I found.

We watched a video about the Aotearoa history, while the video is playing, we have to write everything what we heard in the video. We have to take notes of what happened on the video. And then we have to write a summary about the video. 

Here is the video that we watched (This video is in Youtube) : 

Here are the notes that I heard in the video:

Notes:

• British said something to the queen about how Maori take over their lands. And the queen immediately believed them so they teamed up with the British. But little did the queen know, it was all a lie. British people made it up. 
• They fighted because of the land
• In 1862, Te ua became a profit.
• They think someone is spying on them. 
• British try and want to have the Maori’s lands so they can control Maori people. 
• Europeans killed two Maori boys.
• Maori killed a British man that were spying on them.
• Maori fought with other Maori
• A guy said he was eating a human flesh
• They are worried that there will be a serious threat
• British thought that Pai rara supporters that they were against them
• Te Kute attacked British village
• British took a revenge from Te kute for attacking their village
• 3000 people died, and 2000 of those people were Maori
• In 1872, the war stopped
• They were worried about the cultural damage between the two countries. And also between the connection of their lands. 

And here is the summary about the video that I wrote:

Summary:

The war started because of the land. British people want to take the Maori’s land, they also want to control Maori. But Maori didn’t let them take their lands. In 1862, Te ua became profit. He wants Maori to own the land. Te Toku Ware is a new PM leaders. Maori somehow thought that some British people were spying at them. Maori killed some British people because they caught him spying  on them. In 1865 was the battle. They fought because of the land. 1868 was the scariest year for them.

Maori ended up fighting another Maori people. A British guy said he was eating a human flesh to scare the Maori people. When the British attacked the Maori people, Maori found a way on how to trick them. European killed two Maori boys that had no defence. Te Kute attacked the village called Mata piro and 60 people were killed. He attacked Mata Piro. But of course, the British people won’t let them win, so the British people attacked them to take revenge for what Te kute did. British people killed almost  120 people, but Te Kute didn’t die, he escaped from them. 

After that day, Te Kute apologised to those Maori people who were harmed and got involved in what he did. In 1872, the war finally stopped. Maori said it not because the land was taken, it was because after the land was taken from them. Maori weren’t sad just because they lost houses, it’s because of their special connection with the land, for those people who died from the war and because of their cultural damage from both countries. 

Thank you for reading my blog. I hope you learn something new. Please give me some helpful, thoughtful and a positive feedback, bye!

"Matariki and the six sisters"

Kia Ora everyone!

Welcome back to my blog. Today's blog is going to be about Matariki.

Do you know what's matariki? If you don't, then let me explain it to you. In the Maori language, Matariki is a star cluster. Matariki shows up in May and June. This is a mark of the beginning of the year. 

Wanna know more facts about Matariki? Here are more facts about it:

What is Matariki:                  

Matariki is a time to set a goal, make a wish and remember those who you love. It’s like a day when you take a break and hang out with our families and friends. 

Facts about Matariki:

There are seven stars in Matariki:

• Pohutukawa
• Tupurangi
• Tupuanuka
• Waiti, Waita
• Waipunarangi
• Ururangi
• Hiwa-i-te rangi

But they found two more.

The matariki celebrations last into at least 3 days. 

Matariki is a Maori new year celebration.

Mata ariki means Eyes of god, and Mata riki means Little eyes.

There are different names of Matariki in other countries. 

There are many stars in Matariki, but there are only 7 visible stars :

• Alcyone – Matariki, eyes of Tāwhirimātea
• Atlas – Tupu-ā-rangi, sky tohunga
• Electra – Waipuna-ā-rangi, sky spring
• Taygeta – Waitī, sweet water
• Pleione – Tupu-ā-nuku, Earth tohunga
• Merope – Ururangi, entry to the heavens
• Maia – Waitā, sprinkle of water

The midnight at 1:00 - 3:00 is the best time to see the matariki stars on June 16 - June 30. 

Here is a link of a story of Matariki: Matariki and the six sisters

Have you ever saw a matariki in midnight?? Well, if you did, isn't it amazing! And if you haven't, you should go outside your house at 1:00 am, its so cool!

Thank you for reading in my blog. I hope you learn something new today. That's all for today. Have a wonderful day, bye!

Philippine Independence Day

Kamusta everyone!

Welcome back to my blog. Today I am going to talk about Philippine independence day!

Independence day for Filipino people is time for families and take a day off from works and schol to enjoy quality time together! 

We have been celebrating Philippine Independence day for 121 years. I'm going to give some facts about Philippines.

*I don't own any photo's here*

1. The Philippines invented the Jeepney. 

2. The first flag in the Philippines was called "KKK" or some different symbols, just like this:

3. The 8 rays in the Philippines flag in the sun represents: Manila, Cavite, Pampanga, Morong, Laguna, Batangas and Nueva Ecija that involves in the 1896 Philippine revolution against Spain. "KKK" means "Kataas-taasang, Kagalang-galangang, Katipunan ng mga anak ng Bayan" (Supreme and Venerable Association of the children of the nation).

4. The Philippines celebrated the longest Christmas. They started celebrating at the month of September until January. They started decorating in September such as parol (Giant Lanterns). Parol is a shape like a star. It is usually made out of bamboo and papers. Also Filipino attends to Simbang Gabi (Night Mass). They attended when is early morning or midnight mass for 9 days straight leading for Christmas eve. 

Parol: 

5. Philippines has 180 languages. Most of the filipino language in the Philippines are: Bikol, Cebuano, Hilagaynon, Ilocano, Kapampangan, Pangasinense, Tagalog and Waray. But the two official language in Philippines is Tagalog and English. 

6. The elements of the filipino flags are Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. The blue at the top means: Peace, truth, justice. The red at the bottom is: Patriotism, valor. The sun in the side means: Unity, freedom, people's democracy's, sovereignty.

 The horizontal is when the blue colour is at the top, it means peace:

But when the red colour is at the top, it means war:

5. The three stars in the sides of the Philippines flag stands for: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

6. The mostly food that Filipino people is rice. Rice is very popular in the Philippines, infact, all people eats rice in the Philippines. 

 

7. A Filipino made the karaoke machine. If you don't know, Filipino loves singing, a lot. When there is a occasion such as birthdays, achievement awards, graduations, Christmas and New year, they will never forget about karaoke machine. 

                                          

8. The traditional dance in the Philippines was supposed to be Tinikling. Tinikling is a dance where there are 2 people tapping the bamboo pole's while kneeling down, and one girl and one boy will dance in the middle of the bamboo. But they changed it to Carinosa. It involves a man and a women dancing together. The word Carinosa is from Spanish. They changed the traditional dance into Carinosa because when other people from other country goes to Philippines to dance Tinikling, they won't be able to bring the bamboo from their country to Philippines. 

Tinikling:

Carinosa:

 

                               

9. Filipino people loves street foods. After school or work, they will always find a street foods while they are walking. One of the most popular Filipino street foods is "Balut". Some people thinks that balut looks weird, but trust me, it's so delicious. Another one of Filipino street food is called "Kwek Kwek". 

Balut:

                         

Kwek Kwek:

                    

10. The most popular fast food restaurant in the Philippines is Jolibee and Mang Inasal. Jolibee is like Mc Donald, but they have different taste. Jolibee is a Filipino style of Mc Donald. Mang Inasal is a barbecue fast food restaurant. 

Jolibee:

                               

                

Mang Inasal:

                                             

             

If you could visit in the Philippines, which place would you go?

Thank you for reading my blog. I hope you learn something from Philippines. That's all for today, bye!

Making Biltong (Beef Jerky)

Magandang Umaga everyone!

Welcome back to my blog. Today I'm going to talk about making biltong (Beef Jerky).

During Hurumanu 3, we have been watching this movie called "The Martian", It's all about a man who survived living in Mars. 

We did some experimenter about biltong. First thing we did is we made a copy of a google docs, and then we have to research what will happen to the salt if we add salt in the biltong. We have to research about how to make biltong and the materials/ingredients that we can use to make it. We have to researched about how to make biltong, and to make our own instruction about how to make biltong. 

Here are the things that we need to make it:

Materials:

• Sharp knife
• Non metallic container
• Plastic covered 

Ingredients:

• 2.5 tbsp coarse salt
• Beef 
• 1.5 tbsp brown sugar (optional)
• string

Here are the instruction that I found and I putted it in my own words:

Instructions:

1.  First step you do is to make sure you wash your hands. Then put on an apron. If you want to put transparent gloves for cooking you can.

2. Get all your equipment.

3. Grab a knife, get the grain of the meat, cut into 1 inch (2.5 cm) thick length and place it in a non-metallic container.

4. Do one pinch of the sugar and salt into the meat. Sprinkle it on both sides of the meat. 

5. And then hook at the meat and place it somewhere cold and dry.

6. Leave it into 3-4 days. Check the meat if it's dry everyday. Once it’s dry cut it into small pieces. And you’re done!

When we finish writing our instructions. We have to try and do it. Today, in hurumanu 3, we started our experiments. We are in groups of 3. First thing we did is we that we grab a meat. Then we sprinkle one pinch of salts and sugars, in both sides of meats. Then we tied it with a string and hang it. We have to leave it there for 3-4 days. 

Here are the photos: 

After 3 days:

Today, we've left the meat for 3 days already. And now we are observing what it looks like, what it smells, hears and taste.

When I first saw the result, it honestly looked like dog food. All I could smell was burn food. And it’s so hard to bite, just like when you eat a gummy, you have to pull it away. When you eat it, it’s crunchy. When you put it in your mouth for 5 sec it doesn’t taste anything, but when it stays in your mouth for like 10 sec, it will kinda taste horrible.

Thank you for reading my blog. I hope you learn something new today. Please give me some helpful, thoughtful and some positive feedback. And I'll see you all next time, bye!