The Treaty of Waitangi is established to respect one another regardless of their culture. These values are used in New Zealand because it allows a wider perspective, build a foundation of trust, understanding and awareness across cultures and beliefs. As a result, the Treaty of Waitangi creates diversity which makes New Zealand a more welcoming and safe place to live in. Lastly, the Treaty of Waitangi enables new knowledge, open ideas, different experiences and new skills.
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In Social Studies, we had to do research about treaties. We had two options to pick from and I chose the Native American Indian Tribes and the US Government, which was the Treaty of Hopewell. We had to research the treaty we have chosen and present the information creatively using text, symbols and visuals.
There were questions that we had to answer:
5 Facts:
Story Link:
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Why does the narrator (speaker) believe they are moving to Wellington? In the narrator’s point of view, he believes the reason why they are moving to Wellington was that it will help them have a better life. As a piece of evidence, he said, “We'll make lots of money and be rich as anything because Wellington is where the money is. And you have to go where the money is, ay Dad. No use staying in Waituhi and being poor all the time, ay”. What Matiu (narrator) meant was Wellington was a place where there are a lot of opportunities, a better economy and a better lifestyle, which was good for his family.
In English, we have to do a work about an interesting topic called "The Yellow Brick Road". The reason why it is intriguing is that I only know a certain brick road, which was shown in the film Wizard of Oz.
We had to read a short story titled of Yello Brick Road and answer questions in regards.
Story Link:
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During our Wananga, everyone in the class had to do an assessment about our well-being. We had to choose 3 personal well-being that we can work on. Personally, it was a bit hard to record the well-being I chose because I chose the physical well-being, school work well-being, and my social well-being. I finished it early and I guess you could say I did improve on those areas and I'm proud of it.
In our English class, we moved on to our next topic which was Creative Writing: The Narrative.
One of the task there was "Show Not Tell". An activity where you re-write the sentences in your own words without telling it but showing it. To show and not tell, adjectives must be included.
"The buildings were tall.
Sarah was really upset.
She was so happy to see him.
The lake was beautiful."
My Work
After learning about the slave trade triangle, we simultaneously moved on to our next topic which is "Parihaka", a treaty in New Zealand, and it's extensional work which is the "Salt March" occurred in India with Martin Luther King Jr's participation.
What is the Parihaka treaty about? Parihaka was established as a sanctuary, a safe and peaceful place to live for the Maoris. Parihaka was a symbol of peace because it provides resistance from confiscation of the Maori land.
My map link: https://www.google.co.nz/maps/d/edit?mid=13HfN6O8qDhpkiAJ5l_u_X3DcTHeVgwkr&usp=sharing
My friend, My friend, I hate to see you suffer,
Events conspire to bring us to our knees,
My friend, my friend, you've taken this the wrong way,
Rise up, defend yourself, never give in,
Look to the sky, the spirit of Te Whiti,
The endless tide is murmuring his name.
I know Te Whiti will never be defeated,
And even at the darkest hour,
His presence will remain.
I'll sing to you the song of Parihaka.
Te Whiti he used the language of the spirit,
Then stood accused, the madman and his dream,
He saw the train go roaring through the tunnel,
He heard the voice travel on the magic wire,
But he loved the silence of the river,
He watched the dog piss on the cannon's wheel.
I know Te Whiti will never be defeated,
And even at the darkest hour,
His presence will remain.
I'll sing to you the song of Parihaka.
One day you'll know the truth,
They can't pull out the roots,
Come and take me home,
To weep for my lost brother.
They gather still, the clouds of Taranaki,
His children's children wearing the white plume,
So take me for the sins of these sad islands,
The wave still breaks on the rock of Rouhotu.
And when you taste the salt that's on your pudding,
And when you taste the sugar in your soup,
Think of Te Whiti, he'll never be defeated,
Even at the darkest hour,
His presence will remain,
I'll sing for you the song of Parihaka,
Come to Parihaka,
Weep for my lost brother,
The spirit of nonviolence,
Has come to fill the silence, Come to Parihaka.
Questions
What is the main message of this song? This song is about encouraging people to stand up against the unfair treatment of the people; To use their voices to influence others and spread awareness.
What line explains their passive resistance method? "I know Te Whiti will never be defeated, And even at the darkest hour, His presence will remain. I'll sing to you the song of Parihaka."
What does 'You can't pull out the roots' refer to? In my opinion, I think it means that you can take the man out of the hood, but you can't take the hood off the man. Which refers to you can't take away where a person came from and their culture and beliefs. As well as British people can't pull or can't take the Maori land from them.
Give evidence of their determination... "I know Te Whiti will never be defeated, And even at the darkest hour,His presence will remain.I'll sing to you the song of Parihaka."
How does this song show the significance of Parihaka? It shows significance by giving a message of what happened in the past and how they overcame it with their faith, hope, beliefs, working together and perseverance.
What makes an event significant? What makes one event significant is the impact they were able to make and its long-lasting change for the better such as enhancement, development and improvement.
How many people were affected? about 1,600 troops were affected as well as Te Whiti and Tohu were arrested.
How long were people affected? The people were affected for about a hundred and sixteen plus.
To what extent were people affected? People involved in Parihaka were evicted from their homes, some were arrested, women were also raped during the invasion.
To be successful in marketing and selling your product; product that people would want to purchase. It won't be that easy to achieve, you will have to go through steps, one of the key things in business is about producing your products or service, making it recognizable to the buyers and efficient for them.
In our lesson in Business Studies, last week, we started learning about marketing and selling. We comprehended it deeply, our teacher showed us a couple of clips to show and make us witness how it works.
To show our learning, we had to make an advertisement about that topic and there were a few selections of products that we had to choose from. We can work individually or in pairs. I chose to be paired with Rieya because I know that we can work well together, brainstorming both of our ideas will make a good result at the end because we are able to merge our ideas and improve it into something presentable and good. The selections were rubber/elastic bands, jandals, skipping rope, tissue box, playing cards, hot water bottle, cup. We chose the playing cards because the both of us enjoy playing cards, we know how to play with them and we've noticed that not a lot of students in our school knows how to play it and we're pretty sure that worldwide, the majority don't know how to play it as well. They may know the basics such as the label of the cards.
We used "Canva" and shared it with each other so we can edit it.
Here’s another one, Do you know what “Cauliflower Jellyfish” is? It sounds really healthy though, here’s a picture. 
It is native to the West Pacific from Australia to Japan, it kind of looks like the Cauliflower Jellyfish though.
is a species or a jellyfish that can be found in the water of Pacific Ocean. Though there are reports of sightings as far sas North as British Columbia. The black sea nettle can be big, with a bell diameter potentially up to 1 metre and oral arms extending to 5 or 6 metres. 
The fried egg jellyfish is a very large jellyfish, with a bell up to 2 feet in a diametre and each tentacles are up to 6 metres. This is a cool-water jellyfish that can be found in many parts of the world’s ocean.
Atolla jellyfish (it looks like a wee bit of UFO) the Coronate medusa
There isn’t much information about this Jellyfish but I put it in here anyway because this type of jellyfish are rare and they look interesting and pretty.
This jellyfish has a flower-shaped thingy (I actually don’t know what it’s called) under its dome. It eats plankton for it's food, it glows bright under the water, I don’t know if it glows because of the sea color but in my opinion, it glows.
It is found in tropical waters from California to the tropical Pacific, the Atlantic and Indian oceans. It has blue-ish (more like greenish blue) colour, probably turquoise colour. Some of it's tentacles are small and some aren’t, it has a transparent blue tentacles.
