Mahinga Kai reading

 Here is my reading comprehension from this week. It was easier to think and answer the questions when you got to share your ideas with other people.

Maori english.
  Kai  food
 mahi  work 
tūpuna  ancestor
Pātiki   trust/flounder
Whānau   family
Whakapapa   ancestry
kaimoana    seafood
kūtai   a mussel
hāngī   food
tikanga   method
Kaumātua  elders 

Whanau art

Kia ora Last week as part of our Whare Tapa Wha learning we sketched important people in our families. Then we used water colours to paint our pictures. What I like about my art is my mother.

Te Rehutai

 Te Rehutai  

This week we were excited to be learning a bit about Te Rehutai, the Team New Zealand AC 75 that has been sailing in the Waitemata Harbour.  Here is my information.

• Peter Burling is the Skipper

• Boat name is AC75 and 75 feet long  22.8 metres.

• 7 tonne.

• Draft 5 m.

• Beam 5.4. Metres (17.7)

• Flying on foils.

• No keel.

• Light but super strong carbon fiber.

• America's cup is the oldest sporting cup in the world.

• It goes 50 knot’s 92km/h.

• There are 11 people on the boat.

couplet poem

we have been learning about couplet poems in the past week . Here is my work.