Presentation To Council

About two weeks ago I went to the Gisborne Council with the Aurora Leaders 2019 to show a presentation of what we had done as leaders. We had fundrased for Banardos and Jammies for June and we raised just under $5,000!! When we found out what those two companies did it shocked us. At the leadership course there are a range of people from different schools from out into the hills and then all the way out to Wainui Beach School (which is my school). We all put together different fundrasing ideas, we did sausage sizzles at our schools, movie nights, we sold firewood and at my school we did a pajama day. There were a lot more things that schools did.


At the course we learned what leaders did to make the world better. We learned that anyone could be a leader you just got to set your mind to it. All the things we learned and did we took it to the council and did a presentaton. Everyone took part in it and said what we did. In the end I was really happy that I got picked for this AMAZING experience. My confidence has gone up a whole nother level when I speak infront of crowds and big audiences. This is a certificate that I got:

Fun At Te Poho-o-Rawiri Marae

Last week on Thursday and Friday Nui Syndicate went to Te Poho-o-Rawiri Marae. There was a powhiri to welcome us. The Tangata Whenua-Papa Albie, Aunty Buba and Aunty Charlotte-welcomed us onto the Marae. They taught us their Pepeha:
Ko Titirangi te maunga
Ko Turanganui te awa
Ko Horouta te waka
Ko Te Poho-o-Rawiri te marae
Ko Ngati Oneone te iwi


After the Powhiri we went out and had morning tea then went into our rotation activities. The first thing that my group did was learn moari patterns such as the koru and mania. Then we moved onto Honga with Koka Ngaire.
In the Honga you have a small cabbage tree trunk and you get a buddy then put it against each others forheads and you do all sorts of challenges with it. But then our group had to walk up kaiti hill....
It was quite tireing walking up but we made it. We had a small lunch brake after the kaiti hill walk then had a play. Then we had vegetarian nachos for dinner and they were Tu Meke!! Next we had to get our beds set up and then have some chill time.


A kapa haka presentation was what was next for the adults and
parents of what we had learnt so far:

In the morning we had to run up and down the court because people were wakeing up early and talking. We had a play after that and then had breakfast. After breakfast we packed up the wharenui to welcome the wai syndicate. While we were waiting Aunty Buba talk us a song called Muma Panda, it's about how the Nanis make the bread in the morning and at night for breakfast and dinner. We sang Haere Mai A Paoa when we welcomed wai. We went through all the rotations again and had another play. Overall it was really fun and I am SO happy we went!!