E te mauri mai tāwhiti

To the souls which ascend from afar

E te whare, te papa, te kainga noho tēnā koutou

The community house/classroom/ancestral house, people of the community, greetings

Ki ngā anahera, kua rere hei taki, hei tuara mo te hunga ora, haere

To our dearly departed, who continue to provide us with direction, we acknowledge you

Ki a tātou, he mihi nui

To the living, greetings

Ko Maungarei te maunga

To the great mountain Maungarei, the ancestral mountain

Ko Te Wai o Taiki te awa

To the flowing river Te Wai o Taiki, the ancestral waters

Ko Ukutoia te papa

To the land in which I stand Ukutoia, the area in which we dwell

Tēnā koutou

Greetings to you all

Ko _Tevita____ tōku pāpā, nō _Tonga_______ ia

Tevita_____ is my father, he is from Tonga_______

Ko Moka tōku māmā, nō _Tonga_____ia

_Moka____ is my father, she is from __Tonga_____

Ko __Tevita__ ______ tōku ingoa

My name is ____Tevita_ _______

Ko __Glen Innes____ tōku kainga noho

I live in __Glen Innes_______

Tekau mā _2___ ōku tau

I am _12____ years old

Nōreira, e ngā manuhiri tuārangi, ngā tauira, kaiako, kaumātua, he mihi nui, he mihi aroha

So therefore, to our distinguished guests, students, teachers, elders, a warm and heartfelt greeting

Anei he kōrero a te kura, “Whaiā kia eke”

Here is our school’s motto, to illustrate our intentions, to strive to succeed

Nōreira tēnā koutou katoa

So therefore, greetings one and all

5 Jobs _ Tevita

Rugby: to play rugby i need to be able to do my school work and be good in school.

Police Man: I have to join a police academy and work more harder on the trainings

Spy: to be a agent spy you need to be clever and cheeky

Army: you need to do extra missions and extra training

Car Engineer:  you need to learn about cars and about the tools

The first at school _ Tevita

Draft#2

Waiting nervously in the office with my nana  I said to myself,  “Man the schools in New Zealand are way different than in America.”  When we were in America we didn’t have to wear any uniform, but in New Zealand you do wear uniform. I noticed than in America has netbooks but New Zealand does.

Mrs Flavelle the office lady  walked towards me and said, “Good Morning how are you.” “ I’m fine thank you ” I replied nervously. “which classroom am I going to be in” I asked.  You are going to be in Room 16. So she  me took into Rm 16. I was too shy to go in.  My body was shaking like if there were a earthquake happening.  

Mrs Flavelle called to me “Are you alright it’s okay they're nice kids.  I walked slowly into the class and sat down on the mat. Kids that knew was asking these questions “Are you from America,” “Did you come from the States.” “Yes I did come from the States” as I whispered to Mateo.

“WOOAH! that’s cool.” My teacher was Mr Somerville. He is kind, funny and sometimes dry. But most of all he is the best. He was the best teacher I ever had. He let us play outside, play on games, and let us watch movies.  

RIIIIIIIIIING! as the bell rang. “Time for morning tea.”


Draft#1

On the first day of school Mrs Flavelle took me into Rm 16. I was too shy to go in. My body was shaking like if there were a earthquake happening.  Mrs Flavelle said to me “Are you aright it’s okay they're nice kids. So walked inside the class and I sat on the mat. “Are you from America,” “Did you come from the States.” “Yes I did come from the States” as I said to the students.

“WOO AH! that’s cool.” My teacher was Mr Somerville. He is kind, funny and sometimes dry. But most of all he is the best. He was the best teacher I ever had. He let us play outside, play on games, and let us watch movies.

RIiNG! as the bell rang. “Time for morning tea” Mr Somerville said. “Do you have lunch” as Mateo said to me. Come let’s go and play outside.

Today we had 40 minutes to write about our first day at school. We are setting our goals for our self for the term

    

Melvin Tevita _ Earthquake Hit Pakistan

A major earthquake has hit  Pakistan, causing  a island sea just off the country’s southern coast. That earthquake was so powerful that it caused the seabed to create a small island about 600 meters away from the coast of Pakistan in the Arabian sea. The officials say the rate of the earth-quake was unknown but 45 people has die and it may just increase.

Mahia Mural

Mahia is an artist. She has been commissioned to paint a mural on wall of a company's warehouse. The company wants the mural to be abstract (not representational) and they want it to show the colours of their company logo. They have specified it needs to have 1/3 blue,  1/6 red, 1/12 yellow, 1/12 white 1/12 purple and 1/4  green. They want it to have 2 lines of symmetry (reflection)  and  a rotating and translating pattern somewhere.