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Tuesday 18 December 2018

Did you know that Maui was the one who formed New Zealand? - Summer learning Journey

According to Maori mythology, Maui pulled up most of Aotearoa with his fish hook made out of his Grandmother jaw.
He had pulled up North Island thinking it was a fish and till this day the North Island is called ‘Te ika a
Maui’ or Maui’s fish. The South Island is called ‘Te Waka a Maui’ or Maui’s canoe.

Aotearoa means the land of the long white cloud. Aotearoa is one of the three countries in the world that
has that has two national anthems of equal standings. The first one is ‘God save the queen’ and the
second one is ‘God defend New Zealand’.
(4 points)

2 comments:

  1. Kia Ora Fulila,
    I'm Lee, one of the blog commentors for the Summer Learning Journey,

    I'm looking forward to reading the blogs from everyone at Saint Patrick's school over the Summer.

    You have made a great start to the journey! Do you know of another anthem that we sing here in New Zealand? I remember we sang it at some of the school assemblies that I've been to. Were there any other facts from that link that stood out for you?

    I'm really looking forward to seeing more of your blogging

    Talk to you later,
    - Lee

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  2. Greetings Fulila,

    Welcome to the Summer Learning Journey. Congratulations for completing this task. It's great to see you getting out there and completing these SLJ activities during these summer holidays. I've completed this task too. It was fun. Did you find it interesting? The top 3 facts that you've stated are awesome.


    NICE:)

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