Malama Honua Event, Levi R

Raapa 1 Paenga Wha Wha 2015

Malama Honua Event

On a bright Wednesday morning, the 25th of March 2015, all the Manaiakalani cluster schools went to Point England to welcome the people from Hawaii that traveled here to New zealand.   This event was held to remember the amazing skills of our ancestors,  their courage and their determinations and the way they provided for their families.

There were 2 Wakas called Hourua Hokule'a and Hikianalia. When they arrived , a small speed boat brought some people to shore. First we went and sat down on the grass when it was still wet. The school leaders did a haka and a song to welcome them.  Then there were Maori speeches and we had to sing another song repeatedly. An item was also done by Point England school followed by a few more songs.  There were over 2000 students and adults at the event.

Finally at the end we had to go and give them high fives and introduce ourselves as a farewell.  Then we all walked back to school feeling exhausted.

By Levi R

Malama Honua Event, Fineasi L

Malama Honua Event

On a bright Wednesday morning Glenbrae School went to Pt. England Beach to see   the Hourua Hokule’a and Hikianalia Wakas that had come  from Hawaii.          

When we got there we all sat down until the crew came out of the Waka. Then  we sang a waiata called  E oho.

After that  we welcomed them with  a Haka. There were  over 2000 kids there. A crew from the Waka blew a conch 5 times.

Next we sang  E Honore. Then we sat down and listened to speeches from the kaumatua and the people from the wakas.

  Lastly ,we went to the beach and did  a high five  with the Hawaiian people who had  come from the Waka and it was a lot of fun.

Then we walked back to school feeling hungry and tired.

By Fineasi L

Malama Honua Event, Maara

Malama Honua Event

On a bright sunny hot morning,the senior students from Glenbrae school went to the Point England Reserve with the other students from the Manaiakalani cluster.

Everyone was at Point England beach and there were over 2000 people  there. Once all the 12 schools were there, the waka arrived and a small  speed boat brought the crew from  the waka  to the beach.

When everyone came off the boat, we started to sing some waiatas and performed  the haka to welcome them.  We all enjoyed it and we had so much fun. Then people from both sides exchanged speeches and more singing followed.

Finally they introduced themselves and we did high fives as our farewell.Some of the students from Glenbrae school were chosen to stay back and have a korero with them while the rest of the seniors walked back to school in the hot scorching sun.

By Maara

Malama Honua Event, Linda

Malama Honua Event

On a hot, sunny Wednesday Morning, Glenbrae students from the rooms of 7,9 and 10 went to Pt England beach to see the awesome wakas from Hawaii.  These wakas were the  Hourua Hokule’a and the Hikianalia. All schools in  the Manaiakalani Cluster  had came to see this waka from Hawaii. We all walked to Pt England beach feeling tired and thirsty.

When we got there, Glenbrae school sat down on the cold, wet, green  grass and  waited to see the crew from the waka come to the shore.  After a while all the crew were on the shore. The  a member of the crew  started to talk about the waka and their trip around the world.

After the man had finished talking, all the children sang a waiata and did  the haka to welcome the people who were on the Hourua Hokule’a and the  Hikianalia waka. Later on we sang a beautiful song E Honore.

Later on we listened to the speeches by two girls from the Pt. England School.  After the speeches, everyone went down on the beach to greet the crew with high fives and hand shakes.

Finally we all lined up to go back to school while a few students went with Mrs. Adcock to socialise with the crew.  I felt so excited because we had gone to see the wakas that had sailed past the islands of  Niue, Samoa, Cook Island and the others.

By Linda

Malama Honua Event, Miami

Malama Honua Event

On Wednesday 25th March 2015  Glenbrae Senior School  went to Point England to see the 2 waka called  Hourua Hokule’a  and Hikianalia that traveled all the way from Hawaii. There were 12 schools and over 2000 students there.

Next the school leaders did the haka and then everyone sang a song to welcome them.  A few Kaumatuas welcomed the crew with speeches and exchange of gifts.

Finally, when the welcome ceremony was over,  we wentdown to the beach to hi five them and introduce ourselves. Then we walked back to school.  We were realy tired when we got back to school.

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by Miami

Recount, Malama Honua

Malama Honua

Raapa 1 Paenga Wha Wha 2015

                                                          Malama Honua

On a bright Wednesday morning ,25th of March 2015 all the Manaiakalani cluster schools went to Point England to welcome the people from Hawaii that traveled here to New zealand.  This event was held to remember the amazing skills of our ancestors, their courage and their determinations and the way they provided for their families.

There were 2 Waka's called Hourua Hokule'a and Hikianalia. When they arrived , a small speed boat brought them to shore. First we went and sat down on the grass when it was still wet. The school leaders did a haka and a song to welcome them. Then there were Maori speeches done and we had to sing another song repeatedly.An item was also done by Point England school followed by a few more songs. There were over 2000 students and adults at the event.

Finally at the end we had to go and give them high fives and introduced ourselves as our farewell. Then we all walked back to school and everyone felt so tired.

By Angelica

Recount, Robin

Malama Honua Voyage

On a bright, warm Wednesday 25, March Morning, The senior school from Glenbrae School walked down to Pt England Beach to see the wakas which came from Hawaii. We left school at 8:45 am. The wakas were called Hourua Hokule'a and Hikianalia.

We got to Pt England at 9:05 am and sat down on the wet grass but Fraser and I sat on dry grass around the tree. We waited for 5 minutes and then we saw another waka coming in. The waka was called Hourua Hokule’a. It was big and it had a speed boat with it. We stood up and sang E Oho O as some of the people on the waka came in to the shore in a speed boat.

The speed boat went back for more people. When all the people were off the boat, we sang He Honore. After that, some people from the waka, gave speeches.

Finally we sang Nga Waka E Whitu. Then starting with Pt England we walked past the people on the waka and slapped their hands as we passed. We ran up the steps and waited in our classes. We walked back to school with Rooms 9 and 10 at the back and Rooms 7 and 8 at the front.

By Robin

Recount, Aaliyahna

Malama Honua

Malama Honua Event

On one bright, sunny Wednesday morning, the 25th of March, 2015 all of the Manaiakalani cluster schools went to the Pt England Reserve to see the wakas (Hourua Hokule’a and Hikianalia) that came from Hawaii.

Firstly we walked to our assembly spot and  we sat down. Then we saw the first waka that was already there. After a while, we sang a waiata and did the actions while  the crew from the Waka came to the shore.

We all stood up while the crew came ashore. Then the Ka Matua spoke to the guests who had come ashore.  After that we sang a waiata and did the actions to He oho ra e and we all repeated it a lot of times. We saw the leaders from the twelve schools in the front near the microphones singing gracefully.  

After that the crew from the Waka sang and a few of their leaders spoke to us about their visit. Then they  sang a  Hawaiian song. Soon after that a few students from Point England School  spoke to us  about the Malama Honua event.

Finally we went down to the beach to greet and farewell the crew with a few hand shakes and high fives..

by Aaliyahna