Rawiri Waititi ejected from Parliament for not wearing a tie - News Article

 In this article written by RNZ is about Rawiri Waititi getting ejected from the Parliament because he was wearing a Maori taonga around his neck and not a proper business tie. The main people in this article are Rawiri Waititi and Trevor Mallard. Rawiri Waititi is a man that is a co-leader from the Maori Party. Rawiri and Trevor also argued about the disagreements between wearing different cultural ties. 

The key event from this article is about Rawiri Waititi. Last year in 2020 some people in the Parliament agreed that there should not be any cultural ties in the debating chamber, and some disagreed. This event took place in Wellington at the Beehive, in the New Zealand Parliament Building. This event took place on January 1st 2021. 

In this news article Rawiri Waititi was kicked out of the Parliament and to never be seen in the debating chamber again. Rawiri said "Our people have worn these types of ties for generations, thousands of years. And it's time that Parliament, which was consented by my ancestors through Te Tiriti o Waitangi, recognised our right and freedom to express our own cultural identity, in a place that's supposed to be a place for democracy," 

Trevor Mallard and Rawiri Waititi argued in the debating chamber. This event took place because the Parliament wanted to discuss new laws around New Zealand. The day before the meeting a person asked Rawiri “What tie are you going to wear tomorrow?” Rawiri replied “You’ll have to wait until tomorrow.” 

In my own opinion I think that they should allow wearing any ties, like in the meeting there was a Mexican guy whose name is Ricardo Menendez and he said

“I have worn this tie in a lot of meetings and I have never been told to take it off and wear a business tie”. At that moment I straight away thought that Speaker Trevor Mallard was kind of being racist, about Rawiri Waititi having to wear a Maori tie around his neck. In my mind I thought he was being kind of racist because Rawiri Waititi was wearing a pounamu around his neck, but according to the Parliament laws you have to wear a business tie. That’s why they should allow wearing any ties.

Written by Krystal. Read more of her blogs at Krystal's Blog

Here are some activities' we did to compare the necktie and the pounamu from Xavier, Maraia and Krystal

Reflecting on our Level 4 Lockdown

In TWP 5 we started to make our posters explaining what our Level 4 lockdown was like. We added some mindful patterns in the background and coloured them in during our mindful and meditation period of our day. Here are some of our classmates work. 

 

Lock down by Kamaea

Beata's Poster of her Lockdown experience

Parihaka - A peaceful protest gone wrong

This week is the 138th year since the invasion of Parahaka. Last week our class began looking at the people involved and what their actions represented. First, we watched a short introduction video which gave us an oversight of what happened.

Secondly, we split off and did our own individual research about Parihaka. Here is what Jabez found out.

The Parihaka Pa in 1881

Who founded Parihaka?
The village was founded about 1866 by Māori chiefs Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi on land seized by the government during the post-New Zealand Wars land confiscations of the 1860s.

What does Parihaka mean? 
Parihaka was a Māori settlement in Taranaki in the 1860's when New Zealand was a British colony, and the land was being divided up and given to European settlers.

Why is Parihaka important to new Zealand? 
The Invasion of Parihaka was contributed to by a number of causes such as pressure on the government, by European settlers, for New Zealand land to buy and inhabit that would be sourced as Maori land. ... The Waitangi Tribunal allowed for Maori to move on and to accept what had happened in the past.

When was Parihaka invaded? 
About 1600 government troops invaded the western Taranaki settlement of Parihaka, which had come to symbolise peaceful resistance to the confiscation of Māori land. Founded in the mid-1860s.

Where did Parihaka take place?
 Located seven kilometres inland from the coast near Pungarehu, Parihaka is a small Taranaki settlement with a big history. The events that took place in and around the area, particularly between 1860 and 1900, have affected the political, cultural and spiritual dynamics of the entire country.

How did Parihaka start? 
The Parihaka settlement was founded about 1866, at the close of the Second Taranaki War and a year after almost all Māori land in Taranaki had been confiscated by the Government to punish "rebel" Māori.

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Keep checking back throughout the week to see what we discuss next about Parihaka and the people involved.

Women's Suffrage in Room 5

In Room 5 we learnt about Women's Suffrage and how it impacted women and men in New Zealand. We discovered that New Zealand was the first to allow women the right to vote. Kate Sheppard played a huge role and is largely celebrated in New Zealand. Below is Josaia's blog about Kate Sheppard and how her story influenced him. Watch the video below to understand some of the work Kate Sheppard did to help create equality for the future generations.

We have watched a clip about women suffrage and how Kate Sheppard stood up for women. Kate Shepard is very famous now she on the 10 dollar on 1 dollar  but she should had been on way more because it takes a lot of  courage to do what she did. I think every one equally in gods eye but that my option

Click here to see Monique's activities on Kate Sheppard

Click here to see Paula's activities on Kate Sheppard

HAKULA UNDER 9'S TOURNAMENT by Jabez

HAKULA UNDER 9'S TOURNAMENT

On Saturday Vili and I had a tournament. It was at Mangere. We missed our first game but came after the game, they said they lost to the Maori team. They said that we were lucky to miss the first game. our manager gave our uniforms to Vili and I. we had to change where they just finished there game. but we had spare change under our Uniforms. The second game was half an hour away. I was just chilling and talking to one of my friends in our hakula team his name is Mia. After twenty minutes we had to train for our next game. We versed Niue, and my best friend from my club's was in that team his name is Shemanly. when we versed them I remembered that around January and February. It was for Rippa rugby, I saw Shemanly there playing for Niue. After the game, the score was Niue 28 and Tonga 24. I felt unlucky. It was still a great game. When I came back my twelve-years-old brother was at how the Niuean team won but I said it was still a great game. He said we get it and I said nice because he always says that it's annoying. Our second to last game was twenty minutes away, and I didn't quite hear the coach say it was twenty minutes away. I didn't hear him because I just couldn't eating the chocolate Maltesers, they were just too delicious. We had to train for our second to last game. We had to verse the Maori team. The said they where one of the best Maori under 9's in the tornament. They haka was way to long. we won buy two trys and we where so happy that we all ran and kept jumping around because we won against one of the best maori teams. when I came back to the tent my mum was sleeping and my little brother that is two years old is still awake I was thinking what if he got kidnapped or even hurt himself?

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Room 5's visit by a Neuroscientist - Josaia's recount

On Wednesday we had Brigid, a Neuroscientist, visit (us) Room 5,  A Neuroscientist studies the
brain to help solve sickness (the) to do with your brain, like forgetfulness or a stroke. 

She gave us activities that included testing our minds. We had to get a shirt and we had to use one
hand to try to do the buttons up. My time was one minute and three seconds with my right hand
but for my left hand, Twas a minute and a half. The  activity was about seeing if both of your hands
were equal, but the only way that's possible is if you are ambidextrous. Being ambidextrous makes
your brain ten percent bigger than usual.

The next activity was trying to trace a star without looking at our hands but we had to look  in the
mirror. That really was a challenge because by looking in the mirror different movements were the
opposite of where we

wanted to go,  left was right and right was left, up was down, down was up. This was so much of a
challenge. When I used my dominant hand, this was not  any more of a challenge, the thing was the
mirror was showing us the opposite direction so I was getting confused. Also when I took my
marker off the star, I couldn’t put it back on to the right spot.

The next activity was holding a brain and learning some facts about it, but we all knew
some already.  I learnt some new facts about the brain like 100 billion neurons are in a
baby when it is born, but it starts to lose those neurons as it is getting older. We realised that
monkey brain is almost as big as your hand if you were a kid, but an adult needs two for it to be
as big. We didn’t hold a slippery brain that could have diseases.The brains we held had been
injected with a serum that makes the brain as hard as plastic We learnt some interesting facts
but the thing I loved to do, was holding a brain. 

Right after we finished all the activities we got to ask questions. I asked so many like, 
‘How long does the brain take to form into plastic?’ The answer was a week and a half.

I asked so many questions I just stopped for one minute to ask more but then the bell rang then

we went home “ that was the best day ever. 

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Sign Language Week

Each May, Deaf Aotearoa runs New Zealand Sign Language Week, celebrating one of New Zealand’s official languages. NZSL Week raises awareness of New Zealand’s Deaf community and provides a platform for Deaf people to proudly promote their language and culture.

In our classroom, as part of our reading activities, we practice our spelling words in sign. It is difficult at times but lots of fun. Can you guess what words we are spelling out without listening to the sound first?