Lake Ianthe

On Thursday, Ngā Here Kahikatea went down south to lake Ianthe to gather kuta out of the lake and a flax-like plant called KieKie. We are going to be weaving these plants.  

To get the kuta out of the lake we had to walk out into the cold water and reach down to get the slimy plant off the bottom since I was in the water up to my neck and all the boys just went swimming. We were popping manus and stuff.

It was really fun. Once we were finished and dry we had to go and get the kiekie. We had to pull the plant off the stalk. There were two white lines we were looking for on the plant. What we had to do was peel the outside of the plant off as close as we could to the white. Once we had done that we had to let it dry.

Billy T james

Billy T James was a very well known New Zealand comedian who starred on television from about 1981 to 1986. He was born on the 17th of January 1949 in a town called Cambridge and was brought up in Leamington. He later moved to Whangarei. Billy T sadly died on the 7th of February 1991 at a young age of 42 years old from a major heart attack.

Billy was a really funny guy, he made lots of skits. Some of my favourites are New Zealand History with Billy T, Billy T James learns Japanese and how to get a job with Billy T. Links are down the bottom if you would like to check them out. 

I think he was successful because he was confident and could get up and do or say something without being scared. Also the classic kiwi accent makes it funny of course. One thing he also did was make fun of his own people maori? But the way he said it made it funny not offensive and people enjoyed it very much


Links for videos NZ history How to find a job Learning japanese

gathering kuta

 On Thursday, Ngā Here Kahikatea went down south to lake Ianthe to  gather kuta out of the lake and a flax-like plant called KieKie. We are going to be weaving these plants. To get the kuta out of the lake we had to walk out into the cold water and reach down to get the slimy plant off the bottom since I was in the water up to my neck and all the boys just went swimming. We were popping manus and stuff. 

It was really fun. Once we were finished and dry we had to go and get the kiekie. We had to pull the plant off the stalk. There were two white lines we were looking for on the plant. What we had to do was peel the outside of the plant off as close as we could to the white. Once we had done that we had to let it dry.

Hangi report- Digging the hole

 Last week me and my class had a hangi. At first I was assigned to help dig the hole to put the food in. It was really fun because it was like digging for treasure. Where we were digging there used to be a house there. We were uncovering old driveway pieces, even an element off of a stove top. When we made sure the hole was deep enough we had to dig another hole to pile over top of the hangi. After that I decided to have a break from digging and help with the food prep. The hole was basically finished when I came out to check on everyone so I went and did some dishes. 

The next day it was late afternoon. Me and my family went down to the hangi I wasn't there in time for digging the hangi up but when I got there it smelt good. By the end my stomach was filled right up to the brim it was so good. My Favorite thing there was the pork and potatoes. and I hope to do it again sometime.