Nga Taonga Tuku Iho

Nga Taonga Tuku Iho

This report is going to be about waka, maori culture, Hector Busbey, maori games,songs and karakias, carving, navigation.

Hector Busbey

Hector Busbey is a New Zealand living legend,He has built many things in his lifetime and he's achieved many things people dream of.

Hector Busbey lives in Aurere. Aurere is in the Far North of New Zealand .

When Hector Busby was 15 he left school since then he has Hector has Built over 200 bridges from Kaio to Kaitaia.

Hector Busby has built around 34 Wakas. 10 of his waka are in Hawaii and  around 24 are in New Zealand.

Hector Busbey is 1 of the 3 proper maori navigators in New Zealand.

Hector Busby's maori name is Hekenukumai Puhipi.

Hector was dragged along to waitangi when he was 8. when he saw the big waka he fell in love that made him build waka.

Hekenukumai Puhipi means come here the people Busbey in maori.

Carving

Carving is a great skill to have especially when you want to make a waka.

Whakiro means carving in maori.

Keator is a type of carving it is one of the most used pattern.

Pakata is another type of carving this is one of the most used carving pattern.

Unaunahi means mouse skin. They would use this pattern because maori would eat mice.

Most type of carving patterns are related to nature.

Every type of carving is a style.

Waka

Waka were one of the most use things olden days.

Takaraing holes-wind blows through them so the canoe doesn’t tip over.

They put the waka into the swamp to make the wood harder.

The paddle for the waka can save you if your waka capsizes.

The front of the waka is called Te ihu.

The back of the waka is called Te kei.

The middle of the waka is called Waenga.

You need aroha, Leadership, Teamwork and respect

Navigation

Navigators in the northern hemisphere are lucky.They have a star that is exactly in line with the northern end of the Earth's axis.

If southern navigators can find the point of empty night sky that we call the south celestial pole they will know exactly where south is.

There are only 3 real maori navigators in New Zealand.

The sun is more useful in navigating than stars.  

There is magnetic north and a true to north.

Magnetic declination or variation is the angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north (the direction the north end of a compass needle points, corresponding to the direction of the Earth's magnetic field lines) and true north (the direction along a meridian towards the geographic North Pole).

Maori Games

All the games we learnt and play are te reo maori games.

The first game we learnt is called Maui, Matou.

The second game was called Pukana.

Chants & Songs

Billy help us to learn new songs and our school songs.

Teamwork makes the waka work.

Ko nga waka enei I hoea mai ra I  te nuku o te whenua I hawaiki paomao Whakawhiti mai ra te moana nui-a-kiwa Ki aotero hiki nuku hiki rangi Ka eke ki rangi Tinui,Te arawa,Tokumaru,Takitimu,Aotea,Mataatua,Kura haupo,Horouta,Ngatokimatahaurua e.

We learnt how to pronounce words in Mangonui e and Ko mamaru te waka.

Cutting down the tree

This is going to tell you how our ancestors made their waka.

When people use to cut down the trees to make a waka they would get a stone adze and tie it to a wooden plank. Next they would get someone to climb to the top of the tree and tie it to the branch at the top of the tree. Then they would push and pull the stone abez into the tree to form a groove then they would lift up the plank and make another groove the gap in between the two groves would then be cut out with an ordinary stone adze. A trellis would then be built around the tree trunk. A fire was lit in the hollowed-out trunk, and long, stout poles were balanced on the fence with their ends in the fire.

on the other side with rope. Two ropes were lashed to the pole and used to haul the logs.

Waka Chief Landed

This is going to be about the waka that landed in the Far North and their chief.

Kurahaupo was the waka Pohurihanga was the Chief Ngati Kuri is where the waka landed.

Mamri was the waka Ruanui was the Chief Hokianga is where the waka landed.

Tinana was the waka Tumoana was the Chief Ahipara is where the waka landed.

Matawhaorua was the waka  Kupe was the chief and the waka first landed in Aotearoa.

Ngatokimatawhaorua was the name of the waka Nukutawhiti was the chief that owned the waka Hokianga.

Mamaru was the name of the waka Parata was the chief he got given the waka from his uncle, and he first landed in Tokerau.

This waka was called Mataatua It was driven by Toroa and it landed in Whakatane puhi.