Spending Holidays at LIbrary...

In the Holidays I went to the Library with April and Shontal we had a computer that we had booked the day before. We had booked seven computers and used them all up. I went on many websites which was Facebook, Bebo also YouTube listening to songs. Every time I go on Facebook I always enjoy it because I can chat with my family on line. Sometimes I don’t always stay at the Library and decide to go next door to the Marae.

At the Marae I help my Aunty Jalayne and Aunty Georgie which is Miss Tito’s Aunty.But at the Marae its cool and I enjoy helping with the hangi. We all do hangis for the visitors that come Saturdays. We work really hard to do that just for them and we think its good for them to try something new.

In the afternoon I went back to the library and saw April and Shontal then they had there turn on the Computer. Just after there turn I got some Money and got a feed and went to Shontal’s house and called some people. But then we went back to my house to get some Clothes which was late at night walking through Glen Innes peacefully.

Then saw some of the kids from Tamaki intermediate they had went to the shop and was roaming Glen Innes. Then got home and got my clothes said bye to my mum and left. Then we saw Ocean and Tyla Baker they were in Glen Innes with Tylas mum. We went and said hi they were waiting for Tylas mum in the shop or Chemist. April, Shontal and I saw Renee Shontal’s Sister we were told to go straight back to Aprils House safely. Walking through the park taking a sort cut through there and soon getting a safe trip back to Aprils. After all that dramatic moments in Glen Innes at night with Shontal and April we went back to her house and her mum came home with a bunch of junk food It was nice as. Soon it was the next day after a beauty sleep but also cold, we went back to the library which we were going there for about 1 and a half weeks.

Finally after a whole 2 weeks we went to school for the first day of the Term which was Term 3, !!!YAY!!! where back at school for the first term I had thought in my head so quietly I am so happy but also upset I won't see my mates from Tamaki Intermediate again but that's all goods at less I see them much more offen this term. But anyway I still miss the holidays seeing my friends at the library or in Glen Innes and the Holidays doing fun things mostly going to the library in Glen Innes.

My Mum...

My Mum

This is my Mum and she works at Sisters of Mercy. She is a cool mum because she takes care of me and my mum is the best. My mum's name is Malayna she was in the News paper on Friday the 18 of June. The title was MUM GIVES BACK TO SISTERS OF MERCY...

which is TE WAIPUNA PUAWAI...

She's been on the news paper twice. She is cool because she takes me to KAPA HAKA at Tamaki College. My mum also takes me out to watch performances for Tamaki College which a awesome.

My mum is amazing and I'm happy to have her.

The Auckland Volcanic Field...

The Auckland Volcanic Field appeared 200-000-250-000 years ago. Onepoto Domain and pupuke are one of the first sites to erupt in the Auckland volcanic field. The volcanoes that are in the Auckland volcanic field have no magma chamber. The Auckland volcanic field is made up of 48 small basalt volcanoes.

The Auckland volcanic field has about 50 volcanoes, with an area of 360 square kilometres.

Some take the familiar shape of hills with large craters at the top, like Rangitoto and One Tree Hill.New Zealand sits where two slowly moving plates of the earth’s surface meet. Where one plate slips over the other, cracks can form and molten rock, or magma, from about 100 km below rises to the surface.

Every now and then, a bubble of magma pinches off from the "hot spot" and rises up through solid rock, like a bubble leaving the bottom of a pan of hot water.

Larger bubbles may go on to send liquid rock to the surface for years, building up rocky scoria cones like One Tree Hill.It is thought that Auckland’s volcanoes first began to appear between 60 000 and 140 000 years ago, starting with the eruptions of Albert Park and the Domain. The largest and most recent eruption was Rangitoto, about 600 years ago, which would have been witnessed by local Maori.

Even though the larger volcanoes like One Tree Hill and Rangitoto may have been created by successive eruptions over a period of centuries, it is unlikely that any of Auckland’s existing volcanoes will become active again

Mt Wellington..

Mt Wellington

Mt Wellington is the largest scoria cone in Auckland. It's also the second youngest because it had erupted before Rangitoto. Mt Wellington had erupted 9000 years ago. Mt Wellington has a Maori name which is Mangarei mountain of Reipae and English name Mt Wellington.

Mt Wellington has 3 vents in the crater. Mangarei is 135meters high. It was inhabited by Maori.

www.civildefence.govt.nz/memwebsite.nsf/wpg_u...

Rangitoto...

Rangitoto is one of the youngest volcanoes because it had erupted last out of all the Auckland volcanoes. It erupted 600 years ago. Its the youngest but largest, Rangitoto had emerged from sea some believe that there had been a village of people on that Island before it became a volcano.

Rangitoto was named after a women who's name was Te Rangi totongia which was a beautiful name that's how they came up with Rangitoto. It had erupted 600 years ago which makes it the youngest volcano of all Auckland volcanoes.

People a sure that it had erupted twice. Rangitoto had been witnessed by Man when it had erupted. Scientist say it might be extinct and might not erupt again. Rangitoto had been a violent volcano when it erupted and the lava had spread though the sea.

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Matariki...

Matariki is coming soon and this week on Thursday we are going to celebrate it at our school. We are having it because its known that a lot of tribes had celebrated Matariki. Matariki is the Maori name for a small cluster of stars also known as the seven sisters.

Various Maori tribes celebrated Matariki at different times. Others celebrated after the full moon rose or at the beginning of the next new moon. The Maori New year is marked by the rise of Matariki and the sighting of the next new moon that's coming.

Ka puta Matariki ka rere Whanui.

Ko te tohu tena o te tau e!

Matariki re-appears, Whānui starts its flight. Being the sign of the new year!

I can't wait till Thursday for Matariki we are going to have a great time with our class.

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Auckland volcano...

Here's a quick movie of Rangitoto erupting.

Out of all the Auckland volcanoes Rangitoto is the youngest but largest. Rangitoto emerged from the sea. Its crater is 60 meters deep. It's also a scoria cone and it erupted around about 600 to 800 years ago.

Rangitoto was the only Auckland eruption to be witnessed by man, and was the most violent eruption. Scientist believe it erupted more then once.

Today it has become a popular terrace.