Olivia

What Me And My Family Like To Do Together

My family likes to do different things. First of all my mum, my nana and I like to go out for dinner and we like to got to theatres. For example, in the weekend we went to the civic theatre which is where the queen goes and we saw Grease.

My dad and I like catching the Ferry into town and riding back on the bus. We take heaps of pictures.

My mum and I like going to Whangamata to see my pop and my mum's step-mum. We absolutely love hanging out at the beach!

My nana and my pop, my cousin Jordan and I like going down to my nana's beachouse in Ohope which is in Whakatane. It is a very cool house.

Even though I do different things with my family I love spending time with all of them.


 * Hinemoa and Tutanekai**

Long, long ago there was a beautiful young woman called Hinemoa. She lived in a village called Owhata. Next to Owhata there was an island called Mokoia Island. On Mokoia Island there was a young man called Tutanekai. Hinemoa and Tutanekai were in love. So every night when Tutanekai and his friend Tiki would play their flutes Hinemoa would use the villagers canoes and paddle over to Mokoia Island and meet Tutanekai there. On the next night when Tutanekai and Tiki played their flutes thinking that Hinemoa would come, she didn't, because the villagers had heard that Hinemoa was paddling over in one of their canoes to Mokoia Island to see Tutanekai so they pulled their canoes further up the sand. So Hinemoa gathered up some dried gourds to help her float and took her clothes off, then she started swimming. Tutanekai and Tiki's flutes guided Hinemoa where to swim. Halfway to the island an old tree stump jutted out of the water (called Hinewhata). When Hinemoa reached the tree stump she rested there for a while then swam towards the music. When Hinemoa reached the island she could not hear the music so she went to the hot pool. Tutanekai sent his slave to the hot pool to get a drink of water for him. The slave ran to the hot pool with a calabash while Hinemoa hid underneath the ferns and pretended to be a man. She said "Who is the water for?' The slave said "It is for my master Tutanekai" Hinemoa said"Give the calabash to me" So the slave gave the calabash to Hinemoa and she smashed the calabash against the rocks. The slave ran to his master and told him. Tutanekai said "Take another calabash I am thirsty" So the slave took another calabash to the hot pool. Hinemoa again smashed it against the rocks. The slave ran back to his master. Tutanekai said "Where is my water" the slave said "That man smashed all the calabashes against the rocks" Tutanekai was very angry so he put on his cloak and seized his mere. "Who broke my calabashes and made me angry?" said Tutanekai. As he said this, his hand touched Hinemoas hand and Tutanekai said "I have found you" Hinemoa came out from hiding and said "it is I Hinemoa" Tutanekai was so happy he helped her out of the pool and 'wrapped his cloak around her and they headed to Tutanekais whare. In the morning the people of Mokoia island saw that there were four feet underneath the blankets. When Hinemoa and Tutanekai woke they saw everybody crowding around them but they did not mind and the villagers did not either so Hinemoa and Tutanekai lived happily ever after with the people of Mokoia island.



CRYSTALS

**// Coloured crystals are the prettiest crystals //**

**// Rubies and diamonds are my favourite crystals //**

**// Yellow topaz is a crystal //**

**// Some crystals lose their colour //**

**// Topaz is the birthstone of November //**

**// Amethyst is my Mum’s favorite crystal //**

**// Lots of quartz can be found in people's rock gardens //**

**// Sapphire is a crystal //**

**// by Olivia //**