Raranga Matihiko

RARANGA MATIHIKO

On Thursday the 4th of April, our akomanga Te Puna Wairua were visited by Kaiako from the Whare Pupuri Taonga, (Auckland Museum) our kaiako were Whaea Waimiiria and Whaea Stacey they came in to teach us about the many digital technology that we can implement in learning with Manaiakalani to learn, create and share. They came in with iPapa and showed us our previous mahi that we had created at the Museum, which was the students digital pepeha. We created our digital pepeha by using Haakoritanga, Stop Motion, Karetao, Robots, Aarai Kaakaariki, Green Screen Room, Peita 3D, and Ao Mariko, Virtual Reality.
Anei ētahi o ngā mahi mīharo.

                               

                            

                            

Research project on extinct and native NZ birds...

As a class we co-constructed a blog post by collaborating about our research project...

• Moa was a flightless bird, only the Chief and Rangatira from each iwi tribe could wear the feathers of the Huia bird like korowai, necklace Taonga Whakakai. 
• The Tui sucks nectar out of the kōwhai tree and it taste like sticky sweet syrup, Moa feathers were used for Korowai the kakapō they are endangered The kakapō likes things that look like poo. 
• Kiwi lays eggs as big as their bodies kakapo can live to 50years to 60yrs 25-50yrs the kiwi can live kakapō are checky.
• The Haste eagle was as big as a human. 
• When Māori hunted the Moa they used everything from the beak to the tail and wasted nothing.
• Kiwi are ratatie bird and flightless kiwi iand is a nocturnal animal.
• Kiwi makes a High pitch sound Kiwi use their beaks to gather food.
• Moa are 12 feet tall. 
• The huia bird has a high pitch whistle sound. 
• The Moa weighed between 500 and 50 pounds. 
• The Huia male and Female had different shapes.

Please watch our students powerpoint presentations that they have so magical created Awesome work Te Puna Wairua congrats!