Sunday 31 December 2017

Summer Learning Journey: Wk #2 - Day #1 - The Early Years (Late 1800s – 1919)

Yes!, Hi, there bloggers a New week. Excited for more activity to discover on my blog?. Well if you are then here is my activity I did for Day #1......

Activity #1
*St Joseph Cathedral


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Christ Church Cathedral
At the turn of the century, there was a great deal of construction happening in New Zealand. Many of the new British settlers wanted to build homes and community meeting places, such as churches. One of the largest buildings to be constructed during this period was St Joseph’s Cathedral in Dunedin.

St Joseph’s Cathedral is just one of the hundreds of beautiful cathedrals around the world.

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Christ Church Cathedral
I've been doing some research on some Famous Cathedral church around the world, even our country. After I found a famous cathedral, I decided to share some information about it.

So here is what I found so far:

A famous Cathedral ( I think ) I found in Christchurch, it's called: Christ Church Cathedral,

Located - Christchurch, Christchurch Central City, Cathedral Square.
Built - Between 1864 - 1904
Time it took to built - 40 Years

Thank you!

Activity #2
*The Right To Vote!

At the turn of the century, New Zealand elected its first ever government. Richard John Seddon served as the leader of the Liberal Party from 1893-1906. Prior to 1893, only men were legally allowed to vote. This all changed in the late 1800s when a woman named Kate Sheppard lead a suffragist movement in New Zealand calling for a change in the law. Her hard work finally paid off when the Electoral Act was passed into law on 19 September 1893, giving women the right to vote. New Zealand was the first country to give all women the right to vote. There were still countries in the world (e.g. Saudi Arabia) who, until recently, did not allow women to vote. Which is totally not cool!
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Now these days thanks to Kate Sheppard by the way, women have the right to vote just like men. I mean come on, men are good at things, but.. so are WOMEN'S!

In fact, women's were not allowed to vote in Saudi Arabia until 2015. Do you think this is far?

Well, I think that it's not fair at all, I think women should have the right to vote. 

Women's should have the same right as men's to vote!. Women's out there have so many to say about all these demolishing new buildings, or should we stop giving free lunch at school. Thing like that, women's want to give their opinions and their suggestion maybe there opinions and things like that could be right you might not know. 

Look now, remember on voting if we want to change New Zealand flag. My mum and all my sister vote, see and because of there votes and every other women's who voted, we would have never changed the flag, instead, we stayed with our own flag. 

So I declare that women's should have, have the right to vote back then in Saudi Arabia before 2015!

Bonus Activity #3
* In the Flanders Fields

As the new century dawned, New Zealanders settled into a period of relative calm. The calm lasted for about 15 years but came to a sudden end in 1914 when World War I erupted in Europe. The war lasted for almost five years and claimed the lives of 18,000 New Zealanders. 


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It also claimed the lives of thousands of men and women from countries around the world. Every year, we remember these brave men and women on ANZAC Day (25 April). Many people go to a special Anzac Day ceremony where they read a special poem that was written for the fallen soldiers. The poem is called ‘In Flanders Fields’ by John McCray.

So I was given a poem to read all about ANZAC Day and not that I have finished reading, I'll tell you a little bit about if I liked it, How did it make me feel.

The poem I was reading was really good, very inspiring. This poem made me feel happy, made me feel like their is hope and there always safety around the comer, all those soldiers, who risked their life for us, trying with all their might, just for this Country and all out Kiwi's and Family. There family hearts must have been in terrible pain after hearing they have passed away, must have been hard for them. But that is why we have ANZAC day to remember the people we loved, who risked everything for us, who put their life before other's, thinking of themselves before other's.

If you would like to have a read about the poem, it is the link that say In Flanders Fields, 2nd Paragraph.



Wow, Finally done and dusted
Alright then, I'm off now
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Byeee!!
Leilani-Romano
Thank you

Saturday 30 December 2017

Summer Learning Journey: Day #5 - The Dawn Of A New Era...

Hi, there blogger. made it to DAY #5, wow I can't believe I made it to the last Activity of Week 1, hahaha, Well let's see what Activity I finishing for Week #1 .....

Activity #1
*Translating Phrases 

From the 1840s onwards, many European settlers came to live in New Zealand. It was a difficult period in New Zealand’s history. As the settlers began to outnumber the Māori, a great war erupted between the two groups as they fought for access to land to build homes and establish communities. More like fighting over who gets New Zealand or something like that.

Unlike the Māori, many of the European settlers didn’t speak Te Reo Māori ( they didn't speak Māori language ). Instead, they spoke English. As you can imagine, it was very difficult for the two groups to communicate because they did not have a dictionary or a translator.

These days we are able to use the Internet to translate words and phrases from one language to another. Which we very lucky to have, Were even lucky to have a translator on Google Translate.

For this activity, I'll be using Google Translate. To translate these Five Phrases at the bottom from English to Te Reo Māori ( Māori Language ) or from Te Reo Māori to English.

Here are the 5 phrases I will be translating from English to Māori, or Māori to English:


  1. Nau Mai ki Aotearoa.
  2. Image result for Maori + english picturesTranslate - English: Welcome to New Zealand

  1. Leilani is my name.
  2. Translate - Māori: Ko Leilani Toku ingoa

  1. What is your name?
  2. Translate - Māori: He aha to ingoa?

  1. He pai taku ki te takaro i te whutupaoro.
  2. Translate - English: I like to play Rugby

  1. Where do you come from?
  2. Translate - Māori: No hea Koe?

Thank you!

Activity #2
*The Treaty of Waitangi 

On 6 February 1840, a very special document was signed by the Māori chiefs and the British settlers in New Zealand. It was called the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) and it outlined how the two groups would live together and work together in New Zealand. It was the first document of its kind to be signed in the entire world. The Treaty was signed in a place called Waitangi in northern New Zealand.
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If you want to check out Waitangi and see what happens there follow this Waitangi village link to read about the village of Waitangi.

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So, I was asked to think about what 3 fun activities I would do down at Waitangi. Here they are:

Activity 1# - Skydiving - Air Activites
Activity 2# - Toa - Māori Arts - Māori Culture Activites
Activity 3# - Diving - Water Activites
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One of the activities that I would really want to do down at Waitangi is Activity 3# - Diving - Water Activites.

I've always wanted to go underwater, I haven't gone to the beach in a long time since I was about 8, and I love seeing animal maybe even shark, this girl named Madison Stewert who swims with the greats dangerous shark ever the great white shark the most dangerous shark in the world, she inspired me to go in the water. My favorite animal I really want to see is a Seahorse they look so cute!

Bonus Activity #3
* #EarnTheFern


After the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, New Zealand became a British colony. Many other countries in the world are also British colonies including Canada, South Africa, Australia, India, and Malaysia. As a group they were, and still are, called the ‘Commonwealth’ countries. Years ago, a man named Melville Marks Robinson was asked to organize a sporting competition for people living in the Commonwealth countries. It is called the Commonwealth Games. The first ever event took place in Hamilton, Canada in 1930.

Athletes from New Zealand have competed in the Commonwealth Games for years. In the most recent Commonwealth Games event in Glasgow, Scotland New Zealand athletes won a total of 45 medals. The next Commonwealth Games will be held in 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia. Hundreds of athletes are competing for the chance to represent NZ at the games (to 'Earn the Fern').


One of New Zealand’s gold-medal-winning Commonwealth athletes was a man named Bill Kini. Bill won a gold medal at the 1966 Commonwealth Games for being the best heavyweight boxer. He was a man of many talents! He played rugby in Ōtāhuhu in the 1960s and later moved to Whangarei. He sure was popular back in the days and New Zealand sure is lucky to have a guy like him, who won GOLD for us!

Imagine that I'mm all the way back in 1966, the time Bill Kini was at the Commonwealth game and won the gold medal. As I was a 23-year-old reporter just doing her duty. I was the first reporter to interview Bill Kini.

Here are 4 question I'll be asking Bill Kini When interviewed:

Hi, Mr. Bill Kini there ( Laugh) so I hear you just won the gold medal for the heavyweight boxer at the Commonwealth Games, a huge congratulation Bill you've done so well, that I bet the whole entire of New Zealand is yelling out your NAME!!

So I have a few simple question you know the Average, could you take a moment to answer them please, (Answer with a Yes)

1# How does it feel to be winning the gold medal?
2# Are you proud of every effort you put into this?
3# How did you have time to train for two sports at once?
4#What is a little message or a quote you would say to all your fans watching right now or out there?

Well, Billy answered the question and may I say wow! you go. This has been Leilani reporting to you on 1 News, thank you!

Well, that'ss it for today, Week #1 done and dusted OKAY!
But there will be more coming soon!
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Thanks also to Bill Kini for the interview. BIG FAN BILLLL!!
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!!🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄
Leilani-Romano
Thank You!