Poi E

Who wrote it

Ngoi Pēwhairangi

People involved

etc

"Poi E" is a New Zealand 1984 number-one hit song

Slice of Heaven

25/05/2018

Today in music our task is to choose a New Zealand song that I like and write about it.

This song is in the classic movie Footrot Flats

Click to listen to Slice of Heaven

What I like about the song

I love how they use a load of instruments and harmonies. I find that its a amazing song to listen to. And I recommend watching the movie Footrot Flats

All these are more from undoubtedly New Zealand's most successful and revered music talent for 40 years, and still going strong.

Wonder

English
23/05/2018

1.
His wish was that he had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all.
2.
He knows that ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. And ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go. August is extraordinary because he is different from anyone else, and because he has been very brave going through a load of surgeries.
3.
They stare at him constantly. Treat him differently compared to the other kids.
4.
It's something you say about someone who goes somewhere calmly, not knowing that something unpleasant is going to happen to them.
5.
Yes, I would definitely send Augie to school. He needs to learn more than his parents can teach. He needs to socialize and make new friends.
6.
August is going to a school. He took a test to see if he was good enough.
7.
A shiny smile is when you have a huge smile on your face, showing your teeth. I don't know if it means that it was a fake smile or a real smile.
8.
Julian has a bad attitude as well as him doubting August abilities, eg when he asked if he knows what an eraser is.

Our Labour Party

It is 2018 and the Labour party (Reipa) is in charge of New Zealand. Once every three years, traditionally in November. The Government makes decisions and they do a load of projects such as building roads and houses/buildings.

The Leader of the Labour party is Jacinda Ardern and her deputy leader is Kelvin Davis. The Labour party has about 55MPs. Their party's colour is Red. The Labour party established in 1916. New Zealand is a democratic country in which the Members of Parliament (MPs) are chosen in free and fair elections. Citizens and permanent residents who are aged 18 years and over are required to enrol to vote. Voting is not compulsory. Government: Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary system, Unitary state.


Their policy, housing, Health, clean rivers, transport, education, Jobs and Innovation Fixing metal health, Strengthening our identity, Climate change policy, Paid parental leave, Tertiary Education, Immigration policy, Community safety, Vision for Canterbury, Tourism & Conservation, Sport and Recreation, etc.
Here is a link to their projects
https://www.labour.org.nz/policy

 Labour will be our government for at least 2 more years until the next election where there might be a different government in charge.

The National Party

What is the National Party?
The National Party is a form of government in New Zealand.

Who is apart of this group?
The National party has 55 MP's
Simon Bridges is the National Leader
Paula Bennett is their Deputy Leader
Peter Goodfellow's role is president (plans meetings, etc)

What is their party colour?
Their party colour is Blue

When was the National party formed?
The New Zealand National Party was formed in Wellington on May 13 and 14, 1936. It grew out of the coalition government of the Reform and Liberal parties, which had formed the wartime National Government in 1915

Nationals Values:

• Loyalty to our country, its democratic principles, and our Sovereign as head of state
• National and personal security
• Equal citizenship and equal opportunity
• Individual freedom and choice
• Personal Responsibility
• Competitive enterprise and reward for achievement
• Limited government
• Strong families and caring communities
• Sustainable development of our environment

Ideology:

Their main focuses are on Conservation, Liberalism, Economical & Liberal Conservatism

Their Goals

• To increase support first home buyers.
• Young farming families able to buy land crop farms
• Invest in the east coast future
• Invest in Whanganui velodrome
• More PPPs to boost infrastructure spending

Home Econimics

14/05/2018

Definition of Glycemic index:

a figure representing the relative ability of a carbohydrate food to increase the level of glucose in the blood.

• he glycaemic index (GI) rates carbohydrates according to how quickly they raise the glucose level of the blood.
• The glycaemic load (GL) rates carbohydrates according to the glycaemic index and the amount of carbohydrate in the food.
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Music

1. Modern Māori Quartet feat. Awhimai Fraser 'Māreikura'

Name of the group-  Māreikura (meaning supreme Goddesses of the Twelfth Heaven.)

Genre: Pop

I enjoyed listening to all the harmonies.

I liked how they showed everyone in the music video equally.

translation for some of the lyrics- 

He ātua he tipua 
Ngā pou ō to tātou āo 

Wahine 

Māreikura 

An idol is a goddess

Our posts are

Female

Blackberry

Muriranga-whenua

Tāranga

Rongomai-wahine

Wairaka

Hine-matioro

Hinemoa E

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Hine-matioro

Hinemoa E

2. Wairua-Maimoa

Genre- Pop

What did you like about the music? I like how they use a lot of passion in their voices.

What did you like about the video? I liked how all their styles were somehow different from one another in some parts. I loved the bit where they throw colour.

Meaning of Wairua: The spirit or the soul
Some translations from the lyrics

Ano nei he wikare i te whatu manawa E korengare nga nga tenapuna

And now there is a famine in the cold wind
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Te wairua te wairua hemawhaka aue Waihoa ma wairua koe e kaue Engari te ngari ngari te kore Ahakoa hei te he ponamu

The spirit is the shattering spirit
Make a living with your friends
But the limit number is not
Even if it's a dam

Revenge Should Have No Bounds Part 2

2/05/2018

Act Four, Scene One

1. A4S1 L 70-80. Antonio gives us three short images of how useless
any attempt by Bassanio to save his life will be

• What are they? (I don't know) You may as well go stand upon the beach
  And bid the main flood bate his usual height.
  You may as well use question with the wolf
  Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb. You may as well forbid the mountain pines
  To wag their high tops and to make no noise
  When they are fretten with the gusts of heaven.

What do they tell us about one of Shakespeare's interests?
He likes nature. Shakespeare does a load of stuff that includes the bible.

Do you think this is an effective way of demonstrating the problem? yes?

Each example is an extreme and impossible, what influence does this

have on how you expect the rest of the scene to develop.

2. A4S1 L90-100, Shylock uses vivid comparisons when he wants to

make a point.

• What example does he use to illustrate the fact that the pound of

flesh is his: ‘tis mine and I will have it’ Contract?

• It is much longer comparison than the three used by Antonio but

do you think it is more striking/effective/convincing?

Revenge should have no bounds Part 1

2/05/2018

Act Four, Scene One

1. What does the Duke believe Shylock intends to do? He Believes that he's going to show mercy and pity.

2. What does Shylock intend to do, and what reasons does he give for his decision? He's going to carry on with the contract and get his pound of flesh, for he does not like Antonio.

3. Why must the law be allowed to stand (why can’t the judge dismiss this case) Because Bellario sent a letter. The letter from Bellario sent a replacement since he's busy.

4.Shylock is very clear about the restrictions in the wording of the deed,
how does Portia use these loopholes? He can only take exactly one
pound of flesh no more. On the contract, it didn't say anything about
taking any blood. Which means if there was any bloodshed then
Shylock will die.

5. What penalties does Shylock now have to pay? Are they fair?
Why/why not. He has to give half the money to Antonio and the other
half of his money goes to the town. Since he tried to kill Antonio his
life was put in the hands of the judge. Shlock also needs to give up being
Jew and become a Christian.

6. How do Lorenzo and Jessica gain the result? What reward has
Portia claimed and why is this significant? Instead of Antonio getting half
of Shylocks money Portia decided to give it to Lorenzo and Jessica.

7. Portia tells Shylock ‘The quality of mercy is not strained’.
How does she try to persuade Shylock to show mercy, how much
mercy is she willing to show him (line 345-362), Portia tries to persuade
Shylock to show mercy or at least make sure that Antonio will survive.
Once Shylock disagreed Portia turned on him.

Matariki

Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters. It rises in mid-winter and for may Māori, it heralds the start of a new year.

Matariki literally means the 'eyes of God' (mata ariki) or 'little eyes' (mata riki). According to myth, when Ranginui, the sky father, and Papatūānuku, the earth mother, were separated by their children, the god of the winds, Tāwhirimātea, became so angry that he tore out his eyes and threw them into the heavens.

The Meaning of the stars...

Matariki is the whaea (mother), surrounded by her six daughters, Tupu-ā-nuku, Tupu-ā-rangi, Waipunarangi, Waitī and Waitā, and Ururangi.

Traditionally, it was a time for remembering the dead and celebrating new life. In the 21st century, observing Matariki has become popular again. Kites, hot-air balloons help mark the occasion.

In the early 2000s Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission), the Ministry of education and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, became involved in the revival of Matariki celebrations.

Shakespeare Quotes

10/04/2018

“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact.” 
This means all three are "wholly composed of imagination—which in Shakespeare's time meant the 'power of seeing things.

He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Meaning: 
"It's easy for people to joke about scars if they've never been cut."

"There's daggers in men's smiles."
meaning: Wherever we go, men will smile at us while hiding daggers. Our closest relatives are the ones most likely to murder us.

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant Of Venice 

09/04/2018

Act Three, Scene Three:

1. Antonio is now convinced that he knows the reason for Shylock’s insistence on claiming his bond. What is it, use the quote from the text to support your answer.

Thou calledst me dog before thou hadst a cause.

But since I am a dog, beware my fangs.

The duke shall grant me justice.—I do wonder,

Thou naughty jailer, that thou art so fond

To come abroad with him at his request.

2. Why can the Duke not ‘deny the course of law’ according to Antonio?
Because it is the law

3. What does Antonio seem resigned to his fate? What two important realizations is this based on? Use lines 8, 21-24, 26-31 to help you.

4. Do you think Antonio’s feelings towards Bassanio have changed since the beginning, why? Yes, Antonio has been more trusting towards Bassanio because he wants Bassanio to succeed.

5.Shylock refuses to consider the idea of Mercy but demands Justice. Consider the following ideas:

• Is mercy the same as forgiveness? No
• Is it easier to show mercy or look for revenge? revenge
• Is justice the same as fairness? no
• Is true justice possible in this case? no