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

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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