Powa
And kiwa are some sea-voyagers and they came from a far far away land called hawiki and they came to Aotearoa on a waka called the Horouta and on the houta and with them was poas sister Hinehākirirangi and his daughter was Hineaku And kiwas Kahuanui was also armour all of the people on board and the hotota was a very fast waka and it carried the kumatha to Aotearoa and it was Hinehākirirangi’s to look after the kumatha hotoa sailed from hawaiki to Aotearoa and landed at Ohiwa whereby they hit a sandbar The hull and bow piece broke and the waka could sail prouply powa and kiwa spoke about how they would fix the houtota after many discussions they decided that kiwa would look after the waka and Powa Would look after the waka and Paoa to fix the Horouta. Kiwa made some minor repairs to the waka so it would be able to sail when this was done. Horouta continued its course along the shoreline. Kiwa discovered a beautiful bay with birds animals, forests and sea life.While waiting for Paoa he named itTūranganui-a-Kiwa To commemorate the time he waited for powa to arrive Meanwhile Paoa climbed huge mountains, ran
through valleys and crossed rivers in search for the special timbers Powa came across a stream and their stode the mighty tree he had founded the sotabol fix the Horouta waka.
He used the Waipaoa river to float the timber
down to the shoreline.
suitable timber sPaoa finally arrived in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa.
It was celebrated by the union of his daughter
Hineakua to Kiwa’s son Kahuanui The descendants of these sea-voyaging
ancestors still live in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa today.
I was doing a task set out by teacher of doing a small video clip of trying to be camouflaged as much as possible. The part I found easy was hiding myself in amongst the ferns.