LI: To let others know who I am so they can make connections to me and my place in the world.
Our challenge today was to write and record our pepeha to introduce ourselves.
I found this challenging because I don’t know how to speak Maori and i am a different culture so my pronunciation was not at standards.
LI: To understand the story behind our flag
Our challenge today was to use the links provided and our own smart searching skills to find out what Kauri dieback is and what we need to do to try and prevent this from spreading. We need to know about this so that we do our part to keep our Kauri safe when we go on hike at camp.
I worked with Malosi and Daniel and we found it interesting that Kauri dieback is disease to kill’s trees of all ages. The disease is spread by tiny soil-borne spores that attack the roots and trunk of kauri. When a spore infects the root, it grows threads (or ‘mycelium’) which damage the tissues in the tree that carry water and nutrients to the canopy.