Have you ever been to Pt. England Reserve?

On Wednesday the 25th of March, my whole school went to Pt.England Reserve to welcome Malama Honua, they are visitors from Hawaii. We went to Pt.England on a bus and some schools walked.

When we got there, We saw Pt.England, Glen brae, Glen Innes, Rupotaka, Tamaki Primary, Tamaki College and St.Pius. We sat in our space next to Pt.England school. The teachers from our school said for the seniors to get in partners with the junior students. I was partner with a girl named Ellma.

I sat at the back with my partner and waited and waited, suddenly we heard a horn. It was the visitors coming onto the shore in the Waka. The waka was brown and white and it was full with of people. After the waka was close to shore, around 7 people traveled on a smaller boat to shore.

When the smaller boat hit the shore, the leaders from all the schools did the haka. There were only 3 people from our school that did the haka. It was Natalia, Johnny and Giovanni. The song that we sang was called E oho.

Next the smaller boat picked up 6 more people from the waka. After that, a man wearing a blue t-shirt spoke in Maori to address the visitors. After he had finished, a woman sang a song, then the boys sang and then we all sang together. It was a long song, because we sang it quite a few times.

After a few minutes, 3 children from Pt.England said speeches. There were two girls and one boy. After that, we sang a song called He honore. It was short and easy.
After we sang the song, we sang another song called Nga waka. It was a fast song, but I got the hang of it. Then another man told us to come down on the sand and hi-five the hawaiian people's hands. I ran as fast as I could. 

Finally we lined up for the bus and went back to school. When we got back to school, we had our lunch and that was the end of that trip.

It was the best day ever because I participated in the trip and I really enjoyed the Powhiri.

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