Te Whiti art

Te Whiti story

                                                                   

Te Whiti o Rongomai was born in the 1880s near Ngamotu, Taranaki. Te Whiti was the son of a minor chief of the Ngatai Tawhirikura branch. Te Whiti was educated at Reimenschneiders Mission School. He was excellent at bible studies. After he left school he set up a flour mill in Warea. Te Whiti and his family lived on the coast of Parihaka until 1865.

Te Whiti was a very spiritual man. He preached Christian beliefs. He didn’t believe in violence and was a very peaceful man.   

By 1870 Parihaka was the biggest village in the country. Parihaka was a very peaceful place until 1879 when the Europeans invaded their land. When the Europeans were taking away the Maoris Te Whiti and Tohu stood up for their village and people, but were imprisoned afterwards. While Te Whiti was imprisoned he learnt how to use European technology and played mind games on the gaurds like putting sugar in their soup and salt in their porridge.

In 1883 Te Whiti was taken back to Parihaka, but refused an order from the soldiers to stop running the monthly meetings. For not obeying this order Te Whiti was taken back to prison a few days before Te Whiti was released his wife died and was not allowed to attend the funreal. After being released Te Whiti returned home. Parihaka is now a very nice place up by Tarinake with lighting, running water and drainage. Sadly Te Whiti died in 1907.

Te Whiti was a very inspirational person to me because he fought with no weapons and peacefully. He didn’t give up and got imprisoned twice. The first time he was imprisoned and was released and he still fought back at the Europeans.

By Troy

Goals Setting

                                                            Goal Setting
Maths- I would like to improve on with my maths to get one hundred out of one hundred in my basic facts test. I will practice using mathletics at least four times a week.

Literacy- I would like to be able to use basic punctuation correctly and start using more complex punctuation.

General- To focus more on my work and be less distracted.

Troys Art

Artwork inspired by Cecilia Russel.

I think I done very well. I could have worked better on my colouring.

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali is we believe the best boxer of his generation. Muhammad Ali fought because his Dad loved boxing so he started at the age of 12. His real name is Cassias Clay but it was a slave name so he changed it to Muhammad Ali, which means beloved of the gods. He was born on 17 of January 1942 in the city of Louisville. He also went to Louisville high school. He was asked to join the military but refused to serve. Ali was a very religious and peaceful person so he did not want to do this.

Muhammad Ali turned professional when he was 18 and won his first match and first title. Muhammad had fought seventy-six matches, won fifty-six and won fifteen by default. In 1967 Muhammad was stripped of his boxing title by the professional boxing commission to not fight professionally for more than three years. He was also convicted for refusing to join the army and sentenced to five years in prison. Muhammad Ali was very inspiring to others. One of his quotes were float like a butterfly sting like a bee.I think this means to be light on you feet but be hard on your hands.

Ali changed his religion in 1964 to Islamic.He respects his religion and his people like no one else.But when he gets in the ring he’s an animal. Right now he is still alive with Parkinson's disease. Muhammad Ali is a hero and always will be.

By Kees & Troy