Matariki

Matariki is the Maori New Year. Matariki means the eye of God. For  maori culture, Matariki is important. The Maori festival begins with the first rising star of Matariki. Matariki is a Maori name for the cluster of stars also known as pleiades.   

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Samoan Language Week in New Zealand.

This Week is New Zealand Samoan Language Week and New Zealanders are being encouraged to learn a little of the pacific island's language. Samoan is the third most widely spoken language in New Zealand, behind English and Maori. 77,000 people said they spoke Samoan. 

Talofa lava - Hello 
Mālō le soifua - Hello
Tōfā soifua - Goodbye
Toe feiloa’i - See you later
Feiloa’i taeao - See you tomorrow 

Kiwi Kids News

Honey Bees

This is my screencast about how I created my presentation slide about bees.

Thank You Letter

This is my collaborative working with others using screencastify.

How To Make A Blog

This Is How You Make A Blog.

Hunt For Wilderpeople

Hunt For The Wilderpeople 

The kiwi movie Hunt for the wilderpeople has broken all New Zealand records to become the largest grossing local film at the New Zealand box office. The movie has collected over $9.6 million dollars in the seventh week. The film was set in Australia on May the 26, they also made a film in the United States on June 24 2016. The film was directed by Taika Waititi, and inspired by Barry Crump's. 

Photo BY: Kiwi Kids News 

New Zealand Spider has Fastest Jaws in the World

Photo By: Kiwi Kids News
In the United States they studied a spider called trap jaw. It lives in New Zealand and  in South America. The trap-jaw spider is very small. The New Zealand trap-jaw spider could be the fastest in the world at striking its prey. Scientists used high-speed cameras to study the speed of the spider attacking its prey. There are 2000 species of spider.