My Poems

 Aotearoa, Aotearoa, what do you think of the place Aotearoa?

This is what I think.

Aotearoa the place I was raised in. I love this place to bits. From Rotorua to Auckland. Loving friends, Loving teachers, but most important, Loving family. Having fun, hanging out with friends is all apart of life. But living life is the main thing. 

Aotearoa, the place of many schools. I came from Western Heights Primary from down in Rotorua, all the way to Point England School. Best school in the world. Great students, great principals, but mainly great teachers. The school of many kids from near and far. Every person in the school represents their culture and are different in many ways. That's what a great school needs.

Aotearoa, the place I love to be. If I had some words to say, I'd say Theres no place I'd rather be.

Poem 2:

This poem I wrote at the museum with the help of Mrs Squires. Here it is.

Where I'm from I  taste pork bones lingering on my tongue.

Where I'm from I smell sulphur from the hotpools like my brother after a rugby league game.

Where I'm from I hear birds chirping as noisy as my mother.

Where I'm from I see constructional works just like my dad building a house.

Where I'm from I feel like a bird in a nest. Finally I'm Home.

Athletics

“YEAH!” I cheered. Finally athletics. The day I could show off all my skills. Last week on Thursday we had our athletics day. Unfortunately, I wasn’t in a good condition. My knee was bunged up. So I couldn’t compete that well. But I tried my best. I was going to represent my Takitimu team (Yellow) well.

The sport I was looking forward to was high jump. It was my best sport. I really enjoyed it because I wanted to test my jumping skills. I missed my first jump, so I gave it my all on the second try. Even though I landed on my head, I still made it. I couldn’t believe it. After the jump, the bar went up 15cms. It was so hard. Only two boys out of 25 made it. I got out. But at least I had fun.

The other sport I was looking forward to was discus. Discus was a fun sport enjoyed by all my family. This was my second favorite sport. Because it’s not about strength, it’s about technique. I threw the discus. Currently I was in 2nd place. But a big boy, Tana, threw it far and I was 3rd place. I knew I was going to get knocked out because my friend Darius was up next. He threw the discus and it just went more far than mine. I almost placed but I didn’t.

Every year I try my best, but this year I couldn’t compete at my best but I still had fun. I can’t wait for next year.

How To Make A Toy Hovercraft

How to make a toy Hovercraft:
What would I need?
A Bottle Top
A Balloon
Glue
CD

This is for my cousin Henare

How to make it:
Step 1: Glue the bottle top to the cd. Make sure the the biggest part of the bottle top it closest to the hole.

Step 2: Put balloon over the top of the bottle top.

Step 3: Blow up balloon.

Step 4: Let if fly.

Thats how you make a Toy hovercraft.

The Dangerous Bush

Once upon a time there were two explorers. One named Stacy and the other one was Paul. They had been living on an island for years and years. It was a beautiful island with heaps of rare creatures. They decided to go for a walk deep in the bushes. This was their biggest challenge ever.

Stacy and Paul had been hiking for thirty minutes now. Then Stacy said “Paul? Where are we?” Paul had no response. Paul knew they were lost but didn’t want to say a word. So they continued their journey. Stacy started to feel scared but Paul was a brave as a fox. Stacy and Paul headed forward. They were in for a big surprise.

The two hikers had been walking for one hour and ten minutes. They started to get tired. Suddenly............ Out of nowhere a monkey jumped out at them they ran backwards. After they had been running, they drank some water. But Paul drunk heaps and he ran out of water. After that tragedy, they continued on their journey.

“We’ve been walking for two hours now Stacy” said Paul. “I know Paul” Stacy responded. They stopped to have another drink. Once again, they ran out of water. “We’re out of water!” screamed Stacy. “What are we going to do?” “I’ll tell you what we’re going to do.” said Paul. “We are going to keep going.” So they headed forward.

After five hours of walking, they reached their cottage. Both parched, they drank heaps and heaps of water. After that adventure, they knew not to go too far away from home. So they chose to give up hiking and be geography teachers and teach kids about all their adventures and the beautiful landscape of Earth. They lived happily ever after.

Our Semi-Final

“WHOA!” I think to myself as we head into the Semi Finals. “Kedgley is a big school with Massive boys.” In our rugby season, we are versing Kedgley Intermediate for the Semi Finals. The winner of this game advances into the Grand Final at Eden Park. We knew this wouldn’t be easy.

“There goes the whistle!” Mr Marks yells to the team. We were kicking off first. Our captain Lepa kicked it straight to a man called Dakotah. He plays for Mangere East in rugby league. Through out this half, there were hard tackles and line breaking runs. Finally, We went over the line with Tui. All the forwards had pushed him over the line and we scored. "YEAH" the crowd roared. But Kedgley Scroed straight after that. Going into half time, it was 7 points to 5.

"Yes" I said to myself. The reason why I said yes was because Kedgley were kicking off to us. But unfortunatly, they scroed first. Dakotah kicked it over for an extra 2 points. We quickly kicked off to them and with all the pressure on them, they knocked the ball on. After that, Samuela caught the ball from an intercept. He ran 20 metres. 10 meters out, we charged over the line to score again. Lepa missed the kick which made it to 12-10.  At the end of the game we lost 26-15.

We have had fun this season. We gave our fans 3 cheers and we gave our coaches 3 cheers. It was so emotional but a cool experiance. I can't wait for next year.

What If I Was Blind??

What if I was blind? How could I live? It would be a hard life. I would be as blind as a bat. There are some ups and downs to being blind and here they are.

YEAH! These are the ups about being blind. It is easier to make it into the paralympics. Instead of versing people that are in good conditions, vs people that are blind or something like me. You could have someone that gets your food and stuff for you. Another up about being blind is that you can wear mean as glasses.

Then there's some downers. Obviously you can’t see anything, having to walk around with a stick, you won’t be able to play video games and you can’t play rugby. To me, it would be like torture as hot as fire. It wouldn't be a good life for me.

What I’m saying is that it wouldn’t be cool being blind. I couldn’t live with myself if I was blind. But if you are blind, that’s how life is.

What If I Was A Billionaire?

What if I was a billionaire?
A billion dollars.......... What could I buy with that much money. I would be as rich as Donald Trump. I think to myself, what if I was a billionaire?

I would have a mansion, and a massive pool if I was that rich. Heaps of cars like a ferrari. I would also donate money towards the cancer society. But if If was that rich, people should put my face on the coins. Thats when everyone would know the name of Gabriel Inia.

Having this much money..... I would be so happy. I would hire security and live a good life. Doing anything I want, have anything I want. I WOULD BE INVINCIBLE!! Thats what I’d do if I was a billionaire.