Puke Ariki & Len Lye Centre Trip

We had a great day out yesterday with some of the International students and our visiting group from Chiyoda. We went to the museum Puke Ariki and the art gallery Len Lye Centre. Lots of fun :)

Good Times With Hangi Food

On Friday the 19th August we took the opportunity to help support Manukorihi Intermediate School in Waitara. We purchased hangi tickets, picked up our feast and headed to Waitara beach promenade to enjoy it. This was the students' first time eating a hangi and they all thought it was delicious. :)

 

 

Otsuma Students From Japan and their Buddies Say Goodbye

We had a wonderful performance and farewell lunch for our visiting group from Japan, Otsuma High School. The buddies and students got to know each other well and found it hard to say goodbye. We hope you had a fabulous time and hope to see you again soon. Happy travels :)

Welcome to New International Students in Term 3

We have some wonderful new international students for this term. They come from Japan, China and Germany. Welcome to you all and we hope you have a fantastic time here with us.

Selma film review - Daniela

Selma  one dream can change the world

Selma is an historical film directed by Ava Duvernay , it is about justice.


The main idea is the discrimination against the people of color.

The film has a message , the message is that , all the people we are equal, no matter the color or size are all people with equal rights , no one deserves to be discriminated .


The film is sometimes difficult to understand because sometimes the people speak so fast or cry and I don't understood what they say .


I like the scenes because they were very real for example the scenes, the protest.


I like the film because I learned about Martin Luther King and his important revolution, the discrimination in this time. for the negro people.


I like the character  Martin Luther King best because, he is the one who gave hope to the negro people, the desire to fight for their rights.

In this movie I learned so much about American history, it was very bad that people of color were being unfairly discriminated.

Selma- film review Shino

Describing the Film
This movie is kind of historical, it is about freedom. I think this movie has some messages. First message is about racial discrimination. They fought to get their own suffrage. Also the movie has message that we must not discriminate by religion and skin colour and so on.


My Opinion of the Film
This movie is sometimes difficult for me to understand the subject because sometimes people  cried but  I couldn't understand why they cried. But I could understand most of parts. And I could understand that we mustn't discriminate to people. And I like first scene. Because I like speech. His speech is really good one and I was touched by his speech, so I love his speech and first scene. I like some part of scene but I don't like some part of scene. Because I don't like discrimination but I think we have to know serious histories about discrimination.


   
I like the main character. Because he is really cool and nice person. He did not only thinking but also taking action. It seems easy but in fact it is really difficult. But he did that, so I think he is an awesome person and I respect him. On the whole, I would say that this movie is good to know serious history of America. I studied about discrimination before but I could know more since I watched this movie. I think we have to know well about discrimination all over the world, so you had better watch it! If you want to know serious history of America, you should watch this movie.

Selma Film Review - Ayaka

Describing the film

This movie, 'Selma' was a historical movie that tells what happened in America between Negroes and white American. The director is Ava DuVernay and it was published in 2014. The story was mainly about Negroes acting to get a right to vote, Martin Luther King is the head. And this movie shows the process of how they could get a right to vote. I thought the theme of the film is 'Act for right'. If there is something important for you, you must stand for it. 'Nothing would happen unless you act, and keep acting until your wish would come true'. This is the message I thought from this film.

My opinion of the film

Since this film was a historical movie, it was difficult to understand. It used difficult words which we don't normally use in our daily lives. Some parts of movie had a scary scenes, and it scared me. But those things I saw in the film was actually happened so many times in the history. It was good to know the truth of things happened in the past. And also, acts of Negroes were really brave, so that could move people's feelings.

From this movie, I learnt it is important to go for what you think. And if I keep acting, I thought somebody who has same opinion will help me to solve the problem.

Oakura Beach Memories

In New Zealand I remember going to Oakura beach. I came to NZ in January. I enjoyed going to the beach. My host family and I went to the beach. The black sand was different to Japan. I picked up shells. I saw surfers and walkers. It was fun.

My farewell

Hi there! It has turned to autumn here in New Zealand. How’s everything going in Japan? Are cherry blossoms beautiful now? I guess they are.

Last weekend, I went to the Aquatic Center with my host mother and host sister. There is a big pool and 2 kinds of water slides and more fun things. My host sister and I enjoyed the water slides a lot. It was really fun and I like it, so my host mother will take me there this Saturday!

On the 1st of April, we had a farewell party at the hostel for 4 Japanese girls who are going to leave here this term including me. All international students and teachers for international students came for us and we had a very great time. We also got Attendance Award and some gifts from school.

On the same day, I went to a quiz night held at church with my host family. We dressed as characters from the movie Mr. Incredible. I wore a red sleeveless shirt with a logo, black t-shirt, and black mask. It was all hand made by my host mother and host sister.  Every team had their theme and they had to dress up. It was kind of like Halloween. We answered a lot of questions and competed with other teams. It was difficult to understand the questions a little bit for me, but I enjoyed it.

On Saturday, 2 of Japanese girls left here finally. I went to the airport to say good-bye. I was very sad though both of them are from Tokyo and I can meet them in Japan. Other friends came to the airport too.


My Korean friend called Stella made us a video of our memories with a message for each of us.  She is learning Japanese for herself so she wrote a message in Japanese. It was one of the most amazing videos I have ever seen, and every Japanese girl was crying.

I’m very surprised because this would be the last report that I’m writing. The time goes by really quickly. I can’t believe that I spent 2 and half months in New Zealand. I love here, and I wish I could come back again! See you!

Haruka

Farewell to our Japanese Students

Too soon it is time to say goodbye to our wonderful Japanese students. Safe travels to you all. We wish you all the best for the start of your new school year in Japan.

Multi Ethnic Extravaganza

What a wonderful celebration of different cultures we had. Thanks to everyone who joined in, it was great fun.