On Monday 8th of April everyone from year 6 to year eight went to camp. We went to the christian camp located at Coopers Beach and when we got there we were put into groups for different activities like the waterslide, slippery hockey, kayaking and gaga ball.
My favorite activity was slippery hockey becuse every two seconds someone would slip. It was also my least favorite activity cause I slipped and had a conussion, but apart from that it was my favorite.
On Tuesday we went to Cape Reinga and learned all about how is that after death, all Māori spirits travel up the coast to the pohutukawa tree on a big rock, jump off and fly all the way to Hawaiki. We also went to Te-Oneroa-a-Tōhē ( 90 mile beach) and translated into english The Long Walk of Tohe. Tohe was an old matua that lived at Spirits bay at Cape Reinga and he hadn’t seen his daughter in a long time so one day he decided to leave and walk all the way to his daughter that lived in Dargaville but everyone that knew him didn’t want him to go, but then he said “I can shelter from the wind, but I cannot shelter from the longing of my daughter”
So then Tohe set off on his adventure and he started on a long beach and walked for ages, but as Tohe was getting closer to his daughter he died and then his people up back home named “90 mile” Te-Oneroa-a-Tohe. After awhile we had lunch and played games.
Then Wednesday, our last day, we jumped off Taipa jetti, stand-up paddleboarding and sailing.
