Today we were visited by members from the Auckland Museum. They were Cook Islanders who were here to talk about “Vakas”, Wakas or boats. They had brought a tool, that was used to drill holes in wood which was very interesting. It didn’t look like a complicated object, though no one knew how to use it, until Lauren demonstrated. The string they used to connect wood that was made from coconuts, was named “Niu.” I learned how they used the sun, the stars and other things in the sky as a guide/compass, and how they knew they were near land. As I am a Cook Islander, I found this session really interesting as it is the history of how my ancestors travelled from Africa to Cook Island.
Kia Ora Shanelle,
ReplyDeleteWow! I like your little paragraph on the cook Island culture and history. I wish I was at school on that day so that I could of learned more about cook Island things. When the cook Island visitors came, did they talk about how they carve the coconuts into the right/needed shapes?
Malo lelei Shanelle what I like about your writing was the word choices you made, it was very expensive, also I hope you could write a little bit more. Besides it was still good. I hope you keep it up with you great work.
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