Poems about the dawn raids

Police comes at dawn to hear people yawn

Attacks on back just like flats

Night is just right for a fight 

Turn the handle for a scandle

Hurdle the gate if you don’t want to go to jail mate

Eggs cooked maybe we should have a flight booked

Rookies just eat cookies

By Kymani

Dogs barking to go inside

Auntie Lita opens the door

White policemen asking questions

N***** shouted to Pacific Islanders

Racist comments yelled by the police

Aunty Lita and family gets arrested

Islanders crying and feeling intimidated 

Don’t trust the national party 

By Ana

Protesting for their rights

Open the door they said to Bill Birch

Leaving church in my White Sunday outfit 

Young men standing up for their parents

Never stood down to the government

Everyday feeling intimidated 

Strong cultural connections being trampled

Islanders children being traumatized

Apology 50 years later

Never forget the impact 

By Ana

Dogs barking before the door opens

Aunty lei opens the door, sees white policemen standing at the door step torching their light

White cops specking another language we never heard before

Neighbours watching us like its a show

Racist comment by police men

Aunty lei and daily get arrested and thrown into the paddywagon

Islands watching their family members get deported back to the islands

Didn’t expect this to happen and caused intergenerational

Trauma. 

By Vaiola

Police officer came and bang! on the door

Overstayers hunters as criminals 

Lavalava’s in the community 

Young people scared forever

Nervous about the police banging on the door

Every brown person targeted

Sirens loud at night

In the family they would hide uncle

A police car waiting outside

N***** yelled the police

 

Police officer would put the overstayers in the paddy wagon 

A dog smelling people trying to hide

National Party making racist cartoons

The police yelling “open the door”

Helped by the Polynesian panthers

Every dog barking at night 

Racist sentiment in the community for decades 

Scapegoats for the economic problems

By Michael M

Dogs come in the dawn

A light all around the house

White cops yelling from outside

Now im in the house ready to show my passport 

Raided every room

A police car waiting outside 

In hiding somewhere

Door smashed open

By Lemeki

Dawn

Police at the door

Running away frim the door

Going to jail

By Kymani

Raid 

Life is so unfair 

We get mistreated and spat on

We are a panther

By Kymani

Dawn raids happening 

In the early morning BOOM !

Hard workers sent home 

By Chance 

Dogs hunting and smelling round the house

A cop car waiting outside

White cops saying racist words

Now scared and terrified 

Running away from the cops

A cop chasing a boy

In a cop car being arrested

Dawn raids, an ugly reality 

By Boisi

Dog barking towards the door

Aunty’s and kid’s are frightened 

Woken up to a knock on the door

N word yelled by the officers

Ready to show evidence/papers

Aunties crying 

Inside the attic hiding

Down trodden, treated as second class citizens

By Waiari

Dogs barking at the door

Arrested for peoples passport

Walking to work feeling scared and shy

Nervous about something new or other people

Really feeling worried about the police, getting arrested

Aunty and the children feeling even more worried

In the house hiding from 

Dogs helping the police find overstayers

By Abigail

Dogs barking and growling at us like were murderers 

A voice through a loudspeaker yells “OPEN THE DOOR”

Where is your passport?! 

Nervous about what may happen

Racist words being yelled towards families

Afraid of being taken away

Intimidated by the police in uniform

Dawn, the line ready to be searched

By Eve

Police surrounding the house

A bright torch being flashed in my eyes

Negative words being yelled at us

The police stopping brown people on the street

Homes being searched

Erica edges to open the door

Racist words hurting feelings 

By Eve

Doors slamming 

Adults screaming 

Wailing children

N**** coming from cops 

Roaring sounds in the early morning 

All families split apart 

Investigating innocent people  

Deported and unwanted 

By Chance

Dogs barking at my door 123… bang they busted our door down, where’s your passport? 

Ahh... dad rustling through his drawer looking for his passport 5 4 3 2 1 they pull him to the floor

Walking down to the docks late for work, trying not to think of what happened at dawn

N*** shouted in my face by my boss, his fingers eating his rings and his stomach is ginormous 

Running away trying not to think of what happened at work and at home

“Aye where are you going?”

“I got a coconut suspiciously running from the docks”

Dawn raids still echoes in my head

By Jordan 

Dogs barking and growling at the door

Afraid of what will happen

White people saying racist words

Nervous & scared about what will happen next

Racist words being yelled towards families

Aunty Lee edging towards the door, “where’s your

ID?”

“Don’t trust cheap labour”

By Nitika

Raid

running to the door

Arrested by police

Crying tears sadly

By Waiari

Dawn Raids were not fair 

they were very frightening 

Dawn Raids are gone for ever!

By Jordan 

1970 

Dawn Raids happened 

family members getting taken away

and family members being called coconuts and

    over stayers.

Came for good paying jobs but instead got treated like

    second class citizens. 

They where sent back to the islands the rest that

    stayed and lived in ponsonby. 

Where they started 

The Polyneasian Panthers they protested, and petitioned,

Family next door getting dawn raided wondering if were gonna be next. 

Mum worried sick 

wondering if where okay.

And if we leave the house that we’ll come back home. 

Thinking if maybe the islands are best for us…

We were right raided the next day sister moana siding to 

the door 

she has the best english in the house. 

Just hoping that we do things right and nothing wrong so one

 of us

dont get sent back home .

But luckly we did things right were here altogether as a familly. Joining protest signing potetions for our

 equal rights. 

   By Jordan

   Dawn

As dawn approaches 

Police standing at front door

Running away fast.

By Vaiola

Persuasive text by Junefia

 Persuasive Writing

“Students should be allowed phones at school”

Every school is different, so in my opinion I agree and disagree at the same time. Students need phones for a reason, for example, they might need it for research apps for learning or to make a call to their parents about personal reasons. Students also don’t need phones otherwise they get distracted, for example, they would view apps like youtube and netflix… they would also go online to do cyber bullying.

Reasons why they need it-pro’s

 Emergencies- Students would be allowed phones/devices in class according to the rules of the school. They would need it in case of an emergency call, for example, the student must have forgotten their medical kit (if they have medical issues) so the teachers would call the parents/caretaker to deliver the medical kit! Other emergencies could be that the students are going through tough situations that are personal!

Research- I think that students should be 100% allowed to be using it for school research, for example, calculators for math equations, apps for reading (history books), music (for a good reason), and useful apps that relate to learning or that the students need mostly. In my opinion, I agree that the students should use their phones mostly for school work research, in my school, no one needs phones for research because some classes use chromebooks and some classes use ipads.

Reasons why they don’t need it-con’s

Distractions- Every single kid gets distracted by devices easily. They would avoid listening to the teacher so they would rather take selfies and send it to other people, they would message each other in the middle of learning or they would play LOUD music while the teacher is talking. Getting distracted from devices 

Conclusion:

So those are the reasons why my answer is YES and NO. Every school is finished so other people’s answer could be yes or if not NO like my school! (WE ARE NOT ALLOWED PHONES IN MY SCHOOL).

Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra Trip recount by Junefia

 Trip:

 Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra- Kiwi Kapers 

It is finally the day for our first trip to the APO (Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra). Before stepping on the bus, Room 8 read a pamphlet about what we will see/listen to at the orchestra, read about the different famous composers that wrote the songs that will be played by the musicians, Kiwi Kapers. After reading INTERESTING facts about these composers and reading the information of the amazing songs, the students had a quick 20 minute morning tea and then we marched to the school hall for a fast conversation. Mrs Sharma & Mrs Ashley talked about expectations from students, showing school values, and the groups we’re in. Now we take our first step onto the bus…

(After half an hour of riding to Auckland city...) Rm 8 and Rm6 lined up in a crowded queue, heading towards the Aotea Centre. My eyes were amazed and my head was full of fun stuff to do at this fancy, humongous, crowded place but my fabulous imaginations faded away being awakened up by Mrs Ashley’s voice echoing in the distance. Tamaki Primary students all got splitted and sorted in their groups, pushing themselves through the overcrowded audience. After getting sorted into our groups, we all got led by the ashers, following our supervisor (my leader was Mrs Ashley’s lovely mother) inside the expanse spaced room that was technically a 2 tiers floor building. (To be honest, the chairs were very uncomfortable because the feeling of the material made my body tick!) 20 minutes later, the lights slowly began to vanish away and the audience began to settle down… and then the musicians started to play a very nice melody that sounded super COMFORTABLE (it also made me sit still!). Our first music that got played was by Rossini-Overture, the music hyped me up more because I was gonna take a quick nap. The concordant music was interrupted by a weird looking male who was dressed up as a superhero, his name was Fernando. I would say that his job was to say an intro of the songs and the composers, I liked the way that there were some people acting out the story!! The musicians played some more music by Rossini.

The information that was given by Fernando was very interesting. Our next music was by Straus-Waltz. Fernando tried to conduct the musicians to play a tune for us but it turned out to be a catastrophe! “Clap, clap, clap…” the audience gave a huge round of applause for a very talented young man named “Tchaikouky” who was inspired by the famous composer that played piano, his fingers/hands were rapid. I couldn’t even see where his hands were going so instead of looking at the genius kid, I decided to close my eyes and listen to the perfect high-pitches that the piano made! The piano was relocated in stage left after being used by Tchaikouky in the centre stage.

The audience’s clapping got stopped by Mr.Fernando because now it is now the instrument families turn to reveal what they all sound like altogether. Families: String, Brass, Wood wind, and percussion. People from Tim Bray Theatre Company marched onto stage to act out the four seasons which were only Winter and Summer. Our last song was by Grieg, and then a song about Finlandia. The audience and the special members of the team earned a big THANK YOU from Fernando.

*Conclusion*

My favourite part was all of the AWESOME performances. I liked the way everything was sorted and planned, I can’t wait to see the next performance!

Ballet workshop recount by Junefia

 Title:

Ballet Workshop

Today, Rm 8’s routine will be different because we will be learning how to do ballet. We HAVE to do this because it is related to our next trip, which we will be seeing ballerinas acting out the Ugly Duckling.

It is Monday morning, another day of school. Rm 8 went through their morning routine really quickly because we have a ballet workshop. We relocated in the school hall and when we arrived, our guest’s name was Lauren and she works for the RNZB (Royal New Zealand Ballet). She came to teach us some important positions and moves of ballet that we will see the dancers do when we go on our trip to watch the “Ugly Duckling” that  was performed by the ballerinas. 

Our first task was to take off our shoes and start learning our positions. First position: legs together and feet apart, Second position: legs apart and toes pointing out, Third position:  right foot in front of left foot , Fourth position: heel touching toes, Fifth position: Same as fourth position but closer. After learning the main 5 positions, Lauren started playing songs with beats that we can dance along to.

When everyone gets used to getting into the ballet positions, Lauren teaches us how to do the leap:run and then jump, landing on the toes. We also learnt the way we should stand while waiting for the music to play. Lauren started to talk about different moves that we will see in the performances, she started to play other random songs for each line to dance along to. After dancing for minutes, Lauren decided to teach us the Kia dance. We will also see the ballerinas do this dance. Directions: walk up to the stage and jump, and then pretend to brush feathers off, and then act like a bird while leaping into the air.

*CONCLUSION*

This ballet workshop was better than I thought. I hope I will recognize the dances that we did when we go see the performances!

The history of NZ

Script written and movie created by Lori, Lemeki, Kymani and Boisi.  

The history of the Karen people!

By Eh Htoo Wah and Htoo Say Wah  

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The history of Samoa!

 

Written by Junefia

Did you know that Samoa is the 5th biggest culture in New Zealand? There are over 180,000 Samoan people living in NZ (2018 Census). How did Samoa people get here? Why did they come? Let’s find out! 

Samoans current history is connected with the histories of Tonga and Fiji, Which are the same region. How many villages are there in samoa? There are 265 villages in Samoa, the 12 biggest villages/cities are Savai'i, Apia (capital city of Samoa), Asau, Mulifanua, Faleula, Siusega, Malie, Fasito’outa, Vaiusu, Afega, Nofoali’i, Solosolo, and Vailima (AKA a beers name). There are so many legends and myths about the ancient samoa, for example Sina and the eel, the turtle and the shark (story of a chief), the story of the stone that blocked the road round the cape of Matauea, Safotu and much much more of INCREDIBLE STORIES!

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Samoa officially spoke their language, Samoan. Samoan is the oldest and most spoken Polynesian language with an estimated 510,000 speakers worldwide. Samoan islands were settled 3,500 years ago as part of the exploration of the Southern Hemisphere and South Pacific.

                                 

         Traditional Life 

In 1722, a non-polynesian (European) named Jacob Roggeveen was the first person to find Samoan island. Jacob is a dutch explorer who was sent to find Terra Australis (The great southern continent) , but instead found Easter Island (called so because he landed there on Easter Sunday). Jacob Roggeveen also found Bora Bora and Maupiti of the Society Islands, as well as Samoa. 

German companies set up coconut plantations in Samoa in the late 1800s, and the next 99 years Samoa was colonised by Germany (1899), and then Samoa was then under New Zealand's control. 

 

A long time ago, all the islands of Samoa were one big country. Then in 1899 the United States of America took over one island, calling it American Samoa. The other islands became known as Western Samoa.  Between 1900 and 1914, Germany took over Western Samoa and it was called German Samoa. In modern times, it is just called Samoa and it is an independent state. 

Missionaries/Religion

The first missionaries to Samoa were Rev. John Williams and the Rev. Charles Barff in 1830. Missionaries introduced christianity in Samoa in the early 19th century. In modern times, more than 80% of Samoas are still Christian (Nz Census 2018). This is a direct result of these early missionaries. 

In Samoa medicine has been handed down through the generations for 200 year’s and nearly every samoan family will have some knowledge of traditional folk remedies. As a profession, however, traditional healing is now a dying art and more and more people are looking to Western medicine.

Traditional healers are typically women who learn their methods from a long apprenticeship. Normally, their training begins in early childhood when a girl assists her mother or a close female relative in craft. During this apprenticeship, they must learn to recognise several hundred species of rainforest plants, each of which has its own specific medicinal value. Modern healers are taught to take notes and to keep a close and accurate record of each patient’s symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and response.

Many healers specialise in particular diseases and come to be known for their expertise. As a general rule, there are four types of samoan healers: the fa’atosaga or midwives; the fofo or massage therapists; the fofogau or orthopaedists (who are normally men who can set broken bones); and the taulasea, who are herbalists who use a huge range of Samoan rainforest flora in their treatment of disease. Other related types of healers include those who make love potions or banish troublesome aitu (spirits).

20th century

Like it was mentioned, Samoa was colonised by Germany, New Zealand twice, and even Britain. In 1942, the United States built the first airport called Faleolo Airfield. The United States built the airport on every island during the war (between US and Japan) so that the United States can get to Australia and New Zealand (we are allies with the US) so they can fly to Japan.

In the 1950’s and 60’s, New Zealand encouraged people from the south pacific to migrate to New Zealand to meet the need for cheap labour. By the 1970s there were 45,000 + Pacific people in New Zealand. In the early 1970s , lots of people lost their jobs which led to lots of crime and social problems. Police carried out “Dawn Raids” to remove overstayers. Pacific people were mainly targeted during these Dawn Raids, even though people of other ethnicities overstayed their visas as well.

Statistics/ When Samoa people came to NZ

According to the 2018 NZ Census, more than 45% of Samoan people arrived in New Zealand and stayed for over 20 years and more. This is a direct reflection of the migration of Samoan people to meet the labour needs in NZ. 

Nearly 80% of Samoan people stayed in the same house for more than 1 year (2018 Census). 

There are 182,721 samoan people who live in New Zealand, 

The history of Tonga!

 Explanation text about Tonga

Title: Tonga 

In the 1950’s and 60’s, New Zealand encouraged people from the South Pacific to migrate to New Zealand to meet the need for cheap labour. By the 1970’s there were 45,000+ Pacific people in New Zealand. In the early 1970’s, lots of people lost their jobs which led to lots of crime and social problems. Police carried out “Dawn Raids” to remove overstayers. Police would go to a house before sunrise, and bust in to surprise the family and arrest any overstayers. Pacific people were mainly targeted during these Dawn Raids, even though other cultures overstayed their visas as well.  ,

The first Tongan person to come to New Zealand was the late Queen  Salote who often visited New Zealand and a few tongans were brought over to look after her. She also brought some relatives and the children of chiefs to be educated. Some of these early visitors stayed and got married in New Zealand, others stayed and found work.  

Many Tongans still live in village communities following traditional customs,especially on the outer island. The distinctive traditional dress ta’ovala (woven waist mats) are commonly worn, and the ceremonial tradition of kava drinking, the traditional polunesion drink is a very real part of Tongan life. Also about Tongan people, they don’t allow certain things such as going on any electronics, using the internet and playing outside.  They do this to keep their Sundays holy. Yet a game that most of your parents must’ve played in Tonga is Ta’fue (Skipping). The materials that they use are either leaves that they plat to make a longer thing like a rope, or they actually use real rope. Girls in Tonga most likely to braid their hair.

In 1826 when Wesleyan missionaries arrived in Tonga, they began a successful campaign to convert Tongans to Christaint. But as they were landing there was a civil war that nearly lasted half a century as two kings fought for control of Tonga and Tongan christians fought non - christians. Chief George Tupou won control of Tonga in 1845 and introduced a code of law.Unlike most of the nearby Poynesian nations,Tonga was never a colony of another country. In 1900 the king signed a treaty of friendship with Britain, which gave Britain a job to protect Tonga from other nations that wanted to take over Tonga. Yet the first successful group of missionaries made a very huge step to Make the royal family and the people of Tonga to make them believe in God. And made wesleyan an official religion in Tonga and monarchy.

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