coconut

How to make coconut cream

Coconuts are a key ingredient in Samoan cooking. Every part of the coconut is used. You can eat

the flesh raw or use it for cooking, you can drink the juice, the shell makes a handy cup or, together

with the husks, you can fuel a cooking fire. The most widely used product from the coconut is

coconut cream, so let me describe how the cream is traditionally made.

 

You will need

Coconut /popo

Knife

Scraper

Coconut husk

Bowle

1. First you have to get your ingredients together. then using the back of the knife hit one side of the

coconut. Turn the coconut after every little hit. then pull the shell apart.  The coconut will have some

water inside that you can drink but make sure you leave some for later.

2. Next get the coconut scraper and sit on it. If you are right handed you have to use your left hand to

hold and right hand to push forward. Use a bowl to collect the flesh.

3. Get the coconut husk. Put a little bit of coconut water and coconut flesh inside. Hold it with your

hand and squeeze tightly until the coconut cream comes out

Now you know how to make coconut cream so why not give it a try

manuia tele and `faafetai atu mo le faitau tofa

Photographer latter

School photographs

Dear photographer

I am writing to you to express my opinion about the way you take and arrange the class photographer

I really adore how it says people’s name in the bottom of the photo

Sometimes mostly the boys are in the back and the girls are in the front that is great is well.

But I also like how the year fours are in one place year two in another they are also not jumble  up

I admire  the way you photoshoot  cause if the teacher is away you can photoshoot that person.

I’m absolutely certain that you should read my ideas most carefully  you may or may not agree with my opinion but please do consider them i look forward to hearing back from you

Yours sincerely ,

Sana

Haka poetry

How to lay a Hangi

Tangaroa and the Taniwha

The night was dark and dreary was a stormy night, thunder rumbled and the wind howled.

The waves crashed and the wind blew angrily. The Maori had left Hawaiki in their wakas in search of a new land.

Suddenly from far below the sea rose a tremendous taniwha with enormous eyes, a huge turquoise body, sharp horns and a moko on his mata. The enormous taniwha ate some of the wakas in one huge gobble.

Hearing the sound of destruction brought Tangaroa to the surface to see what was happening. Tangaroa the god of the sea appeared from under the surface with long hair and a moko on his mata. He was a sea warrior. He was a strong muscular god. He was bigger than a tall totara tree. His hands were massive and he held a patu.

Tangaroa shouted “What are you doing in my sea!?” “I am going to chop you into pieces”. The taniwha started to worry. Tangaroa again whacked angrily with his razor sharp patu into the taniwha’s enormous flesh. The tanwhia shrieked out in pain “Grrrrrrr”. The beaten taniwha, close to death,  leaked blood the colour of the black night. The ocean turned into a red blanket of blood. The taniwha lay in three pieces

The sea was safe for everyone. Over time the three pieces of the taniwha turned into the islands of Aotearoa.

The Waka

Splash! Go all the oars of the tattooed warriors. The oars then reappear above the surface. Seagulls squawk above the water.  Strong tattooed hands push to the rhythmic chants “tahi, rua, toru, wha!” The men rowing on the waka are saying it again and again.

Anxiously we ready for a fight.

The waka is getting closer to the island. The island  is full powerful men with their patu and their long taiaha. When we arrive it is very serious, they stomp their feet and poke out their tongue and said “we are not scared, we are gonna eat you all”.

How to Hongi

The Hongi 

What is a hongi? 

A hongi is the pressing of noses, which symbolises the exchange of the breath of life 

When does the hongi happen? 

When the tangata whenua side indicates that the speeches are complete, the manuhiri speakers approach the tangata whenua to hongi 

What to do.

1. Say kia ora gently shake hands with a adult  and squeeze it a little bit
2. Then put your lift hand on their right shoulder 
3. After that sensibly a little press on there nose but not a hard push 



The hongi is a greeting that shows respect to the tangata whenua therefore it is important you do it correctly.