kiora Hokitika

 He mihi tēnei ki nga tamariki o te kura tuatahi

o Hokitika.Ka mihi hoki ki o koutou kaiako

a Hakui mā, ki te whakanui a Matariki 

He tino ataahua o koutou waiata, he tino

miharo hoki to koutou haka. 

 

the end

The year 2999 the start of the apocalypse

I was just coming back from work when it

happened the bomb that started it no one

knew where it came from but they knew

it was bad not knowing what to do millions

of lives were erased from the word only

some were left to survive luckily I was one

of them but traumatized I just wanted to

leave so I could get away from this dreadful

place that was no longer called earth in a

panic I asked anyone for help to be rid

of this memory and I found that help eventually.

He took me in to begin project ultra halfway

through the project, something went wrong

and sooner or later I knew it was going to

happen I tried to warn the man that took

me but he had other words and said everything

will be fine but then it happened the device

broke and I was obliterated but something

else happened to me I became immortal 

At that moment I was infuriated I wanted to

forget this memory but now I have to live

with it as I tried to find the man who did it

all a found was a half-dead man it was the

man as I shouted WHO ARE YOU there was

no response all he said was I have blessed

you with this gift in raged I pierced a hole through

his body with my fist. that was 2000 years ago 

and now to this day I still try to get rid of this curse

Matariki

July 24th the day of our Matariki

Festival, it started around 4 pm,

most of the workers had showed

up. Myself, David and Natal were

running the popcorn stand and it

was better than you would think.

We got to popping as people started

to arrive but unfortunately, we didn’t

have many customers but that was fine.

So at that point, Natal and I  bought fry bread. 

We decided to go and wander around

the sports hub having a good time with

friends but as time passed the Kapa haka

groups started to perform I had returned

to the popcorn stand to witness the smell

of burnt popcorn. Just as I was about to

get back to work Jon-lee informed me

that we had to perform.

After a couple of songs, it was Hokitika

Primary Schools turn. During the night

people started to vanish but then after

Hokitika Primary was finished, we closed

out the night with one last song as table

packed up, people knew that the night was over finally,
it was wrapped up with a karakia.
I hitched a ride with Tiare back to my
house.  

    

Tino Rangatiratanga

This is the Tino Rangatiratanga flag it was

designed in 1999 it represents the separation

of Ranginui and Papatuanuku. The

black represents Ranginui and

the red represents Papatuanuku and the koru

represents Te ao Marama and

it flew ten years ago for the

first time on the Auckland harbor

bridge and at Parliament.