My character strengths

Hi guys and welcome back to another blog post for this year. I'm sorry that I haven't been posting that much. I will try ad keep up on blogging. Today I am going to be talking about my top 5 strengths and what they mean. I have 24 of these strengths in total but will only be sharing 5 of them. We did a survey about ourselves and in the end, we got to see what our strengths were - in order.
Here are my top 5 strengths -

1. Appreciation of beauty - You're good at finding beauty in the world and people around you. If somethings not beautiful, you appreciate other qualities and see beauty anyway.
2. Creativity - You're inspired by other people's ideas but like coming up with your own too. You're good at thinking outside the box and not scared to experiment and try new things.
3. Self-regulation - You've got great self-control. If you decide to stick to something, you're able to follow through, and this helps you to do well and reach your goals.
4. Gratitude - You appreciate the things everyone else thinks are normal, like food and family. This is a great strength to have, as most people have to practice being grateful.
5. Love of learning - You're super into learning new things. Even if you're not the best at something you're keen to know more. This is similar to being curious.

Did I expect this? Why - Why not
No, not really. I thought that my first one was going to be either creativity or zest. I was really happy with my results tho. They do relate to me in some ways. I didn't expect to have self-regulation though because I don't always like to stick to things if I cant get it or follow through with it.

An example of a time when I have shown these strengths are...

1. Appreciation of beauty - When me and my Taua/Grandma went down a street full of beautiful autumn trees and the white snowy mountains in front of us miles away but was surrounded by houses and factories. I still tried to find the beauty in the scene just to imagine what it would look like without the houses and factories.
2. Creativity - When somebody was on T.V making art. It really inspired me to try and do one of my own one day when I had all of the art supplies ready to see if I could maybe re-create or make a similar one like the one that was T.V.
3. Self-regulation - I can't think of when I have shown self-regulation.
4. Gratitude - I don't understand what this one means and even if I did I wouldn't remember when I did.
5. Love of learning - At school when we were learning about the history of Aotearoa. I was really into this and was really excited to read thebooks that we were assigned and to learn more about our history and where we came from and what we went through. 

Why are these strengths important to have?

I think these strengths are important to have because it makes us a better person and lets us know what we are good at. Also because you get to learn more and more about yourself and how you use these in modern-day life like now and in the future and maybe when you used these in the past.

I hope you enjoyed this very long blog post. Bye.

Aotearoa history wars.

Hi guys and welcome back to another blog. Today I will be talking about the NZ Aotearoa history show. I have been watching a video about the Nz wars in the last couple of weeks. I have also made a summary of the video that we watched today. I will be sharing it with you along with some of the key points in the video.

Here it is

Summary

Today we were watching a video about the Nz history show.

In 1862 te ua said he had seen an angel say to him that Maori should own the land.  The British government sent over military soldiers to Nz to guard so the Maori couldn’t get in.

Some people thought someone was spying on them/The British were so they killed him.  The British then used it as an excuse as to why the Maori hated them.  The Europeans killed two young Maori boys after and then in 1846- the Maori killed 7 of the soldiers.

120 pm - paimarie was killed. In 1872- Nz wars were pretty much over - nearly 3000 people died 2000 were Maori. About 200 thousand people lost their lives in these wars/all of them - not just this one.  The British - Bounty was offered for the seven heads of the paimarie.

Te toke was sent to the Chatman islands where he started another religion - paimarie.

Te toku ware was then the new leader for the paimarie - religion. He didn’t want to fight in the war but was a fighting genius.

 In 1863 - the land was illegally confiscated from Maori, sacred hills were quarried, 800 years old burial sites were demolished archaeological remains were destroyed, a sewage treatment plant was built over traditional fishing grounds and a dye spill killed the local creek. It wasn’t about the land itself. It was about the spiritual connection to it. Lots of it was burial grounds.

1862- te-ua said that he had seen an angel that said that Maori should own the land
The British government sent over military soldiers to Nz to guard so the Maori couldn’t get in
Some people thought someone was spying on them
The Europeans killed two young Maori boys

1. 1846- killed 7 of the soldiers
2.  Tekote were sent to the Chatman islands - started another religion
3. New leader for paimarere - fighting genius
4.  Came under from the warriors from in trees or camouflaged
5.  The NZ wars had dragged on for more than 20 years
6. In ww1 Hitler was trying to exterminate the dews
7. Britsh - Bounty was offered for the seven heads of the paimarere
8. 120 pm were killed
9. 1872- Nz wars were pretty much over - nearly 3000 people died - 2000 were Maori
10.  About 200 thousand people lost their lives
11. 1863 - the land was illegally confiscated from Maori, sacred hills were quarried, 800 years old burial sites were demolished archaeological remain were destroyed, a sewage treatment plant was built over traditional fishing grounds and a dye spill killed the local creek.
12. It wasn’t about the land itself - spiritual connection - urupa - lots of it was burial grounds

Thank you for reading this long blog post.

Matariki

Hi guys and welcome back for another blog post for the year 2020. Today I will be sharing some stuff to about Matariki. I have been learning about Matariki in my Maori class. It has been really fun to learn about it. A good time to see it is around 1 - 2 in the morning in new Brighton looking east where the sun rises.

Here is some writing that I had on a doc about Matariki.

Matariki

Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades star cluster. It rises during Pipiri (June/July) and marks the beginning of the Māori new year. The word is an abbreviation of Ngā Mata o te Ariki (Eyes of God) in reference to Tāwhirimātea, the god of the wind and weather.

Matariki was a time for the Maori to know when a good time to plant their crops in. It was also a time of celebration for the Maori too.

Matariki has nine stars.

Matariki, pohutakawa, waita, Hiwa, waiti, ururangi, tupuaniku, waipuna a rangi, tupuarangi.

Those are the nine stars of Matariki

Youngest to oldest of them all.

Ururangi is the youngest and is tied with the winds

I hope you have learned something from this. Goodbye.

Mahinga kai

Hi guys and welcome back to another blog for this week. Today I will be showing and teaching you a little bit about mahinga kai. I will also tell you what I have been learning in mahinga kai. I have been doing a slideshow about mahinga kai and will show you later. We have also been watching these videos about the NZ wars and how the first people came to NZ and also how they got their food but im not going to be talking about that.

The last slide I didn't know what to do for that so I didn't do that bit.
I hope you enjoy this slide show about mahinga kai and some questions I answered on here.


Here is the book that I have been reading about it. The picture isn't that clear though. The book is by Stanley Walsh. He has written about a man called Karl Russel and he considers himself a rich man.
He eats everything he has grown, hunted, traded or collected himself. Karl follows the seasonal traditions of the Ngai Tahu ( I am part of Ngai Tahu ) calendar which can mean working long days and etc.

If you found this interesting make sure to comment. If you know anything about mahinga kai then you can comment it down and I can add it in. Thank you for reading this blog. I will make sure to blog more. Have a good day and stay safe.

Is Milo healthy for you?

Hi guys and welcome back to another blog. Today I am going to be showing you how much sugar, grams, ingredients etc. I have been learning about this for just a period and am going to show you if you are eating healthy or not.

So you all know what the milo tin look like right. Well, have you ever decided to look at what you are putting into your mouth?
Probably not so I am going to show you.
Here is a photo of a milo tin.

How much sugar is in milo?
There are 9.2 grams of sugar in your milo. That's some crazy stuff. I never knew how much sugar was in milo. If I did know maybe I wouldn't put as many taps in it anymore as I used to.

How many tsps are you putting in?
Apparently, you are meant to put in x3 tsps of milo into your cup/200ml cup. This tin is only 200g. It's the small tin if you were wondering.

The ingredients 
If you never knew what order the ingredients go in I am here to tell you. The thing with the most in it goes first. Such as the milo. The first ingredients that have the most would go first which is an extract of malt barley. The second thing is Milk solids, The third thing is sugar cocoa and then vegetable oil.
As you could see that there was more of the extract of malt barley then sugar.
The serving size is 20g and the servings per pack are 10.

I would recommend maybe lowering how much milo you are having or just not put as much tsps as you normally would.

How much sugar are you drinking?

Hi guys and welcome back to another blog post. For today I will be showing you how much sugar you are actually drinking.
Would you like to know?
Well, guess what, you are going to know how much and you might even cut down on these drinks.
I am going to show you some photos after I have shown you how much sugar is in these drinks.

• Fizzy drinks - 16-20 tsp of sugar
• Sports drinks - 14 tsp of sugar
• Fruit juices - 8 tsp of sugar
• Energy drinks - 15 tsp of sugar
• Flavoured milk - 6 taps of sugar
• Powered drinks - 6 tsp of sugar

I think that is too much sugar for me. 

I was really surprised about these because I never knew how much these sugar these drinks had.

Here are some photos that our teachers took of my group and photos of bags with sugar in them.
I was most surprised by the coca-cola one because it was a lot.

We also did an activity with the sugar.
The first thing we did was take turns in picking a drink to do.
The second thing we did was grab some little zip lock bags and start the use a tsp to count how much sugar to put in the bag
The next thing we did was seal them off and wrote on the bags how much tsp we put in that bag.
The last thing we did was place the sugar on the correct drink and leave it there for the teacher to take photos.

Here are the photos

Thank you for reading this blog post. If I missed or made a mistake please tell me. Make sure that when you comment you put a thoughtful, helpful, positive and maybe question down.

Biltong/Beef jerky

Hi guys and welcome back to another blog post. Today I will be teaching you how I made biltong/Beef jerky in science. In science, we have been doing instructional writing. We practised doing it with the biltong writing and done really good. I am going to show you some materials, ingredients.
If you don't know what biltong/beef jerky is, it is dried meat.
Here it is

Materials

• Knife
• Chopping board
• Plastic bowl
• Paperclip, hook or string

Ingredients

• 1 beef topside steak
• Sugar
• Salt

I am really excited to show you guys it and eat it obviously. I think that if I ever got the chance to make this I would do it again if it turns out good but the thing is that we need to leave it hanging for 3 days until we can eat it or until it is hard and dry.

If you would like to have a go you just need to type how to make biltong/ beef jerky and heaps of sites should come up.

Results: I am really happy about these results. I didn't expect it to be delicious.
See: Bark, seaweed, disgusting but good, rotten flesh
Smell: Mashed potato
Hear: Crunch when snapped in half
Taste: Salty, sweet, fish food, yum
Feel: Bark, Hard, wrinkly

These are the things that I experienced when the results were in.
I am really happy about this and would totally do it again.