Tivaevae

                       Tivaevae

The word tivaevae means patches.
It is pieces of material sewn
together. The Tivaevae are either
made by one woman or can create
in groups. Groups called vainetini.
The women use this time to bond,
sing and to catch up. Tivaevae are
often given on very special occasions
to important visitors, birthdays and
wedding gifs or used to cover the
body of a loved one who has died.
Tivaevae’s are often displayed during
special events like traditional hair
cuttings.

By custom, a tivaevae's value is said
to reflect by the love and patience
that the creator put into making
their stunning work of art. Cook
Island women describe their
tivaevae as being something from
the heart. Each tivaevae is unique
and different. No tivaevae is ever
the same. How you can tell the
difference is in the stitch.
My grandmother has a passion
for making, cutting and stitching
tivaevae's. She is one of the head
lady in her vainetini groups.

In our class, we made our version
of a tivaevae. This reflects us as a
class and the love and respect we
have for my culture and all of the
cook island people. 

Thank you, kia orana, Meitaki Ma’ata.

Water Pollution

Water Pollution is about water being
polluted with rubbish, oil spills and more
. Pollution causes water to become dirty and
cannot be used for drinking.  All living
things and organisms need food, water,
shelter and oxygen. Suspended matter of
pollutants that do not dissolve in water such
as substance,particles and chemicals sink to
the bottom and kills living organisms. Oil
spills may cause problems in the spill area
and can spread for many miles. Many fish
die and seabirds lose their ability to fly.

Trip To Rarotonga

Trip of the life time

 Phoebe, I can’t wait to go to Rarotonga! Turoto I
wonder what it looks like there? Eve, I wonder what

t snacks to eat on the plane.” After a while, the air
hostess announced: “can I please have all the people
going to Rarotonga at gate 22.”  My adorable grandmother
said, “quick let's grab our bags and get on the plane!.”
Phew, we made it, let's have a nap on our way because
it’s three long boring hours and hopes we would get there
safely! 

A few hours later the air hostess again said on the
loudspeaker “ladies and gentlemen, the plane landed
safely and while you are here I wish you all a fantastic
time. Besides being tired I was so desperate to meet
everyone and my grandmother was over the moon to
reunite with her relatives too. We hurried so that we
could go to papa Tu and mama Berney. 

The next day early morning my Nana woke and knocked
on my door “Eve wake up so we can go explore the
fabulous sandy beach because the sun is shining brightly
on us.” I replied with excitement Ok, I’ll come out in a
minute.” I got up to grab my bag then rushed out the door
“I’m ready to go to and survey the beaches that everyone
has been boasting about. “I just can’t wait to view it now.”
Unlike here we drove to the beach, in Rarotonga we walked
and it didn’t take long we were there already, “wow the
beach looks stunning with the gleaming glow of the tiny
white sand. I wished we have a glistening beach like that
in New Zealand. It’s was so clear like a blue sky that you
can see the tiny fish chasing each other freely. Anyway,
I’m getting a little bit hungry now and my nan and the
others said they were starving too!

So we all decided to go to the shop to get something to eat.

My nan was ready and called out “are you guys ready?”
“Yes said auntie, and at the top of my voice I yelled “yup”
because I was so dying of hunger since I have been
swimming and floating at the beach all day.“Hmm,
what should we do?.” I know we can go to the market,
“I wonder what it looks like?” From far away it looks

small compared to the market here.

We bought so much food and we all sat down at a table
eating the yummy food then went back home. I slept like a
baby until the next morning. I was very tired and fell
asleep straight away. In

addition, It is interesting that the Cook Islands has a
night

market too but they’re slightly different. The Cook
Island night market is different from the Auckland night
market because in Auckland we have the same stores but
on Cook Island, they don’t. In Auckland, we have Chinese
stores but Cook Island doesn't.