Workshop 4: Lighting & Colour - English

 Atmosphere - feeling/mood set in the scene

Mood - the way we feel/emotional response

Location - area it is set

District 12:

What is happening - Katniss is jogging through the District

Types of colour/lighting - cold colours-more, grey undertones

                                          dull colours - nothing stands out blue-grey shades

                                          natural colours - palette - greens,browns,grey,black

                                          Lighting - cold, dull, natural

Viewer effect(feel) - not welcoming, unpleasant, run-down, dirty, poor

Directors purpose - shows how unpleasant it is to live in the districts, underprivileged, good comparison for Capitol

Other Techniques - setting - dirt roads, houses derelict, transport, old fashioned, wagons, no electricity

The Capitol:

What is happening - The citizens of the Capitol are waiting the arrival of the tributes

Types of colour/lighting - colours - cold- white undertones

                                                         bright/artificial

                                       - lighting - cold (white) artificial, bright

                                       Palette - setting - whites/melatics, bright, vibrant, colourful

Viewer effect (feel) - these people are privileged, they are celebrating, they are more advanced

Directors purpose - Makes us sympathise with the tributes - they have lots and the districts have none, don't like them because they seem over the top of arrogant

Other Techniques - Costume - rich, extravagant, flaunting, over the top

                                Settings rich, modern, technologically advanced, clean new.

The Control Room:

What is happening - People are manipulating the arena via computer

Types of colour/lighting - colour palette - blue/white/dark grey/clinical

                                          colour - cold (blue/white) bright-especially white shirts

                                                        artificial lighting/colour - cyan/holographic

Viewer effect (feel) - makes us feel they are smart but unsafe, scientific

Directors purpose - Makes us feel like they are mindless drones, detached from reality

Other Techniques - Costumes -white lab coats - feels like an experiment

                                Settings - no clutter, lots of techs, only focused on the one job

Know Your Place

For the past few weeks, we have been researching our region, Canterbury/Otautahi. We learned the history and such significant and important places within Canterbury and was given the task to make Prezi(A slideshow platform) about it and answer a few questions we were given by the teacher and present it onto our blog.

Prezi Presentation

Workshop 3: Costumes

 1. The Reaping Scene - District 12

- The children of the district have gathered together for the reaping to select the tributes                                  - Boys - shirts - buttoned/collars, shorts, pants, whites,colourless, faded, dull,m overwashed.                          - Girls - Dresses, shirt & skirt                                                                                                                            - Bets clothes, probably only worn once a year, wornout colourless, faded.

•  Viewer - we feel sorry for the people, they seem powerless, they live in poor conditions.
• Directors Purpose - show us how bad their conditions are, wants us to see them as weak, unprepared, hopeless                                                                                                                                                     

Other techniques - high angle with the faded colours makes them seem weak, vulnerable, helpless.

2. The Capitol - Arriving in the city.

Katniss & Peeta have arrived  by train in  the Capitol                                                                                         The clothes are extravegant! - over the top - colourful, vibrant, accesories - hats / earings / make up / wigs / shoes / bags / dogs. - new - like only worn once, fashionable acces to good quality fabrics, patterns.

•  Viewer Effect - makes than seem higher rank, privelleged, relaxed, we dont like them - attitude of entittlement, clueless
• Director pupose - shows themes of imbalance of power & rich vs poor
• Other techniques - setting is crowded, people are happy buildings are modern, big, well kept. Shows that the Capitol is privelleged.

3. The Countdown 

• The tributes have just arrived in the arena and are waiting to start the games.
• Costumes - survival gear, browns, black, dark colours, jackets, pants, t-shirts, desinged to look good, to be practical, light weight

• Veiwer effect - the tributes look prepared, fit, athletic

• Directors Pupose - they are going to die, the outfits are just for the audience (the Capitols) makes it seem more pagent like.
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  Other Techniques - silence - worried, excited to see what happens, anxious, builds tension, makes the audience focus.

Workshop 2: Angles, Movements & Shots

 Brainstorm:

The Reaping scene

•  Katniss volunteers as tribute when her sister is chosen
•  The Children/Parents of the district give her the 3 finger salute
•  Peeta is chosen as the male tribute

Hope & Rebellion - 3 finger salute - it is a sign of respect for Katniss from the people of her district

- Katniss is a symbol of hope for a district victor

- Katniss is a symbol of Rebellion because she steps in for her sister ( a weaker character) when she is reaped

Rich vs Poor

• Effie Trinket (Character) - extreme, make up, wig, hat, overly colourful, and flashy outfit, proper accent

•  Technology - Use of blood readers/scammers, projectors

Poverty -

District 12 - Children outfits for reaping are the best clothes, dresses, shirts-collard, Boy - Shafts to pants, colours of clothes are very faded from washes & reusing.

- The Village is falling down around them.

Close-Ups-faces- Primrose when is reaped - terror, fear

- Effie - joyful, confident, excited-close of lips when reading names.

- Katniss - Panic when Prim is reaped, shock when she stands with Effie

- Peeta - fear, panic, shock.

Shallow Focus - the people in the background are in shallow focus when Prim & Katniss hug. This forces the viewer to watch the charcters in focus.

Viewer feels -song for the tribute-Primrose-it was first time

- Katniss she volunteered-selfless act

- Anger towards the capitol for the reaping.

- We consider Effie is annoying, happy, stuck-up, clueless.

Director Purpose - need to be invested in their journey/suffering

- need to be angry at the Capitol so that we judge them & thier dicisions later.

- Effie is depicted as a symbol of people in the District, they are clueless-dont see the suffering.

Workshop 1: Unpacking Themes & Ideas

 Rich vs Poor - some people have more - Capitol

 - money                - Privileges / respect
 - food -variety      - resources
 - proper housing   - technology
 - medicines           - clothing / make-up
 - transport             - childhoods

Hope & Rebellion - 

hope is the belief that something will get better
- Rebellion - to fight against something, protest, surprise, usually against government
Symbols of Hope - Katniss, Melodic Motive, Mockingjay, 3 finger salute

Struggle for Power - 

Currently, the Capitol has power - President Snow
- Katniss becomes a rival for power - people look up to her for guidance, becomes a threat because Snow sees her as one.
'Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous!
Fear - the people are afraid of rebelling because the last time they tried they failed and they were punished with the Hunger Games.
Little hope - becoming a victor
Dangerous hope - that the districts deserve to be treated better.

Power of Propaganda - 
information especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or view.
Messages being told - It's not worth rebelling - The Capitol is the strongest.

Peace keeper -

Propaganda - people to keep peace & help you

Reality - soldiers, violent, keep people in line.

Victor - 

Propaganda - glorious, someone who wins, wealthy, respected

Reality - Violent, to win 

Fallen -

Propaganda - people who die in the games, takes away from the reality of the situation

Reality - teenagers who have been killed/murdered, violent

Tribute -

Propaganda -brave young people, an honour

Reality - sacrifice, punishment to the 'districts'

Rich vs Poor - people in the Capitol vs people in the Districts

                      - Compare opening shoot in District 12 vs Peta looking out the window of the Capitol

- District 12 - Poor - houses are run down, wooden

                               - food - very little, see old man picking at bone*

                               - clothing - 1 pair of good clothing, worn out, old, colours are faded, grey/black, easier

                                                to not show coal dust

Capitol - houses -large, concrete, metals, accents of gold/silver

             - food -variety of choices, don't have the same things, more from enough- excess

             - clothing -fancy, suits, extravagant, fashion, extreme, excess

Hope & Rebellion - Convo President Snow & Senica Craine

                              - Convo between Hamich & Senica

                              - Gives them something to root for, young love!

Struggle for Power - Katniss & Peta eat the berries.

                               - Death of Rue = riot in District 11

Power of Propaganda - Subtle 

                                   - Hunger Games film strip

Music - Starts as we move to picking the boys Minor key, tempo - slower, dynamic starts quiet then gets louder to build intensity - mood - tension, morose

Lighting - bright, grey, natural, cold, mood - sad, depressed,

Colour - dull, cold, pallette-grey, white, blue, faded, washed out.                                                                      Atmosphere-despair, sorry for the people, poverty, run down

Facial/Expressions are dul, bland & sad matching the lighting & colour

Maori Kai/Maori Food

Maori Foods, which mainly consists of crops like wheat, potatoes, maize, carrots, cabbage and other vegetables. Over the years Maori began to raise live stock like sheep, pigs, goat and poultry. The average Potatoe were much more easier to grow unlike kumara, and pigs could be fattened quickly, so pork, puha (water crest) and potatoes created and became a new staple meal.

Growing and Gathering Process: The Ancestors of the Maori brought edible crops from their homeland, including kumara, yam and taro. In New Zealand the climate was colder than their home and Maori used special cultivation techniques to adapt these plants to the new environment.

Early Settlers - Introduced Foods: Maori quickly adopted food sources introduced by the Europeans, growing potatoes, gifting pigs to other tribes, and developing large wheat plantations and mill. In the early 1800s, pigs and baskets of Potatoe were used as currency. Before the arrival of the Europeans, the only sources of meat for the Maori were kuri (dog), kiore (rats), and birds. 

DNA Extraction

Aim : To extract DNA from kiwifruit

Equipment : Water, Beakers, Sand, Spatula, Ethanol, Kiwifruit, sandwich bag, Bunsen Burner, heat mat, Gauze mat, Tripod, Test tube, Dish wash liquid, Glass Rod, Cloth

Method : 

1. Squish kiwifruit with sand & water and pour through cloth to collect juice in beaker.  

2. Use beaker to warm water, pour juice into test tube with 2 drops Dish wash, rest in warm water.

3. Add Ethanol, watch the DNA separate and collect with spatula.

Result : 

Stuff Article

 Today in Social studies we have been looking around the topic based on recycling, as you have read the title our focus was on recycling bins and was given questions about this about how lazy recycling is affecting our community and large amounts of waste ending up in recycling bins causing landfills. 

What % of rubbish can cause a recycling truck to be dumped?
Trucks containing more than 10% rubbish have to dump their content 
What is going into people's recycling bins?
At this point of moment people are STILL putting contents of rubbish which belongs to the red bin, such things that end up in the yellow bin which cannot be recycled are: Large household materials, heavy appliances, bagged waste, soft plastics and other contaminated wastes. 
What is the current penalty?
So far the council have been trying and putting huge amounts of effort into getting people to recycle properly again. Due to the fact that it hasn't been working out they now confiscate bins and has sent out at least 2500 final warning letters, the council has removed around 664 bins in the last nine months. Although 153 bins have been returned. But in order to get the bins back people have to now pay $97.65 and also sign a statement promising to accept and acknowledge by the rules. 
Stuff Article

Similes and Metaphors

Copy these sentences onto your blog and highlight the simile in each:

1. My bedroom was as black as a cave in the depths of the earth. 
2. The classroom after school became as noisy as a gaggle of gabby geese. 
3. The cat capered along the fence top like a tightrope walker on the hire wire.  
4. My anger crashed into me like waves against the shore.

Use a word from the box to complete each Simile                                                Silk

                                                                                                                              Bee

1. The cloth was as black as Coal                                                                        Kitten

2. The wet ball was as slippery as an Eel                                                              Coal

3. My little sister is as playful as a Kitten                                                               Eel

4. The table was as smooth as Silk                                                                       Snow

5. I've been busy as a Bee   

6. The lamb is as white as Snow 

For each of these sentences is it a simile or a metaphor?

1. As slippery as an eel. - Simile

2. Arnie was a man-mountain. - Metaphor

3. He was a lion in battle. - Metaphor 

4. She is as pretty as a picture. - Simile

5. The striker was a goal machine. - Metaphor

6. The torch lit up the room as if the sun had already risen early. - Metaphor

7. The moon was a misty shadow. - Metaphor

8. My friend has a face like thunder. - Metaphor

SIX SIMILES

. The Light was as bright as the Sun

. The boy was as fast as a Cheetah

. The bed was as soft as a Animals coat of Fur

. The man was mysterious as a crow

. The girl was as soft toned as a Angel

. The man was as solid as a mountain.

          

                                         

The Hunters Swoop

1x Sentence top left - The black tendrils of branches tangle into the mist

1x Sentence top right - The withered branches rise to see another day through the ominous fog

1x Sentence bottom - The dark murky water, depressingly still as if it were one of the scarce trees

2-3 Sentences -   

CREATIVE WRITING MATRIX

Its written in the stars

TAURUS 

April 20 - May 20

Taurus people, despite the hard working Bull like name

are actually quite the opposite. Taurus people actually like to relax and 

may seem lazy sometimes as well. But in all, Taurus people are really good

and easy people to get along with. Just don't expect them to 

do that much.

VIRGO

August 23 - September 22 

Virgos are logical, practical and systematic in their approach 

to life. They aren't afraid to improve skills and may 

get a bit too prideful at times. But to sum it all up, Virgos 

are nice and itelligent people to be around with in life

and will come in handy when it comes to Homework.

SCORPIO

October 23 - November 21

Scorpio is one of the most misunderstood signs of the zodiac. 

Because of its incredible passion and power, Scorpio is often mistaken for fire sign. Which is why most Scorpio are seen as mysterious people as to why no on really understands the sign. 

So if you ever know a Scorpio, look out and watch what they might do.

Tourism, Social Studies Unit

What is Eco Tourism?, Ecotourism is catering for tourists wishing to experience the natural environment without damaging it or disturbing its habitats. It is a form of tourism involving responsible travel to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people.

Why is it a growing trend?, Why is ecotourism growing in popularity? Lee Choon Loong: The popularity of ecotourism is fueled by greater public awareness of the negative impacts of tourism be it on the destination or natural environment 

How can Tourism help our oceans?, Marine Tourism

There are countless ways that travelers can explore our planet's oceans and reefs – from diving and snorkeling to sailing and surfing. The seas also provide delicious seafood which is enjoyed by tourists and locals alike.

Starfish Poem | Social Studies

The main message of this poem is:

 About the Starfish and we focused on how this poem was related to the real-life world. The poem resembled how the old man was helping the economy or the ecosystem itself by picking up starfish that was washed across the shore and releasing it into the ocean so that they don't dry up and die.

THE  STARFISH  POEM

Once upon a time there was a wise man 

who used to go to the ocean 

to do his writing. 

He had a habit of walking 

on the beach 

before he began his work. 

One day he was walking along 

the shore. 

As he looked down the beach, 

he saw a human 

figure moving like a dancer. 

He smiled to himself to think 

of someone who would 

dance to the day. 

So he began to walk faster 

to catch up. 

As he got closer, he saw 

that it was a young man 

and the young man wasn't dancing, 

but instead he was reaching 

down to the shore, 

picking up something 

and very gently throwing it 

into the ocean. 

As he got closer he called out, 

"Good morning! What are you doing?" 

The young man paused, 

looked up and replied, 

"Throwing starfish in the ocean." 

"I guess I should have asked, 

why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?" 

"The sun is up and the tide is going out. 

And if I don't throw them in they'll die." 

"But, young man, don't you realize that 

there are miles and miles of beach 

and starfish all along it. 

You can't possibly make a difference!" 

The young man listened politely. 

Then bent down, picked up another starfish 

and threw it into the sea, 

past the breaking waves and said- 

"It made a difference for that one."

Galvanising

Galvanization or galvanizing is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent rusting. The most common method is hot-dip galvanizing, in which the parts are submerged in a bath of molten hot zinc. 

Galvanizing protects from rust in a number of ways: It forms a barrier that prevents corrosive substances from reaching the underlying steel or iron. ... The zinc protects its base metal by corroding before iron. The zinc surface reacts with the atmosphere to form a compact, adherent patina that is insoluble in rainwater.

Live Aid

𝕭𝖔𝖇 𝕲𝖊𝖑𝖉𝖔𝖋: 𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖓 𝕴𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗-𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖌𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖕𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖘𝖙. 𝕳𝖊 𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕴𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝖗𝖔𝖈𝖐 𝖇𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖙𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝕽𝖆𝖙𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖊 1970𝖘, 𝖜𝖍𝖔 𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖉 𝖕𝖔𝖕𝖚𝖑𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖚𝖓𝖐 𝖗𝖔𝖈𝖐 𝖒𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙.
𝕳𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖜𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖑𝖞 𝖗𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖌𝖓𝖎𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖘𝖒, 𝖊𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖈𝖎𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖎-𝖕𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝖊𝖋𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖘 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕬𝖋𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖆. 𝕴𝖓 1984, 𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕸𝖎𝖉𝖌𝖊 𝖀𝖗𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖌𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖕 𝕭𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕬𝖎𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖘𝖊 𝖒𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖞 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖋𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖋 𝖎𝖓 𝕰𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖔𝖕𝖎𝖆. 𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖜𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖔𝖗𝖌𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗-𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖗𝖙 𝕷𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝕬𝖎𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖞𝖊𝖆𝖗 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕷𝖎𝖛𝖊 8 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖘 𝖎𝖓 2005.
𝕳𝖊 𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕴𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝖗𝖔𝖈𝖐 𝖇𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖙𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝕽𝖆𝖙𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖊 1970𝖘, 𝖜𝖍𝖔 𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖉 𝖕𝖔𝖕𝖚𝖑𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖚𝖓𝖐 𝖗𝖔𝖈𝖐 𝖒𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙.

𝕵𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘 𝖀𝖗𝖊 𝕺𝕭𝕰: (𝖇𝖔𝖗𝖓 10 𝕺𝖈𝖙𝖔𝖇𝖊𝖗 1953) 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕾𝖈𝖔𝖙𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈𝖎𝖆𝖓, 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗-𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖌𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖉𝖚𝖈𝖊𝖗. 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖌 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖉 𝖍𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖙-𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖑𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖀𝕶 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖙 𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖞. 𝖀𝖗𝖊 𝖈𝖔-𝖔𝖗𝖌𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝕭𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕬𝖎𝖉, 𝕷𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝕬𝖎𝖉 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕷𝖎𝖛𝖊 8 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝕭𝖔𝖇 𝕲𝖊𝖑𝖉𝖔𝖋. 𝖀𝖗𝖊 𝖊𝖓𝖏𝖔𝖞𝖊𝖉 𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖆𝖗 𝖘𝖚𝖈𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 1970𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 1980𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖇𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖘 𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖑𝖚𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕾𝖑𝖎𝖐, 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖓 𝕷𝖎𝖟𝖟𝖞, 𝕽𝖎𝖈𝖍 𝕶𝖎𝖉𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖁𝖎𝖘𝖆𝖌𝖊, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖒𝖆𝖓 𝖔𝖋 𝖀𝖑𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖔𝖝. 𝕴𝖓 1984, 𝖀𝖗𝖊 𝖈𝖔-𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖙𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕬𝖎𝖉 𝖍𝖎𝖙, "𝕯𝖔 𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝕶𝖓𝖔𝖜 𝕴𝖙'𝖘 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖒𝖆𝖘?" 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝕭𝖔𝖇 𝕲𝖊𝖑𝖉𝖔𝖋. 𝖀𝖗𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖗𝖊𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖀𝖑𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖔𝖝 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖆𝖓 𝖊𝖕𝖎𝖘𝖔𝖉𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖊𝖑 4 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖘𝖍𝖔𝖜 "𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕿𝖚𝖇𝖊" 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝕻𝖆𝖚𝖑𝖆 𝖄𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖘 𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖉 𝖍𝖎𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖍𝖔𝖓𝖊.

Parihaka

Today for Social Studies we have started on a new unit, we are now focusing on Parihaka. Parihaka is a community in the Taranaki region of New Zealand, which is located between Mount Taranaki and the Tasman Sea. We had to explore what happened, what were the impacts and the songs made for Parihaka. The song we were given to explore was called "Parihaka" by Tim Finn.

Parihaka by Tim Finn

 
My friend, My friend, I hate to see you suffer,
Events conspire to bring us to our knees,
My friend, my friend, you've taken this the wrong way, 
Rise up, defend yourself, never give in,
Look to the sky, the spirit of Te Whiti,
The endless tide is murmuring his name. 

I know Te Whiti will never be defeated,
And even at the darkest hour,
His presence will remain.
I'll sing to you the song of Parihaka.

Te Whiti he used the language of the spirit,
Then stood accused, the madman and his dream,
He saw the train go roaring through the tunnel,
He heard the voice travel on the magic wire,
But he loved the silence of the river,
He watched the dog piss on the cannon's wheel.

I know Te Whiti will never be defeated,
And even at the darkest hour,
His presence will remain.
I'll sing to you the song of Parihaka.

One day you'll know the truth,
They can't pull out the roots,
Come and take me home,
To weep for my lost brother.
They gather still, the clouds of Taranaki,
His children's children wearing the white plume,
So take me for the sins of these sad islands,
The wave still breaks on the rock of Rouhotu.
And when you taste the salt that's on your pudding,
And when you taste the sugar in your soup,
Think of Te Whiti, he'll never be defeated,
Even at the darkest hour,
His presence will remain,
I'll sing for you the song of Parihaka,
Come to Parihaka,
Weep for my lost brother,
The spirit of nonviolence,
Has come to fill the silence, Come to Parihaka.

What is the main message of the song, the main message was to feel empathy for those who had lost their lives & those who suffered. Mainly woman who were raped, but the song also sent messages such as " I know Te Whiti will never be defeated" to give faith and uplift those who might of felt low.