Kia ora and welcome to Kotuku's blog for 2016. We are going to have an exceptional year and I look forward to working with your tamariki this year.
The manu we follow is Kotuku.
He Kotuku Rerenga Tahi" was inspired by the legend of Kupe, the great Polynesian navigator and expresses universal themes of journeys, dynamic life and peace. Kupe is said to have journeyed from Hawaiiki, the ancestral homeland of Maori, overcoming many severe obstacles at sea, to become the first person to discover Aotearoa. "He kotuku rerenga tahi" is a whakatauki or proverb, which means "a white heron's flight is seen but once". It is used to indicate a very special and rare event and in this case refers to the arrival of Kupe and his waka Matawhaorua.
Looking forward to reading about the mahi you are doing in your class.
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