Monday    Mane, toru ō paengawhāwhā

Ngā rā - days of the week

Te - singuler - one thing

Ngā - plural - two or more things

Rā - days. Rā is also a sun god in several languages.

Monday   - Mane

Tuesday   - Tureī

Wednesday   - Wenereī  

Thursday   -   Taite

Friday   -   Paraire

Saturday   -   Hātarei

Sunday   -   Rātapu

Tuesday 9th april - Tureī e iwa - paengawhāwhā

Thursday 11th april - Taite kotahi tekau ma tahi - paengawhāwhā

Sunday 14th april - Rātapu kotahi tekau ma wha - paengawhāwhā

Saturday 20th april - Hātarei rau tekau - paengawhāwhā

Wednesday 24th april - Wenereī  e rau tekau wha - paengawhāwhā

Friday 30th april - Paraire e toru tekau - paengawhāwhā

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Manē tekau ō paengawhāwhā

Kei te peheā koe - how are you

Kei te pai ahau - i’m fine

Kei te hiamoe ahau - i’m sleepy

Kei te haikai ahau - i’m hungry.

Kei te hianu ahau - i’m thirsty.

Taua āhua āno - same as ever.

He aha te mate - whats wrong.

Me: Tena Koe!

Them: Tena Koe!

Me: Ko Jeremy ahau

Them: Ko Hugh ahau

Me: Ko Keti Peheā Qwier

Them: Ko keti ahau  

Ko (ingoa) te (mea)

It is (name) the (object)  

Underneath

On the surface, everything looked ordinary.

The boy in the boat was bored. He had lived beside this boring river with his boring family for his whole boring life. Nothing unexpected ever seemed to happen to him. He often went to bed at night and wished for something exciting in his life.

Little did he know, underneath the ground he walked on and the river he rowed his boat on, a marvelous, mysterious, magical menagerie of life stirred.

His life was about to become a lot more interesting…

Tom Trueheart

In the middle of the forest snow falls down very slowly and leaves follow the wind, foggy gloom surrounds the forest with its misty feel.