Final Music Reflection

 What have you enjoyed about music this year?

I learned the importance of songs used in history and the meanings behind them. I learned how to participate in a group task performance of composing a song.

What has been your favorite task and why?

Just performing music in general. It enables me to express how much I progressed throughout my years of music. I was alright with what music had to offer throughout the year with different performances each in every term.

Did you complete a class performance? How was it?

Yes, it went well and decent could of wish we had more time to put more thought and time to it to improve it.

Is there anything you did not have the opportunity to do/learn?

I wanted to learn more instruments and have some experience with them beforehand.

What would you like your music goal to be in Term 1 2021?

I wish and hope to be able to pass music NCEA next year.

Namazu

 Daniel -

Namazu is the Japanese Deity of earthquakes depicted in Japanese mythology. He is seen as a huge catfish stuck beneath a rock from which he cannot escape from. From a different point of view, this can be depicted as him occurring the earthquakes under the rock or beneath the island of Japan.

Origins

Over time the Japanese archipelago has suffered lots of devastating earthquakes over the years with it having 10% of the world's seismic activity. People in japan made mythology to represent the earthquakes that are happening on their island. they depicted the earthquakes as a catfish named Namazu and that he rattles around his tails making the rock shake off his back. Representing the island of Japan on top of Namazu or the earthquakes.

Effect of Unfair Trade

This post is about the factors that an individual or community may have on unfair trade in their wellbeing.  Places such as cocoa plantations about its workers and the way their system is carried out throughout the place.

1975 Land March

 1975 Land March

Why did this take place? 

This march was held for the purpose of letting the government know just how Maori land was being confiscated away from its original landowners.

What happened? 

It was a march lead by a few Maori's most recognized to be the leader is a 79- year old woman named Whina Cooper, who started the rally in Te Hapua in which over time as they cross many towns and villages they attained many more supporters and practical help from the locals. Along with being given the privilege to sleep in maraes overnight to discuss the march.

What was the outcome? After gaining rights of its growing reputation that is recognized by the public via national media. A memorial of rights was represented for Rowling and about 60 protestors were able to manage and set up a Maori Embassy in the Parliament.

Why is it Significant? it was significant due to its inspirational message behind why it is important to be aware of the things around you and the history behind and why it is good to do something about it.

Sources :

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/whina-cooper-led-land-march-te-ropu-o-te-matakite-reaches-parliament

3 Countries that are prone to Earthquakes

1.China is the country that has the most earthquakes from 1900 to 2016 with 157 earthquakes estimated to have occurred historically, Most of these earthquakes happened in the southwest region of the country, where the terrain is highly mountainous. Luckily for China, some of the least populous provinces, namely Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet, and Yunnan, are located in this region. The rugged terrain and harsh climate of this region are not beneficial to support high populations. However, due to the poor transportation infrastructure and remote mountainous landscape of the southwest, later on, rescuing and recovery after an earthquake becomes an extremely challenging and risky task.

2. With 113 earthquakes of remarkable magnitude between 1900 and 2016, Indonesia ranks as the world’s second-most prone country to earthquakes. The primary reason for the high frequency of earthquakes in Indonesia is its location on the Ring of Fire.. The majority of the world’s earthquakes happen in the Ring of Fire, which encompasses a shoe-shaped area of about 40,000 square km. The movement of tectonic plates in the area, as well as surface volcanic eruptions, have triggered many earthquakes that have affected Indonesia over the centuries.

3.Iran, a country in the Middle East, is located in an area of high seismic activity. It is the third most earthquake country in the world and has experienced at least 106 earthquakes from 1900 to 2016. The country exists where the Eurasian and Arabian tectonic plates meet. The Zagros Mountains, one of the world’s youngest mountain range, developed in the area due to the reduction of the Arabian place under the Iranian plate.

Gymnastics

 For the past few weeks of Pe, Our class was tasked with learning and practically doing gymnastics. Gradually being able to do gymnastics in the trampoline, bar swing, and so on. As we progressively learnt how to do the correct skills and techniques to do it. Although the last period in PE was spent in mundane dumbness as me and my mates decided to do piles of us ontop of each other weighing down every single last one of us. 

Treaty of Antarctica

 For the past few weeks in social studies, We have been tasked to finish our research about different types of treaties. For me and my partner eddy, we decided to study and research the contents and history behind the treaty of Antarctica. 

Prezi

Sedimentary Rocks Origins

Sedimentary rocks are formed from erosion. particles of rocks are then washed into the ocean and slowly over the years lay down on the ocean floor. Accurately, around 100 million years ago, the layers of sedimentary rocks build up to be as tall as a few kilometers thick. The weights of the layers of sediment squash out water and the chemical process that it goes through will then bind or lock both the particles and the sediment to form solidified rocks. At the start sedimentary rocks are normally carried in rivers or land where there used to be water, in which then it gets buried then the process of naturally creation of sedimentary rocks begins.

My Mihi

 My Pepeha

Ko Otautahi Te Iwi

Ko Te Huruhuru Ao o Horomaka te Kura

Ko Beloy Toku whanua

Ko Roger Toku papa

Ko Arlene Toku mama

Ko Daniel Toku ingoa

Piktogram

Word/Kupu	Definition	Picture/pikitia
Treaty	A formal agreement between two sides by signing.
Mana	An impersonal supernatural the power that can be transmitted or inherited.
Crown	A circular ornamental headdress was worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority, usually made of or decorated with precious metals and jewels.
Tangata Whenua	used to describe the Maori people of a particular locality, or as a whole as the original inhabitants of New Zealand.
Iwi	A Maori community or people.
Colony	A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country.
Sovereignty	Supreme power or authority.
Rangatiratanga	The right of Maori people to rule themselves; self-determination.
Governorship	The office or position of being governor of a town, region, or public institution.
Kawanatanga	the authority of a governor or government.
Taonga	(in Maori culture) an object or natural resource which is highly prized.