At 10am this morning for 20 minutes we had Jase and his guitar with us. We learn the long sounding Maori vowels a, e, i, o and u. Then Jase helped us learn the song "Uupoko, pakihiwi, puku, hope, waewae (head, shoulders, tummy, hips and legs)" then Trya added we say 'maahunga for head' and Jase commented 'ka pai'. Next was the parts of our face with "taringa, whatu, ihu, waha (ears, eyes, nose and mouth)". Jase said the boys could stick their arero (tongues) out at the end, but not the girls because they are being beauitful.
Jase told us the legend of Pania of the Reef and we all looked and listened with open taringa and waha.
We thanked Jase by singing him Hokey Tokey in Maori and he joined in with his guitar, we also gave him a koha, of petrol vouchers-a thank you gift for his time and for passing on his knowledge to us. Jase will visit again.
photos by Rie. Jessie
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