A big waka’s coming!
There were 11 schools in total and about 2,000 children altogether at the Hokule’a Landing at Pt England Reserve. There were quite a few teachers, parents and the people who came in the waka from Hawaii.
Firstly, we walked to Pt England Reserve. When we arrived there we found a spot to sit at. Then we watched the waka travel through the sea.
Secondly we sang songs. The people were coming from the waka. We were singing and some people did some Maori moves. When all the people landed and got off the waka some people did speeches from both sides.
We stood up and got into a long line with the other schools to hi five the people who came in the waka. It took about 10 minutes to get to the start of the line. After that we finally made it to the people that came in the waka so we started to hi five
When the Hokule’a landing ended we started to stand up to go back to school. We got to school in less than 15 minutes.
