A special day for Manaiakalani

So today was one of the most special days for Panmure Bridge and the other schools from our cluster(Manaiakalani). It was a waka which was  launched 140 thousand miles away in the most tropical place to be in,Hawaii! This event was very crucial because of the cluster we are from, Manaiakalani which means The hook from Heaven  was used to form the country we now know as New Zealand or Aotearoa. These navigators and crew members used the Manaiakalani navigation way where they used stars to get to New Zealand.The celebration was Hikianali when  two waka's  are sent to New Zealand from Hawaii to mark when a Maui once arrived on this Ika(Fish) by using his grandma's teeth which was very sacred to use. Maui stories was scattered around the pacific with tales of pulling countries from underwater like Tonga, Tahiti and others countries. 

This event started at 9:30 am with all classrooms walking to this occasions( except from Room 4 & 3 because of there age level)After this long walk we hardly didn't know time but I think it was 9:20 since we left at 8:35.As we waited to the far left if you were \ at the back of us.As we waited for the Canoe with the crew members we watched on to see if we could spot our leaders(Patrick,Samantha,Juliano and Fine)Then we saw something moving closer to the already arrived canoe. We soon heard a horn blowing like those ones in a movie during the medieval times. I felt my beat when I saw the  boat coming onto the beach. We sang as loud as we can but some school were on beat some were off(Not our school a course).

As we finished singing  and sat down we welcomed to greet them.As we walked back I felt happy to meet people from other countries that I have already(because I have met anyone from Hawaii). After we left the school's leaders were taught ancient navigation by the leader of the waka which was sent to New Zealand from Hawaii.