James

//Hi my name is James and I have two older brothers my favourite thing to do is to play rugby. I am 9 years old I was born in a place called Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty in the holidays I like to go down there to a beach called Ohope where my old house is, and to go to my grandfathers farm and play around. At the beach I like to go surfing and ride around on my motorbike, and I also love to go down to the harbour with the jet ski or boat and go ski bisciting or go out into the wide open sea and go fishing. I have a realy cute dog called Tama,// //**HE IS SO CUTE!!!!!!!**// //I also have a cat named Cookie he is a bit old now but still really cool. One day this year my two brothers my dad and I had to go to the vet with our nice and cute cat cookie because we had to put him down. It was very sad but it was the correct thing to do because he was sufferring with cancer on his nose. He was our best cat.//

Here is a mihi I wrote at school one day. A mihi is when you introduce yourself but in maori this is important to maori because you might be speaking to someone that you don't even know but have the same river as them. Hope you enjoy!!

**Ko Tawhitirahi te maunga** **Ko Waikato te awa** **Ko Potahi te marae** **Ko Te Aupouri te iwi** **Ko Meadowbank te kura** **Ko room 9 te akomanga** **Ko Allan toku papa** **Ko Frances toku mama** **Ko Tama te kuri** **Ko Eru te maatamua** **Ko Hori te tuakana** **Ko hemi taku ingua** **No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa**

Here is an awesome colour poem I wrote at school. ENJOY
 * // thanks for reading my mihi //**



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