Pauwa and Kiawa

Pauwa and Kiwa 

  The other day a lady from the museum came to school to  teach us about pauwa and kiwa.The day before we read  the e-book  of pauwa and kiwa so we got the most of the questions correct. There was one question that only one person knew. Then she taught us how to make a waka using drift wood skewers, material  and a sand art waka. Scroll up to see some pictures of them.

      

This is the story of Paoa and Kiwa 
Paoa and Kiwa were famous sea voyagers from a far land called Hawaiki. They came to Aotearoa in a waka that was called Horouta .On board the Horouta with them was Paoa's  sister called Hinehakiriangi and his daughter Hineaua. Kiwa's son kahutuanui was also on board among others . Horouta was a very fast waka and it carried kumara to Aotearoa. It was paoa's  sister's  job to look after the them.Horouta hit a sandbar in ohiwa and a part of  the hull and bow broke so the waka could not sail properly. Puawa and Kiwa discussed what to to do. Finally they came up with the answer.  Pauwa would go and find some strong timbers to fix the waka while kiwa looked after the waka. Kiwa made some minor repairs and continued sailing along the shoreline . Kiwa found a beautiful bay with birds,animal's ,forests and sea life. While he was waiting for puawa he named it Turanganui-a-kiwa which means the waiting place of kiwa to commemorate the time he waited for puawa. Meanwhile puawa climbed huge mountan's, ran through valleys and crossed rivers in search of some special timbers. Finally Puawa came to a strong mighty tree then he used the Waipoua river to float it down to the shore line.  When Paoa arrived back in Turanganuiakiwa it was celebrated by Hineakua and Kahutuanui getting married. Some of their descendents still live in Turanganuiakiwa today.