My Mihi

My Mihi

 Ko Vaiulumuli Mataese tōku
Play papa (Father)

Ko Litia Mataese tōku
Playmama (Mother)

Ko Aisa Mataese tōku
Playingoa (Name)

Ko Port hills tōku Maunga (Mountain)

No Samoa - Upolu ahau (Where I am from)

Ko Ngati Mormen and Presbyterian tōku iwi

Ko Ōtakaro tōku awa

Ko Te Huruhuru Ao o Horomaka tōku kura

Play Play 

English - Fim study - How film aspects show meaning in John.G.Avildsen's film "The power of one"

Song - In the concert scene, we hear the native South African's sing a song in their language that was written by Pk, the main character.

Evidence - The joyful song was lead by a native singer and the rest of the tribes sung harmoniously, plus the sound of the piano creates a happy and relaxed mood. Whilst Doc played the piano and PK composed. 

X - The song made me feel hopeful and hyped by the Native singer and it was moving. This was because PK - trough the singing brought the tribes together.

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X - The purpose of this was to help show that PK was the mythical figure of the rain-maker; 

X - The singing combines with long shots that also show the harmony of the natives as they ave all sitting nicely together.

Y - The singing can be compared to the singing at the boxing match, as the now freed sing to PK to show him they think he is the rain-maker. Both lots of singing give a set of hope for the Native South African's.  

Making Salts ll

 Aim - To produce copper sulfate salt by reacting copper oxide with an acid.

Equipment - Copper oxide powder, dilute (o.5 mol L-1) sulfuric acid, 50 mL measuring cylinder, two 100 mL beakers, Bunsen burner, tripod, gauze mat, funnel, filter, paper, thermometer, spatula, evaporating basin, stirring rid.

Method: 

1. Add 20 mL of sulfuric acid to a 100 mL beaker. Heat the acid until it reaches 70.C. Turn off your Bunsen Burner.
2. Once it is heated, use a spatula to add pea-sized portions of copper oxide to the beaker. Stir the mixture for 30 seconds.
3. Repeat sep 2 until no more will dissolve. Allow the beaker to cool.
4. Fold the filter paper and place it in the funnel. Place the funnel into the second beaker. 
5. Make sure the beaker is cool enough to hold at the top. The contents should still be hot. You may need your teacher to complete this step.
6. Gently swirl the contents of the beaker to mix, and then pour into the paper in the funnel. Allow to filter through.
7. Rinse the beaker you used to heat the mixture previously, and place it back on top of your tripod with 50-60 mL of water.
8. Place the evaporating basin on top of the beaker and carefully pour some of the solution from the beaker into the evaporating basin.
9. Gently heat the beaker until the solution in the evaporating basin has reduced by half.
10. Leave the evaporating basin to cool. Once i has cooled down, move the evaporating basin to a warm place where it will not be disturbed 

Result:

This is what ended up with.....

Conclusion - This experiment was a success and we got the correct results that we were looking for. Next time we do this experiment, we will not add to much water because it will not turn crystal for a bit, but overall this was a fun and success experiment.

Give peace a chance

At time there was a war going on in Vietnam that America was heavily involved many people around the World including New Zealand were against this. There were songs written about the Vietnam War and how bad it was. These songs were sung at Woodstock.The message of this song was giving peace a chance.

 Ev'rybody's talking about

Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

C'mon
Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers
Sinisters, Banisters and canisters
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes
And bye bye, bye byes

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking about
Revolution, evolution, masturbation
Flagellation, regulation, integrations
Meditations, United Nations
Congratulations

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Ev'rybody's talking about
John and Yoko,

Perspectives of the beatles tour

 Perspectives about The Beatles -

People view and perspective for the Beatles in New Zealand was different and lots of people didn't want the Beatles to tour New Zealand but heaps of people did.

The people who were against the Beatles touring in New Zealand -

Not a lot of people  in New Zealand were against the Beatles tour, but the people who were against the Beatles coming, it was mainly because their religion or peoples traditional views. Also, Older New Zealanders, shaped by the depression and war, seemed bewildered and alarmed at their children's reaction. 

Why young people loved the Beatles -

Most young fans of the Beatles loved them because of rang of styles they utilized and because they were the only band that made pop music.

Making Indicators

Aim: To make acid-base indicators using everyday substances.

Equipment: Red cabbage, tea, beetroot, turmeric, cranberry juice, a beaker, water, tripod, Bunsen burner, gauze mat, 1.0 mol L-1 NaOH.

Our options we were given to do the experiment were Cabbage - Beetroot, turmeric, Cranberry juice and tea. Out of those options, my group choose turmeric, Beetroot, and Cranberry juice. 

Method:

Cranberry - Pour the Cranberry juice into a beaker and leave it on one side.

Turmeric - Mix 1 teaspoon of turmeric in a 100 mL cup of alcohol, then place it in a small beaker and leave it on one side.

Beetroot - Chop the cabbage into small pieces until you have enough to fill 2 cups.

Place the cabbage in a large beaker and add water to cover the cabbage.

Boil over a Bunsen burner for at least ten minutes for the colour to leach out of the cabbage.

Filter out the plant material to obtain a red-purple-bluish coloured liquid. This liquid is at about PH 7. (The exact colour you get, depends on the PH of the water.

Place it in a small beaker and leave it on one side.

Results:

Indicator	Colour in HCI (Acid)	Colour in NaOH (alkali)
Tea	Light Brown	Brown
Cabbage	Pink	Yellow
Turmeric	Light green	Orange
Beetroot	Light green	Pink
Cranberry	Dark green	Light pink

Discussion - We used an indicator, which helped us see if the colour changed or if they were colour was HCI (Acid) or NaOH (base - alkali). We have learned that both Acid and base are both different, and that they change different colours when they are reacted with liquid. For an example, Acid was poured into water, then the colour of the water reacts with the Acid and the colour changes, and the same thing would happen if base was poured into the water.

Conclusion - This experiment was an successes and we got the correct result that we were looking for. What we would do differently next time is to not get the colours mixed up, but put them in the correct order next time. 

WW1Significance of WW1

When is the Last Post played?:

The Last Post is a bugle call that is usually played before or after the 1 minute of silence at a commemorative service at 4:55pm. The New Zealand Defence Force in a partnership with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage marked the First World War centenary each evening with a last post ceremony at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, everyday at 5pm a Last Post ceremony was conducted on the forecourt of the National War Memorial in Wellington.

What does the song represent?:

In military tradition, the Last Post is the bugle call that signifies the end of the day's activities. It is also sounded at military funerals to indicate that the soldier has gone to his final rest and at commemorative services such as Anzac Day and Remembrance Day.

Why was the Last Post played/ When Was it first played?

The last Post was first played in 1790s, the Last Post is one of a number of bugle calls in military tradition that marks the phases of the day. The Last Post is believed to have originally been part of a more elaborate routine known in the British Army "tattoo" that began in the 17th century. In the evening a duty officer had to do the rounds of his unit's position checking that the sentry post were manned and rounding up the off-duty soldier's and packing them off to their beds or billets. The officer would be accompanied by one or more musicians. The "first post" was sounded when he started his rounds and as the party went from post to post. A drum was played the drum was played to tell the soldier's to go to sleep if the soldier's were in town the beats told them it was time to leave the pubs. ( The word "tattoo" came from the word Dutch for " turn off the taps" of beer kegs Americans call this tap or "drum taps."

Why is this song important to New Zealand?

The memorial commemorates casualties from the forces of United Kingdom ( who died prior to 16 August 1917) Australia, Canada, India, and South Africa. Inside the memorial, New Zealand are commemorated with a simple plaque, the first daily public Last Post ceremony was held at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park on Anzac Day 2015 and was conducted  every evening until 11 November 2018 in front of the tomb of the unknown warrior. The Last Post is a bugle call with two generally accepted purposes the first implied summoning of the spirits of the fallen to the Cenotaph, the second symbolically ends the day.