Johns Te Whiti

Te Whiti was born in1830 near Ngamotu.Te Whiti was born in the times of the musket wars.There were over 20,000 people who died.His dad was a minor chief of Patukai Hapu of the ngati Tawhirikura branch.

Te whiti went to a mission school as a child called Reimenschneider. Te Whiti did Bible studies and he was very good at this.

Te Whiti lived peacefully on the coast near Parihaka until 1865. Te Whiti’s father discovered a village at parihaka and he wanted people to regain their land.

In 1870 Parihaka had become one of the biggest villages in the country the Europeans invaded the land in 1879. In 1881 they started to take it away because they were greedy and wanted power.

Te Whiti was one of the leaders of Parihaka he believed in non violence. He preached Christian beliefs to his people.Te Whiti tried to stop the Europeans taking the Maori land in a non violent way.He never gave in ,even when he was sent to jail.

Te Whiti’s wife died in 1888 and he wasn’t allowed to see her because he was still in jail.  Then shortly after his wife died he  got released Te Whiti died in 1907.

Te Whiti was very inspirational because he bought peace to Parihaka and the land. He had his beliefs and he always stuck to them. He will be remembered forever.

My Art By John

This is my art based on a piece by Cecilia Russel i think it is good and I think I did a great job.
What I would change next time is to make the penguin bigger.
I tried really hard on this piece of art and I hope you like it.

All About Me!

Katy Perry biography

Katy Perry Biography

Katy Perry, is a glitzy, super star of our generation. But do you know the whole story?

Kathryn Elizabeth Hudson was born on the 25th of October 1984. Raised by strict Christian parents Katy was only allowed to listen to gospel music growing up. When she became famous, she decided her name Katy Hudson sounded to much like former star Kate Hudson, so she took her mother’s maiden name Perry. So now she is known as Katy Perry. Katy was a pupil at Dos Pueblos High School, but did not graduate, she dropped out early when she received her General Education Development degree ( GED ). Katy is Portuguese and German, but was born in Santa Barbara California USA.

Katy grew up with strict regulations to live by. She has inspired many people to give anything and everything a try. To be wacky, and fun everyday. She grew up singing at her local Church, she had no experience but gave stardom a chance. Katy Perry says she didn’t have a childhood as she was in a strict Christian community. She has now also turned her career into an actress as well, in the 2011 movie ‘The smurfs’ she was “Smurfette”.She has also just brought out her own Nail Polish line, and her own Perfume line. Her first one called “Purr” and her second called “meow” named after her cat.

You have to enjoy every possible opportunity there is while you still young. And learn from the world around you.

Katy is flirty, and fun, which can be troubling because sometimes her clothing are quite revealing. And for the event it can be inappropriate.

Our opinions.

We think Katy Perry is a great role model because she inspires people to carry on, and strive for your dreams.Also she is a role model to people all around the world for different things, e.g to be extravagant, be yourself, and reach for your hopes and dreams.

She is an actress, a singer, a model, and a great person to look up too.

By Elspeth and John.