my 1st entry

This when we where snorkleing in Tahitti. We stoped in Tahitti for  three  nights on our way to New Zealand

A cool cave in New Zealand on the beach

 My new school in Whangamata.

 One of the Maori statues to ward off evil.

 A tuatara, lived before the dinosaurs and has changed very little, unfortunately they only live in New Zealand. When born they have a third eye.

 A Kaka, one of the native parrots.

 A Takahe, very endangered, only 250 left! Awesome to see one!

 A Puriri moth, live aslarvae in trees for up to 8 years only becoming a moth for 5-6 days to mate. Cool to see one.

 A Maori meeting house at Te Papa.

 A nice view of Wellington

 A Maori canoe at the Te Papa museum in Wellington.

 An amazing black swan!!!

 Waiting for our connecting flight to New Zealand, woke up at 3:30 that morning.

 My siblings and I at a waterfall in Tahitti.

Another one of the may trees in Tahitti, great for climbing!

 One of the trees we found in Tahitti, a tahitian chesnut tree.

 One of the caves we visited in Tahitti.

 In the forest near the Mareae.

 One of the Mareae we visited. Mareae were sacred ceremonial sites of the tahitian natives.

 One of the many beutiful birds in Tahitti, it's  called a noddy tern.

 Snorkleing in Tahitti.

At the market in tahitti 

Walking around town in tahitti.

 This is what the Hangi feast looked like while it cooked. How the maori would traditionally prepare it is to build a fire with fuel in a pile roughly 3-5 feet and put lava rocks in but they used river stones. They then would put the food (wrapped in tin-foil), on top of the rocks then they would put wet green boughs but here they used wet blankets instead. They then would steam the food for hours and the result was an amazing meal!

 This is us on our way back from the Coromandel penninsula for our 4 day weekend! Unfortunately I was sick the whole time! 

 This is in Papette Tahitti where we are having amazing crepes!

In Roturua we went to a Hangi, which is like a Maori feast or festival.