Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast   

On Friday 9th of May at 12 AM, Christ the King School went to the production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (disney version) which was performed by Sancta Maria college in the Manukau Vodafone events centre.

The main characters were Belle, the Beast, Cogsworth, Babette, the Wardrobe, Lumier, Mrs Potts and  Chip.

There was once a prince who was very mean and didn’t  care about anyone else but him-self. One day an ugly old woman came to his castle and asked for shelter in turn for a rose, but the prince turned her away seeing how ugly she was, she cast a spell on him. He then turned into an ugly beast. If he falls in love with a girl, the girl had to love him too. Then a few weeks later a girl named Belle came to the castle and got captured, she stayed with the Beast for a long time but never did she fall in love with him. But one day she did. I thought the costumes were excellent because they were colorful and looked just like the ones in the story. I recommend this to all ages because it was funny and had lots of music.

By Danielle

Nunuku's peace law

Nunuku’s peace law

Laws were important to the Moriori people because they wanted their land back but they wanted to do it peacefully.  

In Rekohu there was a lot of fighting, many people died because of the fights. There was a chief there whose name was Nunuku and he was sick of all the violence so he made a law that no one was allowed to fight or to kill.

If two people started a fight they were allowed to hit each other with a wooden club but they weren't allowed to draw blood. If they did, they were punished severely.

Because the Moriori kept this law when some Maori tribes took their land many people were killed and the rest enslaved. Later the Moriori land was given to one of these tribes.  

In 1988 the Moriori signed a contract with the Waitangi tribunal trying to get the return of their land, fishing rights and recognition of their identity and culture.

In 2001 the Hokotehi Moriori trust was asked to represent the Moriori people. Four years later they got back their share of fishing rights.

 

by Danielle