Ten Fun Facts of Wellington

 In this blog we are doing 10 fun facts about Wellington.

1. Wellington is located on the lower half of the North Island.

2. The population in Wellington is 216,505 this year, and last  year was 527,800.

3. The Maori name of Wellington is Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

4. Did you know that wellington is the homes of some celebrities, celebrities include: Russell Crowe, Kerry Fox, Karl Urban, Antonia Prebble ETC

5. The Beehive a 44 year old is a famous building, designed by British architect Sir Basil Spence

6. Wellington averages  about 12 Celsius and reaches down to 7 Celsius

7. In Wellington the support woman because they had agreed the woman have the right to vote

8. Wellington declared to be a nuke free zone in a benchmark vote in 1982

9. Wellington has 50,000 hectares of forest and regional parks

10. The  design and special effects company behind the lord the rings, and Thor: Ragnarok had built a building of the special characters and scenes from those two movies 

Explorers of The Sunrise

 Today we have been reading a text called Explorers of The Sunrise. Explorers of the sunrise is a text about Maori voyagers in the waka travelling to Rapanui/Easter island and back. the voyage was a dream to waka builder Hekunukumai Busby, it took ten months, and the crew voyaging, used the traditional methods in this trip. they first cross Tubuai, then reached mangareva, after that  travelling they had finally reached Rapanui. they had at sea for 90 days, and they were happy to have a four week break before voyaging back to New Zealand. then when they had finished resting they went back on the waka and  sailed to New Zealand again. they had now went to Moorea Tahiti, and raratonga, then got to doubtless bay.