Bone carving #1
From Monday to Wednesday this week, the students will rotate through 3 activities in groups of 6 students: bone carving, bicycle riding, and rock climbing. Here are some photos of what Fumika, Saki, Reina, Miyuki, Ami, and Tomomi did in today’s bone carving workshop at The Bone Carver.. This is a traditional form of art developed by the Maori people, so all the design reflect that culture.
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- At Stephan’s workshop
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- Hungry Tomo-chan
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- Malcolm’s carving
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- Fumika’s carving
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- Tomomi’s carving
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- Reina’s carving
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- Miyuki’s carving
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- Saki’s – before and after
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- Ami’s – before and after
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- Thanks Stephan!
Wellington!!
Lots of photos from our 2 days in Wellington. Great fun, starting with a SCARY plane ride, then lots of time visiting attractions, shopping, and sightseeing. We stayed at Wellington Backpackers, and most of us enjoyed a few hours at the pub there. Today we came back by ferry…
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- Airport bus
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- Airport bus
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- Windy walk!
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- Te Papa Museum
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- A moa
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- Trying to make an earthquake
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- Giant squid
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- The forest exhibition
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- Nostalgic past
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- Te Papa marae
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- Hot soup!
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- Yummy!
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- Don’t eat my wallet!
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- Civic Square
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- On the Cable Car
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- Nice view from the top
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- Hollow tree
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- Enjoying the ride
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- Yummy French crepes
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- Giant pizza!!
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- Fish and chips
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- Fumika takes a shot
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- Pub games
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- In the pub
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- Ami playing darts
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- Saki’s ghostly shot!
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- Relaxing…
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- Darts!
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- Gollum at the Weta Cave
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- TinTin models
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- The Weta Cave
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- With Susan
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- Off to the ferry
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- Our ferry to the South Island
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- Waiting to leave
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- Relaxing…
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- Getting sleepy
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- Uno Uno!!
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- Susan zzzzz
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- Zzzzzzz
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- More zzzzz
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- Ami and Susan enjoy the view
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- Beautiful sky!
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- Sunset!
Kayaking in Abel Tasman
Because the weather was bad last Saturday, we couldn’t go kayaking. So we raced out to Marahau this morning to spend 4 hours on the water. We were put into pairs for each kayak, and the guides from Abel Tasman Kayaks showed us how to handle them. Everyone picked it up very quickly, so we headed around the bay to Split Apple Rock, and after juice and cookies, we did a crazy standing up activity. Scary, tiring, but definitely fun!!
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- Getting suited up
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- Paddle practice
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- On the water
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- Miyuki enters the sea cave
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- Yumi’s wet pants!
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- Juice and biscuits
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- Linking up
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- 3-2-1 Stand up!!
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- Heading back
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- Through the gap
Horse Riding at Happy Valley
Spent a great afternoon horse riding at Happy Valley today with Darren and Kelly. All the students had a chance to ride for about 40 minutes in groups of 6. We toured through the farm, over rivers and along tracks. Lots of fun, panic, excitement, but no screams! Malcolm had to ride with each group so he is very sore!!
Centre of New Zealand – Part 2
This afternoon was spent planning for the rest of the week, so when we finished, a few of us walked up to the Centre of New Zealand again…
Tomorrow, we go horse-riding, then kayaking on Wednesday, followed by 2 days in New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington.
