Day 1 - Monday 9 September

Today we left from school at 7:45 after everybody has packed their stuff under the bus. We drove for about 2 hours and we stopped at Whangarei to have morning tea and have a toilet break. We also got to meet our bus driver Mikey, He's really fun and funny. He's like one of the best bus drivers we have had so far. After eating and having a toilet break for 30 minutes we got back into the bus and drove to out next destination

We drove for another 2 hours and arrived at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. When we got out of the bus people from the Treaty grounds did a very interesting Powhiri. It was very scary and touching to the people that were coming in the Marae After the amazing Powhiri we had two wonderful ladies giving us a little tour around the Treaty grounds. we went into James busby's house from like years ago. Both the British and the Maori peoples house were facing each other.

After that fun tour around the treaty grounds we had to say goodbye to our tour guides. After saying our goodbyes we went on a ferry to Orongo holiday park because that was where we were staying for five days. We packed all our bags in our cabins and came back to our common room (Meeting room). We meet two interesting guys named Magnus and Chris, They were our caretakers for the past few days.

After packing all our stuff we had a little activity and it helps us get to know our class more better. The activity was very fun and cool because we got to mingle with other class mates. We had fish and chips for dinner and got ready for our daily reflections. We got ready for bed and brushed all our teeths, some of us went for a shower because we were running and sweating for a long day.