Ruma Hihi Finds Out More!

Ruby's mum reminded us it was Cook Islands Language Week this week. Ruby's 'Mama' is from The Cook Islands, Mrs Pupuke thought this was super special as her husband and her son are part Cook Islander too! Ruby taught us how to say 'Kia Orana' (hello) and 'Meitaki' (thank you). The other Ruma Hihi students were interested in finding out more about the Cook Islands so Ruby and Mrs Pupuke talked about what it is like there and we watched some videos too. We especially liked the video showing Cook Island dancing! Gemma shared that her whanau is from South Africa and asked if we could find South Africa on a map, we then watched a video about South Africa and talked about some things that are the same, and some things that are different in New Zealand. We really enjoyed finding out more about each other and hope to do some more of this soon!