Dear Christian Kaka

Frimley school

Frimley road

Frimley

Hastings

4120

6 / 6 / 2018

Dear Kakas

Kia ora

My name is Riley Burgiss.  I am writing to tell you how wonderful it really is here in Aotearoa.

I really hope you have a good time here in Aotearoa.  There are many special things about New Zealand like the rich earth and green grass.  We also have a special bird native to our specific country. It is the Kiwi. It is a nocturnal flightless bird that has nostrils at the end of their beaks.  They also lay eggs ⅓ the size of their body weight.

We have beautiful sceneries in New Zealand take for example Rotorua's giant boiling mud pools.  If you fell in the mud would dissolve your skin into nothingness. There is also a story that goes as a guy was in a police chase.  He was sprinting straight down to the huge pool onto the bridge and committed suicide. He jumped the railing into the pools and no one ever found the body, well at least what my dad said.  But there are other places like sunrise hut up at Ruahine Ranges. I and room 14 / 15, 16 / 17, 18 / 19 conquered the mountain with amazing views.

Around here in New Zealand, we love rugby, soccer, cricket, T ball, pretty much all sports.  Some of our kiwi favourites are hokey pokey which is vanilla ice cream with crunchy lollies. We also like mixes from the dairy and just a classic fish and chips.

Kia ora, tēna koā and many others are greetings we use to invite other cultures.  In school, we do performances that are representing other countries like in week 5 term 2. Me, and the year 6 boys celebrated Samoan language week with a sasa based on the triple A’s.

Anyway, welcome to Aotearoa.  You're gonna fit right in with everyone else.  Hope you have a good stay.

Kind regards

Riley Burgiss