Ki o Rahi 2025

Explain the links between the legend of Rahi and the game of Ki o Rahi?

The game of Ki-o-Rahi is directly inspired by the Māori legend of Rahi-tutaka-hina, which tells of Rahi’s journey to rescue his wife, Ti Ara. The game’s circular field represents the different stages of his journey, with zones like Te Ao (the world) and Pawero (the defensive area) symbolizing key events. The ball, ki, represents Rahi himself, and players reenact aspects of his adventure through speed, agility, and teamwork. This deep connection between legend and sport keeps Māori traditions alive while promoting cultural identity and storytelling through play.

 

What values are expressed in the game? 

Ki o Rahi likely refers to the concept of Ki (life energy) in a state of freedom or without limitation. It could suggest an unrestrained flow of energy or spiritual freedom, depending on the context. The term isn’t widely recognized in mainstream practices but may be used in specific philosophies or teachings to convey a path of energy or the absence of rigid structure.

 

Take one value from the game and explain how it is linked to the origin story.

One key value in Ki-o-Rahi is whanaungatanga (relationship and teamwork). This reflects the origin story, as Rahi relied on the support of others—his allies, the environment, and even spiritual guardians—to overcome challenges and find Ti Ara. Just as Rahi couldn’t succeed alone, players in Ki-o-Rahi must work together, communicate, and trust each other to win the game. This value reinforces the importance of unity, just as in the legend where connections and cooperation helped Rahi on his journey.

Animal Farm ending

At the end of Animal Farm, Pilkington and the other farmers come to eat dinner with the pigs at the farmhouse. As the other animals watch through the window. the animals are unable to tell the pigs and humans apart because the pigs have started dress and behave exactly like the humans.

Why?

The ending is to express the animals realization that the pigs have become as cruel and oppressive as human farmers.

What was the message?

The political power is always the same, whoever has is and whatever ideology is used to justify it.

World parallels similar to animal farm.

The Russian revolution is similar to Animal Farm because is 1917 two revolutions overthrew the imperial government.

My 2025 Goals

What am I looking forward to this year?

This year I am looking forward to having new classes, build more friendships, do more activities and pass NCEA

What changes would you like to make last year?

The changes I would change this year would be to know more about the subjects and do do even more fun activities.

My option classes are P.E, Photography and Business studies.

My goals for them is to try and pass them and learn about the subjects.

what would I like to achieve by the end of the year would be to pass almost all classes and have a great year.

Reflection Blog

Year 10 has been a very great year, its been fun and I’ve gotten to know a even more things about my friends and classmates. The classes I’ve been in have been really fun and to try new things, Some lows from the year are being away from my friends in separate classes and them not coming to school.

I have enjoyed doing Metal work, health, Science and many more.

My goals for next year will be to get better at different areas in different classes.

To My future self if I make it to year 13 I hope school was fun and each class you do is good.

Recapping Mathematics

1. What was the most enjoyed part of the year?

My most enjoyed part was doing a bunch of different things in mathematics but I really liked doing algebra. I liked to do the quiz’s at the end of the terms and doing card games each Friday.

2. What was the most memorable moment in mathematics year 10?

The most memorable thing in mathematics this year is doing the card games and having fun times.

3. What did I find the most challenging?

The most thing I found challenging would maybe be test or just some other maths tasks.

4. What is my feeling moving into NCEA level 1 maths next year?

I think it will be great and a harder challenge.

Medicine and Health Issues Assessment

Medicine + Health Conditions

1. WSM is short for Western Scientific Medicine

WSM is a system where doctors, surgeons and other health care professionals treat symptoms and disease using drugs, radiation and surgery. What WSM wants to do to help your body is to prevent diseases, slow them down or possibly curing it.

CAM is short for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

CAM is used to describe a medical product or practice that’s considered mainstream, conventional or traditional medical care.

TM is short for Traditional Māori Medicine.

TM involves a use of native plant based remedies, a spiritual healing through prayer.

2. The health issue I have chosen is depression.

3. Three states on how to cure depression is psychotherapy (CAM), medication (WSM) or support group (CAM).

4. The four areas on depression for your hauora.

For your mental health you struggle to make decisions.

For your physical health you could harm yourself if its really bad depression.

For your social health you will want to be alone and not want to talk to anyone.

For your spiritual health you might feel like you’re disconnected or cut off from God.

5. Three negatives on depression is that you may gain weight or lose weight, trouble concentrating or making decisions and lack of energy.

Three positives on depression is that if gives time for people to reflect more deeply about there lives, life purpose and hopefully find a way to make important changes in there lives that will serve them better overtime.

 

 

Stoneman Syndrome

Stoneman Syndrome

Stoneman syndrome is a rare condition that turns the body’s connective tissues slowly into bones. out of 1 in 2 million have the rarely disease, its caused by gene mutations and mainly starts from the shoulders and neck and goes down the the legs. When the disease happens a second layer of bone grows over your first set of bones in a  process called heterotopic ossification.

If you have surgery to try and fix the disease is it unlikely that it would cure the disease because it might trigger immense bone growth because of invasiveness of the surgery.

The impact of your hauora if you got this disease is that you wont be able to move your body and wont be able to do many things and will probably make you upset.

How can this disease Occur?

It’s mainly by chance if it happens it starts to develop in your first ten years of life.

How many people have gotten stoneman syndrome?

There has only been about 700 reports of stoneman syndrome.

Is it painful to have stoneman syndrome?

It is painful because of the bone growth causing mild fevers, inflammation, swelling and discomfort.

Stoneman Syndrome: A rare disease that gradually throughout life turn tendon into bone : r/Damnthatsinteresting

School strike 4 climate

What is climate change? 

Climate Change is long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns which has sped up over the years.

What is causing climate change?

The cause of climate change is that people are cutting down forests for materials and it is bad for us because we are slowly losing oxygen from all the trees getting cut down. Fossil fuels,coal, and oil are being burnt polluting gas into the air and since there are people cutting down trees they won’t be able to get rid of all the greenhouse gases.

As greenhouse gas emissions blanket the heat, it traps the the sun’s heat and makes global warming and climate change. The temperature is making the world warmer each year and making a risk for humans each year.

School strike 4 climate

Friday 15th 2019 tens of thousands of young people marched through towns and cities throughout Aotearoa New Zealand they were protesting for climate change and wanted people to know because they were concerned on what could happen in the near future for Earth. more than 40 events were being held across New Zealand. Some of the things the organisers wanted to do was pass a zero Carbon act laying out to get Carbon neutrality by 2050. Another one was that that they wanted to stop all exploration and extraction of fossil fuels.

The protest caused some some controversy in some places around the country, with people questioning whether the striking was a worthwhile use of learning time. The prime minster at the time (Jacinda Ardern) released a statement acknowledging the strike saying “Climate change is my generation’s free nuclear free moment for them its literally their future”

The Strike began in Sweden on August 2018 when a 15 year old girl took the day off school to protest outside the Swedish parliament holding a sign that said school strike for climate. since then the school strike for climate has become a worldwide movement to protect the future environment.

Safety and medicine

Medicine safety 

Point 1-  Make sure you use your medicine on time. If you don’t use your medicine on time it might not work or would cause some sort of sickness

Point 2-  Don’t mix your medication up. If you mixed up your medicine with some other medication it could not work or could make you sick from using the wrong medicine.

Point 3- Take the right amount. if you take more than the right amount it could cause illnesses or be bad for you to use more then the right amount.

Point 4- Use your medicine on how its attended to be used. Don’t consume medicine for fun

What do you currently do to be safe with medicine?

Follow each points and and take medicine when I need to.

Testing pH Template

Aim: why did we do this experiment?

We did this experiment to see what pH level of some household chemicals are at.

Equipment:

  1. Safety glasses
  2. Litmus paper (Red and Blue)
  3. Universal indicator
  4. Spotting tile
  5. Household chemicals or other substances
  6. Pipette (dropper)

Method:

  1. Gather your equipment and put your safety glasses on.
  2. get your equipment ready and use your pipette to drop around 3-5 drops of your household chemicals into the spotting tile.
  3. put your blue and red litmus paper into the household chemicals and see what colour it changes to or stays the same.
  4. put some drops of your universal indicator into the household chemicals to see what colour it changes to.
  5. after you see what the colours are you can clean everything up and put every back where you found them.

Results:

Discussion:

Why did different household chemicals change colours?

The household chemicals we used has different of bases and acids

How did you know if these chemicals were acidic or basic?

we used tiny pieces of litmus paper and put them into the chemicals to see if they turned red or blue

Why might Universal indicator be more useful than Litmus paper?

Universal indicator can be used many times than litmus paper only be using once a piece. It can also be useful to show more variants of colours then litmus paper only showing 2 colours only.

Conclusion:

Did the experiment work?

The experiment worked quite well and looked very good after we finished.

what could you do to improve science next time?

do it more quicker.