Activity 3 : Top secret street art

Day 4 : Thursday 9th January
Activity 3 : Top secret street art



The two street arts I chose were the ones above, you can find them just streets away from each other in Christchurch. Some similarities I notice is that they are both using some very vibrant colours, like blue and yellow, I also notice that they have people (or a person) in both arts as well as the fact that each painting has another type of painting inside it. For example in the right photo the art is drawn inside the word love, and in the left there is a plane and other little things in the drawing of the person. Some differences I notice is that the left photo is drawn in a more realistic form and in the right photo they have drawn in a more cartoon like. Another thing is that on the left, the art is inside of a word (the word LOVE), and on the right the art is in the drawing of a woman. Both street arts are so amazing and beautiful and with all the colours it really captures a persons eye. Personally I really love the street art on the left, but like I said before both arts are really amazing and unique in its own way.

Activity 2 : Try your own Tapa

Day 4 : Thursday 9th January
Activity 2 : Try your own Tapa

My : Tapa

I tried to keep my Tapa simple, each row of triangles only has 7 of them, it wasn't by mistake but on purpose, I made sure to only keep 7 triangles in each row because it represents me and my siblings. Although if you look at my middle rows one has 7 and the other has 4. The space between the two represents time and how our sibling bond of 7 has gone down to 4. One of my older sisters passed away and my eldest brother and sister have gone to live their lives, leaving me and my 3 other siblings to my parents. Which is what the two flowers represent, my parents. I tried to keep my Tapa simple but yet hold a lot of meaning towards it. If I was not sick I think I could of done a better job but I feel like what I have is good enough to get my message across.

Activity 1 : Fashion forward

Day 4 : Thursday 9th January
Activity 1 : Fashion forward





Twenty-seven names is a fashion company that was originally named "Love Lies Bleeding", but after discovering that their company name was copyrighted by another company in America they decided to chance their store name instead of wasting time (and probably money) dealing with a lawsuit. Trying to figure out a new name for the company they wrote down the names of the people who have backed up and stuck with the company every step of the way. writing down every name gave the 27 in total, giving them their now new company name "Twenty-Seven Names". From looking at their clothing brand I don't think their name goes with their clothes and I really do think they should change it. Although the story behind them coming up with their store name makes up for the odd but amazing decision.

Activity 3 : Putting our heads together

Day 4 : Thursday 2nd January
Activity 3 : Putting our heads together

Link to poster : POSTER

For my poster I tried to include many important things. I was sure to add a "person" where we can see their brain (representing mental well-being) and above their brain is a storm could, to show that they, at the moment have a negative mental well-being. Then I was sure to add some main things that John and Mike shared in their sites, but in picture forms. I placed a pair of gumboots with the letters that spell out "Friday" to represent gumboot Friday. I put the smiley face there too, to represent happiness because everyone deserves to be happy. I put the "key to life" because one of the sites that was given was called "key to life". I also put a piggy-bank with charity on it because all of the money donated is given to charity to help with kids mental health care. I put the people holding hands with the letters "P, M, H" because it stands for "Positive Mental Health" which is something that Mike and John are trying to help with. I made sure to place all those things around the person to show that there are many things around that are here to help when we are mentally unstable sometimes.

Activity 2 : iMoko

Day 4 : Thursday 2nd January
Activity 2 : iMoko



Hauora has 4 dimensions, mental and emotional (one), physical (two), spiritual (three) and social (four). For all these 4 dimensions I choose to do different things to keep my well-being strong and healthy. My methods for keeping my mental and emotional well-being strong is to always think positive, because I know that my thought will affect the way i feel emotionally (towards something). For my physical well-being I always try to be active and do sports, to strengthen my ability to move. I also like to honour my values and the things I believe in (e.g god and my cultural practices). For my social well-being I like to talk and bond with my family and friends. Most importantly I like to take some time alone and listen to music, to just care and focus on myself.

Activity 1 : Medical Mavericks

Day 4 : Thursday 2nd January
Activity 1 : Medical Mavericks



Michel Mayor (on right)

For this activity I choose to read about the 2019 Nobel prize in physics, awarded to Michel Mayor. Michel was awarded the physics award for discovering an "for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star" . Michel was born on January 12th 1942, in Lausanne, Switzerland and was 77 at the time. Also at the time of receiving the award, Michel Mayor was affiliated with the University of Geneva, in Geneva Switzerland. Although Michel was not the only one to receive the 2019 Nobel prize in physics. He also shared the award with his partner Didier Queloz, but it didn't stop there. Not only did they have to share the award with each other but also with James Pebbles (but only for the theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology). So Michel was only awarded 1/4 of the prize ( along with Didier, but James receiving 1/2 of the prize).

Activity 3 : Wise words

Day 4 : Thursday 26th December
Activity 3 : Wise words



For this activity I went to my lovely older sister. It may seem weird to why I would choose her but my sister is a strong and wise person. Her wise advice that she wants people to know is, if there are people or things holding you back from you succeeding then let them or it go because nothing is more important than your success (what she said without the "ummmmm" and "uhhhhhhh").

Activity 2 :Celebrating diversity

Day 4 : Thursday 26 December
Activity 2 : Celebrating diversity 


 

The groups I have chosen are the Maya people and the Aboriginal Australians. Two interesting facts I learnt about the Maya people is that there are more than 6 million Maya (people) currently live in mesoamercia and that there are 30 different Mayan languages. For the Aboriginal Australians the two interesting facts I learnt is that Australia’s first people or also known as the "aboriginal Australians", have lived on the continent for over 50,000 years and for the second fact I learnt that Aboriginal Australians are split into two groups, the Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander peoples. (aboriginal people are related to those who already inhabited Australia when Britain began colonising the island in 1788, and Torres Strait Islander People who descend from residents of the Torres Strait Islands, a group of islands that is part of modern-day Queensland, Australia.

Activity 1 :Guiding principle

Day 4 : Thursday 26th December - Indigenous rights
Activity 1 : Guiding principle

In my poster i was sure to add the Maori and English versions of the Whakatuaki . I also created a simple family tree, travelling from my grandparents to me (none of my siblings or my parents siblings were included). I dont know too much about my family tree but I went back as far as I could to show where some of my strengths and talents came from. I also added in some online photos of the older generations passing down some skills to the young ones, for example a father and grandfather teaching son/grandson to fish.

Link to poster : Poster

Activity 3: Worth her weight in gold

Day 4 : Thursday 19th December
Activity 3 :  Worth her weight in gold

My : Brochure 

Activity 2: Whats in a name?

Day 4 : Thursday 19th December
Activity 2 : Whats in a name?



My name, given to me by my fabulous mother is a very lovely name. I was named after my great grand-mother on my fathers side, which is a real honour for me, but if I was ever allowed to change my name it wouldn't be so hard to choose. Growing up my name was always mocked, and although "Limiteti" is a beautiful name many kids did not know the proper tongan pronunciation, so when thinking of a new name I've had lots of time to do so. When I was younger I always wanted to change my name Sophia or Emma, because they sounded like really cute girl names that all the boys would love. Although right now its a bit different, I'm older now and I know what I would want to change my name to, it wouldn't be a very big change but I would have to choose the name "Lorena". There is only one reason why I would change my name to Lorena is because it belongs to the most strongest person I've ever known. That woman being my very own, lovely and amazing mother.

Activity 1: Making a racket - Day 4

Day 4 : Thursday 19th December - Individual Pursuits
Activity 1 : Making a racket

For me by watching the videos I was able to learn so many things, things like how Serena and Venus are two very popular and high payed tennis players. I also learned that these two talented players are SISTERS! and that they are some of the most richest athlete women payed. Serena coming 1st and Venus coming 5th for highest payed women athletes. I also learnt from the sisters that men and women in the tennis industry don't get equal opportunities, for example in some tournaments they wont get equal pay. Something id still want to know is what are they doing right now to help with getting equal pay for men and women, and if they arent currently doing anything then what are they planning on doing to help get equal pay?.

3 things I found out:
1. Serena and Venus are sisters
2. They are both some of the highest payed women athletes (Serena coming 1st and Venus coming 5th
3. Men and women are not treated the same in the athletic industry

Something I still want to know:
1. What are they doing right now to help with getting equal pay for men and women
2. what are they planning on doing in the future to help get equal pay for men and women.