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MIA & ALYSSA

Keep Mangonui Ataahua

Mangonui  is a beautiful place It was named after a shark.
Mangonui does not deserve to be covered in litter.

If you don’t put your rubbish in the bin it will go down the drain.
As soon as  the rubbish gets to the sea it will start to break
down into small pieces then the fish will eat the rubbish then we
will eat the fish and poison ourselves.

When plastic bags go into the ocean it looks like a jellyfish and
whales eat them. sometimes whales have ate so much rubbish
they die because they can’t digest the rubbish.

We need to keep Mangonui clean and healthy.

Many years ago one clear starry night, there was a brave chief called
Moehuri who sailed from Hawaiki. The ocean was as calm as gentle
waterfall flowing. Finally, Moehuri saw land ahead. Moehuri chanted
a karakia, soon a giant  shark approached beside Moehuri’s waka.
Mohuri said to the shark ‘‘Guide us safely.’’ When they reached the
shore, Moehuri named the place Mangonui after the giant shark.

Soon they settled on Rangikapiti Pa. They built huts to live in and
they cropped kumara to eat. Soon later,Moehuri sunk Ruakaramea
waka. It became a tapu place and a home for the shark that lead the
people to Mangonui.

Rona

Hundreds of  years ago on a island lived Rona with her children and her husband.The island was surrounded by the ocean and trees as green as tuataras. Then one day Ronas husband said ‘‘The moon is going to be good for fishing, so I will take the boys you stay back and make a hangi for us when we get back.’’ Rona looked into the gourds and they were empty. ‘I will have to go get some water from the lake.’ Rona thought So Rona ran angrily off the beach up on to  the path then suddenly the moon went behind a cloud. Rona couldn’t see she kicked her toe on a rock and then she yelled out to the moon boil your head, the moon herd Rona so the moon dived down and grabbed Rona by the waste. Rona held on to a nighio tree but the moon pulled so hard that nighio tree came out of the ground. When Rona’s husband and children were back all they saw was a uncooked hangi and no sign of Rona. but when they looked up at the moon and there was Rona up in the sky completely frozen.  

Mangonui Harbour

Not so far from the shore,  I hear boat engines as loud as barking dogs driving out to sea. I see seagulls diving like dolphins diving below the surface. There are clouds as fluffy as bunny tails in the blue sky. Stinky, yucky, slimy bait smells of rotten cheese, left there by fisherman.  The salt water is as cold as a freezer.