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Maori Culture
Southwell Culture
Indian Culture
The maori gods are Tumatauenga-god or war Tawhirmatea- god of weather Tanemahuta- god of forests Tangaroa- sea god Haumiatiketike- god of wild plants Raumoko god of earth quakes. Rongomatane-god of agriclture. Rangi the sky father &papatuanuku earth mother are there parents of te seven gods.
The wells retpresnt the west,east and the south well.The key retpresnt's the gate of saint peters. The black retpresnt's the saints below and the white retpresnts the saints above.
The chapel has been around since the school began. The chapel is called All hallows chaple.. It is inportent for students to go to chapel each morning. It srarts at 8:30am -8:50am.
POI E is a NZ 1984 number 1 hit song by the patea maori club. It released in 1984 when the song was sung in the maori laguage.
The Taj Mahal is considered the finest example of Mughal architecture. It is one of the 7 wonders of the world. It is in Agra , India.
The Akshardham is a hindu temple in Delhi India. It was opened on 6 November 2005. it displays centuries of tradtion indian & hindu culture.
This is southwell playing hockey agaest St Andrews on a fixture. You can go on a fixture if you are on the first 11 & second 11 team playing Netball, Soccer,Hochey,Rugby,Tennis, Cricket,Touch &Sortball.
The natihal flag of India is a rctagular shape of orange,white and green with a 24 spoke in blue at it's centre. It was presented on the 22 July 1947And became a officalial flag.
Indians treat guests as gods and guests are always looked after by members of the family. Indian culture is also about respecting elders and loving your elders. Helpful nature is athother feature in the indian culture e.g. from early days of child are hood we are tought to help one another in need of help and distress. family is about joy and sharing in india,the family culture is about love and patience.
A Hangi is a traditional NZ Maori method of cooking foods using heated rocks buried in a pit oven to use for special occasions. To lay out a Hangi it involes digging a pit in the ground,heating stones in the pit with a large fire placing baskets of food on top on top of the stones.And it will take several hours to cook. The traditional Hangi foods are pork,lamb and chicken with vegetables such as kumara,pumpkin,carrot,potatos,onions and cabbage.
EVERY CHILD IS A STAR!!!
At southwell school we have 6 core values. They are caring respect, creativity, Resiliance, Integrity and Excellecnce. We respect those 6 core values and use them everyday. Also at southwell we have 4 types of points to get to our Achievers tie which are: Service, Sport, Cultral and academic. You world have to get 10 points in each catogary to get the Achievers Tie.
This song is called pipiwharuroa it's sung by Hirini Melbourne. He was a maori composer. He was from Nga Tuhoe and Algati Kahunu the maori tribes.
This is the national anthem. We sing it at the end of assemblyever Friday. ''God Defend New Zealand'' is the one that we use.
This is a Bhajan that is called Father I Adore You.When we meet together to sing bhajan there is a traditional order.We always sing Ganesha bhajan first.
