Day 5 Tuesday June 29th 2010

We woke up at 3:00am already packed and loaded our luggage on the coach, had breakfast at 3:45 and we were on our way to the Nadi Airport in Fiji. It was a 2 hour bus ride to the airport. Our flight to New Zealand was 3 hours long. We loaded the bus, met our DM Anita and our bus driver Michael. We went to the butterfly creek for lunch. The food was great. We had a 2 hour bus ride to Paparoa Marae. by the Maori. We are in the Tauranga Region. On arrival we were met by Maa and she explained the Maori culture. We entered the Maori and the chief explained it in his language and then in English. Our chief was Aaron Motley and he gave a PTP speech. They sang us a song and we sang “We are the world” we practiced for 2 hours and we were good. We then had dinner provided by the Maori which was beef, chicken, lamb, salads and bread. The kids enjoyed the food. After dinner they put on a concert for us by the Maori children and we all got up and participated. After the concert we all entered the” Maori Wharenui” Whare means house and nui means sleep. A sleeping house. Boys on one side and girls on the other teachers in the middle. We are all laughing and telling stories and eventually we will sleep.