Lave Melvin Tevita Tana - Tommy Kapai

Tana Cross country

When I was going for a run I got scared and I had butterflies because I might come last.Mr. Burt clapped the clappers and we started to run. When we started running the mud was splattering all over our t-shirts. I was making squelching sounds by putting my feet in the mud while I was trying to catch my breath. My leg muscles ached and it hurt but I still ran. I was jogging steadily gasping for my breath and I was so exhausted.  

When I made it to the bridge I said to myself, “this is more harder then I thought it was”. When I was running on the mud my shoe came off and my socks got wet. My feet were cold, I tried not to get cold but I slipped over and it got more cold. When i was running I saw Tevita, Melvin and Piri walking. I was sprinting to catch up to them and I did catch them. When I got there we talked and ran.  

We were running and then we started to split up. I was running thinking that I was going to come last at the cross country, but I still tried my best. When I saw the finish I sprinted fast so I wouldn’t come last. I did my best to support my group and I didn't come last.     

Tana and Tevita - Smoking is bad

Smoking is really disgusting and dangerous because it can cause many health problems. There are over 4000 harmful chemical in cigarettes. The three main disgusting chemicals in cigarettes are nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide. Tar is a disgusting brown sticky substance that causes nasty diseases. It can damage your lungs, brain, and heart. It can cause you to have a heart attack. The main thing I don’t like about smoking is that people can die and suffer. More than 4500 people in N,Z every year.


Smoking is also hard to quit because it is so addictive. When people first start smoking you get a sense of pleasure but if you try to quit it will be very hard. But if you stop smoking you will stress a lot because your body is craving for nicotine.



Teenagers start because they want to be cool like their friends. But if they keep smoking they will be addicted to the smokes. If teenagers smoke their mind says to smoke again. Teenagers need to be strong-minded and walk away.

If there is anybody out there thinking about starting smoking my advice is don't start.

Precious Mckenzie - Tana

Precious McKenzie was a well known as a NZ weightlifter but he wasn't really from NZ. He was born in 1936 in Durban South Africa. He is 1.45m tall. He got his name when he was baptized. His mother called him Precious One because he survived a fever that almost killed him.

In his early childhood his Dad died from a crocodile attack. Because of this his mother started drinking so her kids got taken off her. They were looked after by foster mothers. Unfortunately these families didn’t feed him well which is why he is so short.

Precious wanted to be in the circus because of his good gymnastic but he can’t because of his skin colour. So he went to weightlifting and he won the bantamweight title.

Precious Mckenzie was not selected for the Empire games olympic because of his skin colour. They refused to have equal rights players. So he went to England where he competed for England in the 1996 Commonwealth games and he won the Commonwealth Title.

Brown brother

Joshua Iosefo, a perfect at Mt Roskill Grammar,He had to deliver a speech to the school. Instead of a speech he wrote a poem titled “Brown Brother” Rashad post in an youtube where it care to the attention to Campbell live, who presented on national television.

This poem was about people that believe in stereotypes. Joshua tells the school to don’t be afraid to change don’t listen to stereotypes like limiting yourself. Not a change in skin tone or colour, but a change of one brown brother to another.

I felt really surprised because his poem is really good and nice. He talks about interesting stuff like skin tone stereotypes and more. We really appreciate his poem because it’s cool and fantastic.

Click here if you would like to see Joshua Iosefo's poem.

Art Alive

Kiwi kick

As we walked over to the courts I could see the flags flapping heavily the leaves falling off the trees. My body was shivering and my teeth were chattering my hands were numb and I rubbed it fast so it could be warm. We met Sam and Anita which were the coaches they were teaching us how to play Kiwi Kick. We were at the courts they teach us some skills of Kiwi kick like drop punt high pass and chest pass that was some of the skills that they taught us. It was cool that we were going to Kiwi kick for another year. My favorite skill in Kiwi kick is the high pass because you get to jump and catch the ball.

The 2nd Week we learn how to drop punt in groups of 2 and it was hard . I always kick the ball on the wrong directions and my partner always runs for it .  We played a game that we have to roll the ball under the leg and I alway roll down the ball under my  friend's legs


The 3rd Week and that was my best week because we are learning my favorite skill and its called  high pass. We learned high pass and you have to have a partner. Your  partner has to hold the ball up and you have to run fast as you can and you have to jump high and catch it and it was hard. After we played a game that you have to go in teams and you have to throw the ball to the other team. Our team won and we struggle how to do it but it was still nice.