By Aria Bennett

Yawn....I'm so tired. Yesterday we had a hāngī. A hāngī is a special Māori tradition of cooking in the ground.

First we had to wake up at 6.30am in the morning so I could be at Macandrew Bay School at 7.30am. We had to wait until everyone was there, then when everyone was there we sang Matariki twice. We walked to Macandrew Bay School and we saw some of the kid's dads digging a big hole on the wet, muddy and brown grass. Then we went to the school library and the choir sung I Belong by Roseanne Reid. One of the girls, Rosie, said a karakia and we had a delicious breakfast. We had toast and milo. Some of the kids brought their own breakfast. Some kids went to see the dads light the fire. Then we we went to our classrooms to peel some veggies. We did 20 kilos of potatoes!

After my class finished peeling the potatoes we did some learning about a hāngī. Then we did workshops. I did two. I did woollen stars with a kids mum Bec and painted stars with a girl in my class. We went home for a bit and after that we came back to school.

The food came out of the ground and they set the food up so people could grab and go. We also had some yummy fried bread. We could finally eat the delicious food.

The end!