...on Albatrosses, the Year 4's learnt about roimata toroa. One story from the Ngāti Porou tribe which links back to their ancestors, tells of how the ancestor Pourangahua brought kūmara (sweet potato) to New Zealand. The two sacred albatrosses which accompanied him were the source of the tukutuku design, known as roimata toroa (albatross tears). The students learnt how to cross stitch and make their own tukutuku designs. First, as part of a maths lesson, students had to work out how to divide up the Aida material so there was a piece for everyone.