I learnt that you should put the ball down without rolling it and to step to the side so the receiver pop the ball right back up to you so you can make metres for the team and get closer to the try line. On defence, we had Takirua calling the plays. On defence he had code names like yours for a cut and on offence all we needed to do is listen to the leader to either take the touch or make the run. We didn’t try ( I don’t really remember ) making strategies I think. One thing I would say that was a highlight is having fun and getting to know the sport a little bit better. Next week I want to contribute to my team by… being more confident and planting the ball with control and placing the ball horizontally for the person to pick up more easily. 

What is force

Force is a physical interaction that, when unopposed, can change the motion of an object. It is a vector quantity, meaning it has both magnitude and direction. The standard international (SI) unit of force is the  newton (N). One newton is defined as the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram at a rate of one meter per second squared.   

One day kupe and his family went to  see his brother and said keep your octopus on your land and kupe said if you do not i will kill him so he said to him ok go and kill my octopus 

So him and his family we on a waka and went to sea and he said look the octopus and the wife  said look i think that is land and that is how the first people to see new zealand and the maori name is Aotearoa new zealand Kupe sailed from Hawaiki on a voyage of discovery taking with him his wife Kuramārotini. She had been the wife of his relative, Hoturapa, whom Kupe had tried to kill. He also had with him in his great canoe Matahorua other relatives many of whose names figure in Aotearoa place names. Many of the events leading to his departure occurred on the lagoon Pikopiko Tawhiti at Raiatea. After a long voyage across Te Moana Nui a Kiwa (the Pacific Ocean) Kupe landed on Te Ika a Māui (the Great Fish of Maui). It is said that his wife, Kuramārotini, gave the name “Aotearoa” to Te Ika a Māui. Matahorua voyaged along the coast of the “the Great Fish” “killing it” as they travelled, that is to say naming the land and possessing it as they explored.

While they were at Rongowhakaata (Castle Point), Kupe had a fight with a giant octopus. Although the traditions speak of a wheke it may, in fact, have been a giant squid or whakatere. These fight with the whales off the southern coasts of Aotearoa. In any case the great creature escaped only to meet Kupe again later in our story. Kupe and his people stayed for a time living along the coast of Wairarapa and at Kawakawa (Cape Palliser), named from a mourning wreath fashioned by his daughter. Kupe was standing on rocks looking for signs of fish when he lifted his eyes and saw the mountain Tapuae ō Uenuku on the other side of Raukawa Moana. He named the rocks Mātakitaki from his gazing out. There are other rock formations in this area named after Kupe: Nga Waka ō Kupe, Te Taiari ō Kupe and Te Puna A Kupe are some of the names.