Aotearoa Day 5

Tuesday, July 6th

ʻO kēia ka Pōʻalua a he mea maʻa mau, hele i ka hale aina a ʻai i ka ʻaina kakahiaka. A ma hope, I ke kulanakauhale wau i hele ai, no ka mea, makemake wau i kekahi kelepona i mea e kelepona ai a i ole e text ai kekahi kānaka. Pono wau e kiʻi i ke kālā i mea e uku ai no ke kelepona. No laila, ua hele wau i ka hale o Travelex, he hale no nā kālā like ʻole o ke ao. ʻAʻole i hiki iaʻu ke kiʻi i ke kālā mai iā lākou, no laila, ua kiʻi wau i ke kālā mai kekahi ATM. I ka hale kūʻai kelepono o Telecom wau i kūʻai mai ai kekahi kelepono ʻemi. ʻO ia hoʻi, he prepaid. A ma hope, hoʻi maila wau i ke kulanui a uku no koʻu insurance. Loaʻa iaʻu kaʻu student ID. He haumāna au ma Waikato! Ua ʻike maka wau iā Leo, he haumāna ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ʻo ia.

Ma hope, makemake wau e kipa aku iā ʻAnakē Kim. Hana ʻo ia ma ke kula o Management. I ka wā ma mua, ua haʻi ʻo ʻAnakē Noe Noe iaʻu e kipa aku iā ia. A no laila, I kēia lā wau i kipa aku ai iā ia. Ua kūkākūkā kākou no hapalua hola paha a kono ʻo ia iā mākou (ka poʻe haumāna Hawaiʻi) i ko lākou hale no ka ʻaina ahiahi. Ua ʻae mākou a hui pū ma waho o kāna hana. ʻO mākou, ʻo Leo, ʻo Kailee a ʻo Logan. Hoihoi a leʻaleʻa, no ka mea, ʻokoʻa ko lākou kaʻa. No laila, noho wau ma ka "passenger seat". Lol! Ua hele mākou i ka hale kūʻai a makemake ʻo ʻAnakē Kim e kūʻai mai i nā mea pono. Noho lākou ma Whatawhata, kanakolu minuke ke kalaiwa. Na ʻAnakala Hotu i kuke i ka ʻaina ahiahi. 5 o lāua keiki. ʻOno loa! Piha ka ʻōpū! He ʻano stew, saleta me ka laiki! ʻAkahi nō wau a ʻai ka huaʻai o kiwi, ʻono ia huaʻai. A ma hope, ʻai iho i ka haukalima. ʻOno ka haukalima o French Vanilla! ʻOiai mākou e ʻai i ka ʻaina ahiahi, kūkākūkā mākou e pili ana i ke kulanui, ke kipa ʻana aku i nā wahi like ʻole, ka mele reggae a pēlā wale aku.

ʻO kēia ko mākou ʻohana i kēia manawa ma Aotearoa. A makemake wau e mahalo aku iā ʻAnake Noe Noe no kona mau "contacts", iā ʻAnakala Hotu lāua ʻo ʻAnakē Kim a me ʻohana no ko lākou aloha, hoʻokipa a me ka ʻaina ahiahi me ka haukalima no hoʻi. Hoʻomaikaʻi wau i ʻimi aku iā ʻoukou. Mahalo nunui!

Today is Tuesday and it’s the same thing, go to the cafe and eat breakfast. After that, went to town, because I wanted to buy myself a phone so that people could call or text me. I needed to get money so I wanted to the Travelex, it’s a foreign exchange place. I couldn’t get money from them, so I went to the ATM to get money. I went to Telecom to get myself a prepaid phone. After, I returned back to the Uni to pay for my insurance. Got my student ID. I am officially a Waikato student! Saw Leo there too.

After, I wanted to visit Aunty Kim. She works at the School of Management. Before I came here, Aunty Noe Noe told me to go and visit her. Therefore, today I went to visit her. We talked for about half an hour and she invited us, the Hawaiian students, to their house for dinner. So we said yes! We met her back at her office about 5 (Me, Leo, Kailee and Logan). Interesting and cool, because their cars are different. So I sat up front, what we call the drivers seat. Weird! Went to the store, because Aunty needed to buy some stuff. They live in Whatawhata, about 30 minutes drive away?! Uncle Hotu was cooking dinner when we arrived! They have 5 children. How can I say this but ʻOno loa! Piha ka ʻōpū! Like stew, salad and rice! I finally tried kiwi, it’s pretty good. After eat ice cream, the French Vanilla is pretty good! While we ate, we talked about all kine stuff, school, places, reggae music, those kine.

This is our family right now in Aotearoa. I really wanna thank Aunty Noe Noe for her contact, Uncle Hotu, Aunty Kim and the ʻohana for their aloha, hoʻokipa and for dinner. I am really grateful that I found you guys! Mahalo choke!