So it's Sunday, pretty much the end of Te Huinga Tauira 2010. Woke up late and had breakfast. Some roopū had already left, so before we left there was the poroporoaki (farewell). After breakfast, the kaumatua talked to us again and then each roopū had a person to speak on behalf of each roopū regarding this past weekend. After that, a song or dance was followed. For the entire weekend, there was a Samoan family that cooked our meals. It was so awesome! So we cleaned and packed and got ready to head back to Hamilton. Left Tapu Te Ranga marae, Wellington about 12:30pm. Another long drive back home. People started to get hungary, so we stopped off at a shopping center at 2pm for lunch. Was gonna go buy KFC, but we decided to head to the food court. There weren't much food places. Food court?! So pretty much everybody bought food from this India food place. Me not ma'a to India food, don't like spicy foods! Plus we really don't have India food places back home. So, it seems that everyone liked this particular dish called butter chicken. It was so good! Plus it was mild. So I ordered that, combo kine, so that with rice and naan bread? I think I spelt it wrong, but its a type of bread. Talk bout piha ka ʻōpū! It was so ʻono!!! After that, back onto the road. Soon got dark and it feels forever to get back. Not sure what time it was, but somebody woke me up and told me to look at the mountain. I'm not sure what mountain it was, but I could see the snow! Wish I took pictures, but night time wouldn't look good. Got back to Waikato Uni at 10:30pm. That was soo long! It was faster going down then coming back. Did a little debriefing of our weekend, everyone talking one by one, sharing their thoughts and acknowledgments. Headed back to my room and went sleep!
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