The Rock Warrior - retold by Chris

The Patupaiarehe people lived around the lakes of Rotorua at a place called Ngongotaha hundreds  years ago. These people were fair skinned and they were very good gardeners.

The Tipua people were giants and they were very bad tempered. These people wanted to take the beautiful lake and the land away from the Patupaiarehe people.

One day the Tipua war party marched through the Mamaku forest towards Ngongotaha. The Patupaiarehe people became very scared. They asked their leader to save them with his magic spell.

Tongakohu lit a fire and began chanting his magic spell. Soon the Tipau giants started feeling tried and they decided to stop marching and take a rest. After a while the Tipau giants wanted to move but they could not because they had turned into rocks. Finally, Tongakohu was able to save his people from the Tipau giants.

My Dream

My name is Christian Patrick Eliza and I am from Tongatapu Nuku’alofa. I have one sister and one brother and I am the eldest. I turned 12 on 17 April 2012. The only thing that is amazing is that when it was 2011 I turned 11 and now it is 2012 and I am 12 ! So it keeps on going on and on. My mom has her birthday in July and my Dad in November. We live in Glen Innes. My grandpa used to be a commando for the Tongan police. My goal is to be like him one day. He loved being a policeman because he wanted to follow his grandpa's footsteps. My mom and dad were born at the    Vaiola Hospital. My favourite colour is blue and I really enjoy Mcdonalds.

I am interested in a singer called Michael Jackson because I have been one of his fans since I was little.

I really want a Rugby Scholarship when I finish college or University. When I was about 5 my dream was to be a future All Black. I still have that dream. I play for a club called University Rugby Club and that's where some All Blacks started playing when they were little. In my future I would like to see robots as our equals because they can do all the boring everyday jobs. That means I can get on and do the really exciting stuff in life.