Not so long after the term started, we recently had a year 9 history trip to the bats nest also known as Ruapekapeka and the hellhole of the Pacific or Kororareka. I will also include the other significant places being the st michaels anglican church in Ohaewai, Pouerua and the Waitangi treaty grounds. I will tell you about the vast couple days we had.
On the first day of the trip, it was a Wednesday. The first place we travelled to was the Church in Ohaewai where I learnt about the history of the pa and the church. Then we walked through the path around the tree and ran back. It was a historical place that I don’t really go to a lot. During the walk some cows ran over and started to moo at us. We ran to the bus to go to our next destination.
The second place we drove to was Pouerua, Not much was told about this place. All I was able to hear was that it is a pa.
The last place we travelled to was Ruapekapeka which took about 20 minutes to get to from Pouerua. We first had Lunch at the park by the entrance, then we had to wait a little bit to go to the British campsite. After the visit to the campsite, we walked over to the actual pa. We ran and jumped over the wide, historic trenches. Then we went to see the big tree. I’m pretty sure it was a puriri tree. Then we jumped on the bus and went home.
On the last day of the trip we travelled to Kororareka to see the church with all the holes carved into it. I got to see my mum’s boss at the job. Then we jumped back onto the bus and ventured our way to the pa with the flagpole that Hone Heke cut down. After the treacherous time at the pa we travelled back to Opua just to go to the Waitangi treaty grounds. At the treaty grounds we saw everything about the history of Waitangi and saw the marae and we played on the field. After the long walk we went back to the bus to go back to the boring school.
I think the best time overall was playing with the old handball we found at the beach at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, my least favorite time was going back to school on the bus.