On a Wednesday morning full of burst and cold, my class and another had a chance to go on a fun trip to Tiriti matangi, a beautiful paradise full of birds that live and rest in peace. I haven’t gone on a fairy ride before but going on it for the first time was exciting!.
Before we had arrived at the island both of the classes had gone on a bus to get to the destination we were going to meet at. As we arrived in Auckland city all classes got into groups to wait for their turn to clean their shoes. Not cleaning your shoes before getting onto the fairy can cause diseases onto the fairy or the island.
As we walked down to the boat with help by a ramp, our class patiently waited for the other people to go in just for respect. As we sat down on the seats inside of the fairy it felt exciting even for first timers. As the fairy started it moved slow as a snail even an ant can move faster than that.
It took us 1 hour and 30 minutes to get to the island. As we got there we all sat down to hear what the rules were. The first rule was to not feed your lunch to a native bird on the island, The second rule was to not take any shells or rocks they stay on the island, Last rule was to enjoy it, have fun and listen to your guardians.
Our mission was to get on top of the island before the other groups. We started by learning about birds and what happened to the island before it was even a paradise full of native birds like kokako and the female and male hihi.
As we walked up the mountains we had a karakea (prayer) before we ate our lunch. Eating our lunch was the pest part. As we finished each group had activities like jenga, detective and the best activity was looking in the binoculars by the light house. Finally leaving shore with a beautiful waiata and going home.
It was a fun experience of going onto an island full of birds before we got on the both we said a goodbye and a thank you to the people who guided us. That was a fun time with my class and the others I hope we go again.