Category: Hanga | Create

Language is important for a Culture to maintain – Writing

Topic: Language is important for a Culture to maintain.

Dear Whittakers,

I was surprised to know you had used New Zealand’s 1st official language in the title of your ‘Creamy Milk’ Chocolate bars, and I’d like to acknowledge you for that as not many Companies are brave enough to step up!


But I do imagine you continuing this as ‘Language is important for a culture to maintain’, a reason why is because Language Influences the personal identity of those living within the culture, Meaning it’s what and how People can bring their Language to different places around the world.

One other reason why you used Te Reo Maori is good, is because it helps us Maori communicate better with you! We can acknowledge it between out Katiaki’s and hopefully it inspires other companies!

But now I just want to Thank you for completing that gesture

Nga mihi.

Mana Ako Club – Fresh Art Gallery


Last Thursday on the 15th of September us Mana Ako kids got the chance to visit an exhibition in Ōtara! It was called the Fresh Gallery!

Some things I want to mention from this trip is the amount of respect we got from the staff, their names were Dema and Rachel!
Huge respect to them as they were able to boost my taste in different types or arts!

Another highlight I wanted to mention was an art piece mostly portraying a females body which was named ‘Kagi’ by an artist named Nita.  It may seem a little inappropriate to mention but I really do think that was a good idea, because of the contrast of all the colours and how different the dimensions felt! The mediums the artist used were quite unexpected, she used oil paint + oil pastel + a layer of acrylic on the canvas!

But the overall conclusion is that I really did enjoy my stay there, and if I was someone to be a judge or even a person walking by I’d definitely rate this a 5/5!