When I went in New-Zealand, I spoke with a very nice New-Zealander! :)

Here is our conversation...

Me: Hello!
Him: Hi, my name is Bryan and you?!
Me: My name is Léa!
Him: Where are you come from?
Me: I come from England..
Him: Oh Great! Why are you here?
Me: So, I'm here to visit your country!
Him: That's great! You will see it's a beautiful country!
Me: Yeah, what do you like in New-Zealand?
Him: Hum...Well, my favourite things in New-Zealand is the variety of the fauna, the flora and the landscapes.. For example, there are glacier and forest.. it's very different! :D
Me: Oh..Yeah it's great!
Him: Yeah.. That's why I left my native country, the United States..
Me: Sorry but I must go.. I'm glad to had met you!

My favourite rugby team is New-Zealand!
You had maybe gessed it!:DD



I have found the Rugby World Cup schedule by day on the web! I'll going to post it on my Website!

Here it is, the calendar of New-Zealanders matches!

If you like the hiking and if you want to discover the New-Zealand to me the best Itinarary is "Nature New-Zealand" trip.
This trip during 14days and he's amazing! I recommend it to you!

Here is the schedule of the trip:
Day 1: Christchurch
Day 2: Christchurch to Lake Tekapo
Day 3: Lake Tekapo to Mount Cook
Day 4: Mount Cook to Queenstown
Day 5: Queens town to Lumsden
Day 6: Lumsden to Stewart Island
Day 7: Stewart Island to Catlins
Day 8: Catlins to Dunedin
Day 9: Dunedin to Wellington
Day 10: Wellington to Tongariro national park
Day 11: Tongariro national park to Rotorua
Day 12: Rotorua
Day 13: Rotorua to Waitomo to Auckland
Day 14: Auckland

The "Haka" is a traditional dance in New-Zealand.
Before there were two differents types of "Haka" : the enjoyment "Haka" and the war "Haka" (with or without weapons)
The war "Haka" with weapons is called "Haka Peruperu".
The "Haka Peruperu" was dance before the war to called the war god and to warn the enemy of the fate who waited them.

Now everybody know the "Haka" ("Ka Mate") cause it's the New-Zealand rugby's national dance who's dance before the matches.

The lyrics are:
Ringa pakia !
Uma tiraha !
Turi whatia !
Hope whai ake !
Waewae takahia kia kino !
Ka mate ! Ka mate ! Ka ora !
Ka mate ! Ka mate ! Ka ora !
Tenei te tangata puhuru huru
Nana nei i tiki mai, Whakawhiti te ra
A upane ! ka upane !
A upane ! ka upane !
Whiti te ra ! Hi !

The Maori's legend say that the ancestors came from Hawaiki (Polynesia) by the ocean, by means of dugouts.
These dugouts are called "Te Waka". These are huge canoes, of 40m of lenght! These canoes were sculptured in the wood.

Now they are used for boats races like the "Waka Ama".

In the Maori culture the tatoo are very present..

The tattoe's history begin with a love story between a young man, Mataroa, and an underworld princess, Niwareka.
One day Mataroa beat Niwareka, so she left him and going to her father's realm named "Uetonga".
Mataroa was sad and decided to pursue the young girl. After he had uncoming several obstacles he finally arrived in "Uetonga", he asked forgiveness to Niwareka. She accepted so her father learnt him to do the "Te Moko".
The lovers returned to the human world and carried with them the arts of the tattoes.


To me the Maori's tattoes are beautiful!
And you what do you think about this tattoes?

This blog is about the Maori's culture...
In this website I will show you the New-Zealanders culture, The Maoris, the Rugby players, the matches's dates and a lot of other interessing things...