Drax project study

Drax Project


Background on the Drax project
The band is from Wellington, New Zealand. There is no other information I can find about where each member has come from.

What is their work?
They are very famous for their creative and different workings of music. The Drax Project is a New Zealand Pop - R&B - Jazz - Hip Hop music band. They have created many songs. This is a list of their songs. Woke up late, Toto, Only us, Sidebit, Prefer, Cold, Seemed like trouble, Come to me, City lights, Real, See in colour, Goldmine, Falling out of sight, So lost,  GO,Horizons, and Turn your lights down low.

Know your rights.

Knowing you rights

The Fair Trading Act allows us as consumers to have the rights to refunds and be able to take a business to court for false advertisements and more. The commerce commission's goal is to stop the false and unfair trade. The only other people to be able to be responsible for the act on unfair trade is the consumer and producer. The act apply's to two groups, Consumers and Producer. The act apply's to the false and unfair making in a contract . This means that when you sign a contract if it seems unfair or put you at a disadvantage from everyone else. The act may not apply to when you buy an item and break the producers policy or the policy for the product. The producers need to put them self's in the consumers "shoes" so that they can see what the consumers see in a product. The commission is empowered to protect us as kiwis from unfair contracts. If you need to report a business you need to find out more about the information they are giving you and be able to back up your argument and go to the commission page and make a report.

My group work on Traditional Maori medicine

I have learnt that the Maori would have survived with out the Europeans coming into their lives and they would have had every injury fixed in like a week.





Our video presentation

Traditional Maori Medicine

I have learnt that the Maori have created very extensive medical care and that they have been able to heal each other before they were invaded by European's.

Internal herbal treatments were given for:

respiratory ailments like asthma, bronchitis, and coughs.

stomach, bowel, and urinary tract problems.

menstrual and birthing difficulties.

at least one form of tuberculosis.

External herbal treatments were given for:

fractures and wounds

boils.

burns.

eczema.

leprosy.

ringworm.

warts.

Traditional Maori Instruments

I have learnt that the Maori have a very different way of creating instruments.

Info on the Pūtātara: The Pūtātara is used for new arrivals to a marae or the birth of a child. It is also used to summon people for formal learning or as a call to arms. Pūtātara are highly prized. The Triton shell is rarely found in Aotearoa, only occasionally washing up on beaches in the Far North. It is regarded as a special gift of Tangaroa, the god of the sea.

Info on the Pūkāea: The Pūkāea is used to welcome people and announce events or occasions of importance, and was also a war trumpet. Pūkāea vary considerably in length, with some known to be over 2 metres long. The mouthpiece end is the kōngutu. The bell-shaped end is called the whara.

Karanga weka: This instrument was used to mimic the call of the weka. Māori have many instruments for imitating bird calls – leaves and grasses, tubular plant stems, hollow stones, and pounamu (greenstone).

Reflection on Fridays Practical in Food

Scones

Ingredients

3 cups plain flour

6 teaspoons Baking Powder

¼ teaspoon salt

75g butter

1 to 1 ½ cups milk

Method

1. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl
2. Cut butter in until it resembles fine breadcrumbs
3. Add milk and mix quickly with a knife to a soft dough
4. Knead a few times
5. Place baking paper on tray.
6. Press scone dough onto this. cut into 12 pieces.
7. brush with milk
8. Bake at 180c for  10 minutes

What went well on Friday?= Nothing for my group.

What needs to be improved?= Timing.

What was something you learn't?= I learnt my team can not speak up and work with me.

100 word challenge

pure
poetry
gene
conductor
transparent

Today started with pure blue skies like everyday. I started work, im a poetry writer for the newspaper. The genes of this building is amazing, this building has been passed down through many generations of my family. We have a conductor who conducts what our poetry is about today. We have one big problem in this office is that all our wires are transparent so when we try to get one fix we don't know which one leads to what computer or output signal.