0:00:22 > 0:00:26This story belongs to Jasper, little brother Conrad
0:00:26 > 0:00:27and Mummy Claire.
0:00:31 > 0:00:37It's a tiny tale about Mummy Claire's life and the things she used to do.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- Shall we climb up?- Yeah. - Come on this one, Conrad.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Whoa!
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Right hand across... Good climbing, Jas.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Right, that's one.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- And so quickly.- And so quickly!
0:00:58 > 0:01:02And now it is time for Mummy Claire to share her memories
0:01:02 > 0:01:06and take Jasper and Conrad on a journey of discovery.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Hey! And stop.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12This is called a globe, and it's got all the
0:01:12 > 0:01:14countries in the world on it.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- Where do you live?- Scotland. - In Scotland.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22Help me find Scotland, please. That's right, it is at the top.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Yes, that's Scotland. There's where we live.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31- Where was Mummy and Daddy born? - New Zealand.- New Zealand.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Let's find New Zealand together, Conrad. Slow down, slow down.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Get your pointing finger ready.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Oh, there's New Zealand, there!
0:01:40 > 0:01:42- Yes!- It's a very tiny country.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44It is.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50New Zealand is at the other side of the world from the United Kingdom.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55It has two main islands. Mummy Claire is from the North Island.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00Mummy was born far, far away in a country called New Zealand.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04New Zealand's really, really beautiful.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09Everyone's really friendly and the forests are gorgeous,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12with bright green leaves and tall, tall trees.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16The beaches are just lovely,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20so much fun swimming in the sea, in the Pacific Ocean.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29And then Mummy Claire talks some more about her
0:02:29 > 0:02:32memories of growing up in New Zealand.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40When I was your age, Jas, I loved to be outside.
0:02:40 > 0:02:46I loved to go to the beach and jump over the waves and find shells.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48I remember going fishing with my dad,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51and we would have little rods
0:02:51 > 0:02:56and wait for ages for a fish to nibble or bite.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Mummy Claire lived on a farm.
0:02:58 > 0:03:04Our farm was a wee farm, and it had a lot of blueberries on it,
0:03:04 > 0:03:10and some sheep, and Mummy would get the lambs and help rear them.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13I had a pet lamb, most seasons, that I would feed milk to
0:03:13 > 0:03:16in the night and during the day.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Mummy would help my daddy, who is your poppa, to mow the lawns
0:03:20 > 0:03:23and it would take us ages.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Mummy Claire also helped to pick blueberries on the farm.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Those boxes are full of hundreds of juicy blueberries.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Yum-yum!
0:03:35 > 0:03:39And today, Mummy Claire is going to show Jasper and Conrad
0:03:39 > 0:03:42how to pick blueberries in their garden.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48These blueberries remind me of when I was little.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- I grew up on a blueberry farm.- Ooh!
0:03:50 > 0:03:54My mummy and daddy had a big field full of blueberries
0:03:54 > 0:03:56and I used to help them pick them.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- Shall we pick some of these berries? - BOTH: Yes!
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Find the blue ones and use your thumb and finger to pick them,
0:04:02 > 0:04:04and we'll put them in our bowls.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08There's some great ones here to pick. Lovely and blue.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09Good choice.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Good picking, can you get another one?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Look, here's a lovely blue one! Well done!
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Great picking, using your thumb and your finger.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Mummy used to fill up my bucket full of blueberries,
0:04:22 > 0:04:26then put it into a big box in the chiller to keep them nice and cool.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Yeah, let's do that, let's put them in the freezer.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Let's put them in the freezer, Mummy.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37And we would have frozen blueberries, then, wouldn't we?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39There's some lovely ones there.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41We used to sing and listen to the radio,
0:04:41 > 0:04:45when we were picking the berries on our farm.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Ooh, can you get those ones? That's a good one. Well done.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Oh, your bowls are looking very full.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Those look delicious.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01It must have been lovely, growing up on a blueberry farm in New Zealand.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Hello!
0:05:06 > 0:05:09This is Jasper and Conrad's auntie,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12who is Mummy Claire's friend from New Zealand.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Auntie is a Maori.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Maoris are New Zealand's native people.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21They've lived on the islands for a very, very long time.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26This is a very old photograph of a Maori.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30The patterns marked on a Maori's face tell a story about
0:05:30 > 0:05:33who they are and what tribe they belong to.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37A tribe is a group of people who live alongside one another.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38A bit like a big family.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Look, Auntie is in traditional Maori dress
0:05:45 > 0:05:49and is going to give a special Maori greeting in the Maori language.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51SHE SINGS IN MAORI
0:05:55 > 0:05:57THEY SING IN MAORI
0:06:01 > 0:06:06THEY ALL SING IN MAORI
0:06:07 > 0:06:09MUMMY CLAIRE SPEAKS IN MAORI
0:06:11 > 0:06:16Touching noses like this is very special to Maori people.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20They call it "hongi", which means "to share breath".
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Isn't that lovely?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Good boy!
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Maori people also have a special place they can go
0:06:28 > 0:06:30to be together as a tribe,
0:06:30 > 0:06:34and celebrate things like birthdays and weddings.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Wow. Look at those woodcarvings.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45TRADITIONAL MAORI MUSIC PLAYS
0:06:46 > 0:06:51Jasper, Conrad, I want to show you our Vara Nui, our meeting house.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54My husband built this one for me.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57But this is similar to the Vara Nui in New Zealand.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Look, we have a statue at the top,
0:07:00 > 0:07:03and we have carvings, as well.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06What do the carvings mean?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09The carvings tell us all about our ancestors
0:07:09 > 0:07:11and what "Iwi", or tribe, we came from.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15And every village has their Iwi or tribe.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Some Maori meeting houses, like this one, are very old.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22The woodcarvings that decorate them were first made
0:07:22 > 0:07:25a very, very long time ago.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28If the tribe wanted to remember how someone looked,
0:07:28 > 0:07:30they would make a carving of them.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Because in those days, there were no cameras or photographs
0:07:34 > 0:07:36to remind people of their loved ones.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Some Maori people still make carvings like this today.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49And there is another really famous Maori tradition
0:07:49 > 0:07:51that people still do today.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57It's called the haka.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Members of a tribe dance and chant together like this.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04A haka can be performed for different reasons,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07but a long time ago, Maori warriors danced
0:08:07 > 0:08:11and chanted their haka to frighten their opponents.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13THEY CHANT THE HAKA
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Nowadays, the haka is performed most famously
0:08:16 > 0:08:19by the New Zealand rugby team.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25Here they are, trying to frighten the Scotland team before a match!
0:08:25 > 0:08:30THEY CHANT THE HAKA
0:08:38 > 0:08:40CROWD CHEERS
0:08:40 > 0:08:42SINGING
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Song and dance is also used by Maoris
0:08:45 > 0:08:48to tell stories about the past.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53These women are dancing using swinging balls, called "poi".
0:08:53 > 0:08:57It looks really tricky, doesn't it?
0:08:57 > 0:09:01THEY SING
0:09:08 > 0:09:13Auntie is going to show Jasper and Conrad how to make poi.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21- Jasper, what are these called?- Poi?
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Conrad? What do we do with poi?
0:09:24 > 0:09:28- Dance.- Yes. - Shall we make poi?- Yes.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- Jasper, shall we make some poi?- Yes!
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Five, six, seven...
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Are you making three poi?- Yes.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- So how many of you are there?- Two. - There's one Jasper and one...?
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- Conrad! One and one is...?- Two. - Two, that's right.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02'The cotton wool makes the poi nice and soft for the boys to play with.'
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- We are nearly there, aren't we?- Yeah.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12We're going to put this rubber band around it, see?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24That's it, Conrad! Tie it tight.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30The wool is plaited together to make a strong rope.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33What speedy fingers, Mummy Claire!
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- We're almost there.- Yeah.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41- Do you think Mummy should stop soon, so we have a big tail?- Yes.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Good boy.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Boys, these are the best poi ever.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04ALL: Yay!
0:11:05 > 0:11:10Maoris have been doing poi dancing for a very long time.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Look at this old film.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20THEY SING IN MAORI
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Oh, look! Mummy Claire and Auntie are doing a poi dance,
0:11:34 > 0:11:37just like the ladies in the old film!
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Poi dancing is mainly done by women,
0:11:43 > 0:11:47but a really long time ago, men used to swing poi, too,
0:11:47 > 0:11:50as exercise to make them strong.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54In those days, poi were made from heavy rocks.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58But Mummy Claire and Aunty's poi are made from soft cotton wool,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01so they can't hurt themselves.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Jasper and Conrad are joining in.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Yes!
0:12:10 > 0:12:14It's a good job those poi are soft, boys!
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- Three, two...- Come on, boys, back to your spot.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Oh, good boy, Jasper!
0:12:21 > 0:12:23THEY SPEAK IN MAORI
0:12:27 > 0:12:29That looks like lots of fun.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Thanks, Auntie!
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Thank you, Mummy, for telling me stories about New Zealand.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43You're welcome, Jasper. It's been really special.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Can you remember the special things that we did?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48We picked blueberries together.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Just like you did when you were little.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56We went to visit Auntie, she showed us a meeting house.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01We made pois together.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05And you and Auntie did a poi dance.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Then we all did a poi dance together.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13- And what was your favourite thing, Jas?- The poi.- Making the poi?
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- Yes. What was your favourite thing, Mum?- I loved making the poi, too.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21But most of all, I loved spending time with you both.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33What a fabulous heap of fun!
0:13:33 > 0:13:35That was Jasper, Conrad and Mummy Claire's
0:13:35 > 0:13:40tiny tale about the things Mummy Claire used to do.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Now Mummy Claire has shared her story with Jasper and Conrad,
0:13:43 > 0:13:48it's time for Jasper and Conrad to start their own stories.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Do you know someone who has a story to share?