My Speech

This week we presented our speeches.

I felt nervous, my arms were shaking and my teeth were chattering.

But at the end, I felt relieved! I was so happy I'm done.

We included our pepeha.

We had to use a clear voice, stand still, speak loudly, go at our own pace, look up at the crowd, use expression and be confident.

Our speeches needed to include a rhetorical question and be persuasive.

My speech was on Lions escaping the Rotorua lakefront circus 33 years ago.

Tihei Mauri ora! 

Ko Pepeha Ki ahau 

Ko Titirangi Te maunga

Ko Taruheru Te awa 

Ko Horouta Te waka 

Ko St Marys star of the sea Te marae 

No Tamaki ahau  

Ko Hato Maria toku kura 

Ko Jayda ahau

No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.

Have you ever been to a circus? Well 33 years ago in the Rotorua lakefront lions escaped the Rotorua circus. Four big cats ran heroically all over town after they escaped there cage in a circus called the Whirling Brothers circus. 

The owner and his wife had a black poodle called Lucy. Well the owner was doing his tricks in the big tent the wife let Lucy out of the caravan to go to the toilet, but the caravan is right next to the lions cages and Lucy got attracted by the lions meat and when over. 

The lion sniffed Lucy from behind the bars, picked her up with its paw and was now in the lion's cage. Lucy tried to sniff the meat, but sadly the lion swiped her with its paw and killed Lucy. 

The lions were shaking the cage and wobbling the cage. There were at least 500 people in the tent when it happened. Once the lions got out of their cage, the wife of the circus called the police amendly. 

The first Policeman that came in his car, had to many things going on in front of him and went straight into a tree. The second police officer that came, he came on his motorbike, and he feel of his motorbike. 

The Elfa lion got under the hospital, so the police and the owners built a cage. The police said “I'm not getting under there!” and the owner said “well I can't! I gotta close the cage!” so the wife stepped forward and said, “Well I’ll do it then!” she grabbed a broom and shooshed the lion out of under the hospital. They put all the lions back in one big cage, and that was the end of that show!