Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Introduction

New Zealand is in the south-western Pacific Ocean and southeast of Australia. You can make sure where it is from this map. As you can see, it's very far from Japan. I have never been there, so I want to. I would like to visit Huka Falls, which is in Taupo, and Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley in Rotorua to see Pohutu Geyser, because I like to feel the power of nature.

I'm sure that I will experience the gifantic sounds of falls and geyser when I go Hula Falls and Pohutu Geyser. Especially, I want to see Pohutu Geyser. Pohutu means "big splash" or "explosion." That must be powerfull sounds. It is said that it explode from the ground up to 30 meters high which bursts into life 10-20 times a day. I adore these natural powers.

I am interested in Maori Langage too. I noticed that many of Maori words were similar pronuciation as Japanese, so I want to know the defferences between Japanse and Maori Language. And also, I learned that people who speak Maori language are fewer than past year in spite of the official language in New Zealand. Therefore, I will reserch how the NZ government are solving this problem now, and I will talk about this in my presentation in the end of this semester.