Billy T James

About Billy T James

 Billy T James was known by being a musician, entertainer  and comedian. He performed in a variety of shows around New Zealand.Billy T James grew up in Waikato and then moved to Whangarei where he went  to school and lived. He went to  Whangarei boys high school.   In 1988 Billy T James had come across a sudden heart disease where he had to undergo heart surgery.  Unfortunately the surgery was unsuccessful and he had to get a heart transplant. After he recovered he returned to the stage of the Aotea Centre in April 1990 for the special Billy T James, Alive and Gigging.  His health suddenly went downhill after that, in February 1991 he fell ill will heart failure once again. He sadly passed at Greenlane Hospital in Auckland on the 7 of August 1991. 

• Billy T James real name : William James Te Wehi Taitoko!

• Billy T James  was born in 17 January 1949  in Cambridge, New Zealand

• Billy T James died on the 7 of August 1991 aged  ( 42)   In Auckland , Zealand. (He died of a major heart attack)

• Billy T James is half Māori and half Scottish

• Billy T James was laid to rest in Mount Taupiri

What do you think of Billy T James ?

 Have you watched him before ? 

 Do you think he was making fun of his own culture  for fame ?  

Was he good at what he did ? 

Do you think Billy T James’s comedy would be popular in our time ?

What's your funniest episode/show Billy T James Produced Do you think Billy T James was racist? Why or why not?

Harvesting Kuta and Kiekie

Yesterday  Nga Here Kahikatea was privileged enough to go to lake Ianthe, with Matua Joe,Gordy,Whaea Kylie and Nixon ( a grandson of Matua Joe). 

It was an hour and a half long trip to get there. Once we got there  Matua Joe told us to start with a Karakia to thank the atua for giving us this useful resource. After we did the Karakia we got onto getting the Kuta. Matua Joe said the longer the better for the weaving.Matua Joe explained how to get it from the root/bottom of the water.  Then the boys went right into the cold water.After they found the bottom  they pulled it forcefully but not too hard so it didn’t snap in half. After we collected the Kuta Matua Joe had put it into a tarp so it could be protected. Once we finished getting the Kuta Whaea Kylie told us to get in a circle and say one thing we learned about it. 

When we finished getting Kuta we moved onto getting Kiekie. Matua Joe explained how to get the Kiekie and what to do with it which was pulling the white bits off because those are the things that are useful. To get the Kiekie one student had to volunteer, Morgan decided that he wanted to do it. Morgan went not too far in the bush and he found some nice and healthy Kiekie.  Matua Joe also said the darker and richer it is the  better it will be .After he found it he grabbed the bottom and pulled the stem off the tree. After we collected the Kiekie we put it into a pile. After that we grabbed one or more pieces of Kiekie each and  started to pick the dark green leaves off and pull the middle white strands out of the plant. After we finished doing that we gave the good white strands to Matua Joe for him to keep them protected for the weaving.  

With the Kuta and Kiekie we are drying them out and weaving them into mats. This is going to help us with our learning background of harvesting and weaving plants. 

Whare Heihei/ Chicken Run!

 Today in Maths our class NHK had to work on a area and perimeter  task . We had to get a piece string that was 12 m in length and try to design as many shapes that would equal out to be 12. We had to try and make a Chicken run for "henry ". 

The task said that we had to try and make the largest perimeter   . Isy and I found three ways on how to do it: 5+5+1+1= 12, 4+4+2+2= 12 and 3+3+3+3= 12.