Maori adoration

I had my first Maori Culture and Society class today and after all the trouble I went to just to be able to take this course I thought it had better be worth it and it was! Everyone in the class is of Maori descent with the exception of the 6 international students (all from the US). Even the teacher is Maori and she introduced the class for the first couple of minutes in Maori! She spoke a lot of her family history while she introduced the topics and went off on a couple of tangents, but the best part is as she says "...well here I go off topic again, but the good thing is that everything I talk about in this class is related to the topic." I'm going to LOVE this class! Went to club day as well and joined the Amnesty International club and the Alpine Club that does skiing, caving, backpacking, and climbing trips for free! In a couple of weeks they are planning to go skiing at Mount Ruapehu and guess who is going to be first in line...