Roopu Rakau

Roopu Rakau Yesterday the boys from the kapa haka roopu finally had a chance to work on their rakau. First we did a karakia to start off our day once we finished our karakia we got handed our rakau. Then we got given instructions about safety, which we had to be careful on how we handle the power tools. After that we began to sand the bark off our rakau it was really tiring to do but we still got there. Then later on we got the electric sanders first we used p80 ( we didn't really understand what that meant), then we used p120 sandpaper to make it even smoother. We would have our usual breaks at morning tea and lunch then we would get back to our rakau, once we finished sanding with the p120 we would an other sander we called the black smoother sander we all laugh because it was really funny it took a long time to do but we finished using the black smoother sander. We used this special oil to make our rakau shiny (if you drank the oil you would most likely die). We called it coating oil because we used it to coat the rakau we had to use a cloth and some gloves, when we had done we took a photo. I really enjoyed doing the rakau with my friends.





My Friends are really funny sometimes.