Te Tahawai Marae
On Monday the year 5, 6, 7 and 8 went to Te Tahawai Marae in Pakuranga . We went on a double decker bus and the boys were at the bottom and the girls were at the top. When we got there it was silent, the boys had to be at the back of the line and the girls at the front.
We were outside the waharoa as the manuhiri and the tangata whenua and Rose, Azaria and Caroline did the Karanga as we walked in to the marae. Before we got into the Marae, we had to take our shoes off because they don’t want to have their marae dirty. The boys sat at the front and the girls at the back. The hosts did prayers and sang and Bronson did a speech but he messed it up but he did it right the second time and he put the koha down. After that we did the singing. The tangata whenua apoligised because there was no men watching. After that we did the hongi and we washed our hands because it was a tradition and protocol they do.
In the Wharekai, we ate one cookie and a glass of water. After we finished eating, the tangata whenua put us into groups, the year 5 girls were in one group and the boys and year 8 were in another group. The year 5 girls were writing patterns on ancestors in the wharenui and the boys and room 4 drew an eternal line with korus to show our family in the wharekai.
In the Wharekai, we ate one cookie and a glass of water. After we finished eating, the tangata whenua put us into groups, the year 5 girls were in one group and the boys and year 8 were in another group. The year 5 girls were writing patterns on ancestors in the wharenui and the boys and room 4 drew an eternal line with korus to show our family in the wharekai.
After we finished the first lesson the year 5 were still doing the patterns on the ancestors and we got two poi’s and we danced with them to a song shaking our pois in and out, up and down. We had to spread out because the pois were hard and it would hit other people’s faces. Later after both groups finished, we swapped places and the boys and room 4 did the patterns on the ancestors. The year 5 girls were doing the eternal line and poi dance.
Twenty minutes after the lessons, we all gathered at the wharenui and the tangata whenua told us they liked our visit and they hope if we come again there will be men or boys. Mrs Driver gave a final speech for the tangata whenua. We went outside we put our shoes outside, we went to the bus. We went back to school before lunch and ate before lunchtime.
Twenty minutes after the lessons, we all gathered at the wharenui and the tangata whenua told us they liked our visit and they hope if we come again there will be men or boys. Mrs Driver gave a final speech for the tangata whenua. We went outside we put our shoes outside, we went to the bus. We went back to school before lunch and ate before lunchtime.
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