This month, August, our whole school has visited our local marae, Arahura Marae, just north of Hokitika.
We have 360 students at our school so that was too many to go at once. We were split into 4 groups and the groups had both older students and younger students and some in the middle syndicates. This way we ended up with buddies, like a tuakana/teina system. It meant we had to help each other out.
We had about four practices per group going and our class, Te Hiringa, helped lead these. We had to teach the rest of the school about the powhiri process and what happens and why it happens.
We loved our trip there and listening to the stories about the marae.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Alodia and I'm from Owairaka school.I really liked looking at the photo. It reminded me of my first time going marae. If you want to see my blog, here is the link https://odsalodiake.blogspot.com/
hi my name is jordy i really liked looking at the photo .it reminded me of my first time going to a marae.
ReplyDeleteKia ora Te Hiringa,
ReplyDeleteIt's been awhile now since you went to the marae but what an opportunity it was to learn more about your marae. Can you remember any of the stories you heard? I like hearing the stories about the Tipuna of Aotearoa and what amazing people they were.
Tania
kia ora im Olivia from yaldhurst school
ReplyDeleteyou brought me back to when i went to the marae it was very far away it looked like you had a nice time