Last Thursday we went to stay at the Te Poho Rawiri marae .We learnt lots about it's history. Once we arrived the tangata whenua welcomed us on to the marae .They then told us about all the patterns that told stories that had been carved into the the marae. The marae is currently eighty nine years old .It's turning ninety years old soon. Once you have been welcomed onto the marae it becomes your marae.
So you become apart of it.
After the powhiri we spent the day doing fun traditional maori activities .We got to weave some harakeke .We go to make some cool maori tuku tuku patterns .Me and my group had so much fun .
We learnt so many new things .After a yummy dinner we performed kapa haka to parents that come along to watch the performance. The jump jam team and I also did a dance .
Overall I had an awesome trip at the marae apart from the sleep and getting woken up at 3 am in the morning. It was an amazing place to visit .Especially because I hadn't been to the marae before either.
Here is some pictures of our stay at the marae.
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