My Marae Recount

Noho Marae Trip

Term 2 week 1, 1-2 of May, most of the class plus another class in our School went to the Arahura Marae. Most of the people stayed the night. The people that came were the Teachers, Parents and Room 7 and 5. The Marae staff were Miriama, Terry and Tangi who is Terry's little cousin. We went to the Marae because we wanted to learn about staying at the Marae.


The Wharenui
When you walk into the Marae it looks amazing. In the Marae there were patterns on the carpet and when you looked on the little low bench they had Pounamu lights. Also in the night our teacher turned all of the lights off and left the ribs/heke lights on and it looked so cool because the lights were L.E.D lights.

Evening rotations
 In the afternoon when it started to get dark that's when we started the rotations. I chose the technology challenge. And for the technology challenge Mylah, Indi, Alaska and I we were in a team together. We made Mylah look like Waitaki and she wore a skirt and a top made out of newspaper and sellotape. The next activity I did was the tukutuku panels. The tukutuku panels were so fun to do because you would weave in between the holes in the card with wool.



The next day we went on a Bush walk. Mylah and I had to find 6 plants and put a mark on a sheet. It was so easy to find the plants it took us like 5 minutes to find them all. Then we turned off at this part where you go down a smaller lane, and that lane was so much better. I felt free because there were muddy parts, parts that you had to jump down and run. It felt amazing to be there and I loved that walk! When we got to the lake we had some kai/food and the view was incredibly awesome. Then we started our way back.

I am so grateful we got to go. I could tell they put so much work and effort into the carvings. Thank you for taking us!


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