Marae Recount
On Tuesday the 5th of *march we were getting ready to go to the
Arahura *marae.
We were getting into our cars and getting ready to leave.
Everyone was excited and waiting to leave.
Powhiri Process
The drive took about 15 mins to get to the marae.
When we were out of our cars we had to put on our rain jackets because it was raining.
Before we started the powhiri process outside the gate we had to sing He Honore.
After He *honore one of the tangata whenua came and opened the gate.
Then the kaikaranga started to call us on to the marae.
Miss Ireland started to call back until we were at the edge of
the porch where the Tangata Whenua were standing. Before we went inside we took our shoes off. The boys would sit in front of the girls.
Then the whaikorero from the Tangata whenua spoke first, after he had finished the whaikorero from the manuhiri spoke.
Finally after the whaikorero was finished we sang a waiata,
and gave the gift to the Tangata whenua.
Morning Tea
After we had finished the powhiri we went
into the wharekai to have some morning tea before
we went down to the river.
There were savories, red velvet cake and water, I really enjoyed the red velvet cake. Everyone liked the food and was ready to look for some pounamu.
Pounamu Hunting
When we were down at the river it was really fun looking for
pounamu but unfortunately I did not find any pounamu, but Clem,
Sam, Ethan and some other people were lucky enough to find some pounamu. After the river we went to the beach to make sculptures.
Beach Sculptures
We were at the beach finding out our groups, I was in a group with
Nathan K, Callan, Xavier, Nathanael, Charlie and Nathan J.
We had to make a sculpture of Poutini the taniwha or Waitiki the lady,
my group made Waitiki. My group made ours out of sand and other things
we could find down at the beach.
Night Activities
We had some activities to do when we got back. There were four activities
but we could only pick two of our favourite choices.
I picked rippa rugby and carving. The other two options were weaving and ki o rahi.
The Next Day
We all woke up and started packing up all our stuff and put it
in the cars before breakfast. For breakfast I had cornflakes, peaches and yoghurt.
We were saying our goodbyes and sang a waitia.
