Today in rūma toru we went to Rehua marae. To get there we travelled on the bus. When we arrived we put our bags down and prepared for the pōwhiri. We went into the wharenui where we listened to Matua Timairiki. We did a waiata to support the people who spoke.
After we had kai we went back into the wharenui and listened to Matua Ritchie talk about the whare and how it got built.
Some things we learnt about Rehua marae;
- The poupou in the marae represented iwi from around New Zealand.
- The whare represented our tūpuna. The whare is a person and we can see the spine and ribs.
- Learnt new kupu māori.
- Tahu Potiki and his ancestors.
- The tūpuna on the walls.
- The full name of Rehua: Te Whatu Manawa Māoritanga O Rehua
- Built-in 1960.
After we had tūakana/teina where we drew and talked about our favourite part of the whare.
Kia ora Ruma Toru!
ReplyDeleteWow how wonderful that you all were able to go to Rehua Marae today. I can see that you have had lots of amazing experiences and learning about so many things. I didn't know that the marae's full name was Te Whatu Manawa Māoritanga O Rehua.
We are looking forward to seeing some of your learning that you create now tha tyou have such exciting new knowledge. Wananei Ruma Toru!
Whaea Raewyn from 7/8Ds at Hornby High School
Hello my name is Layton from Yaldhurst Model School it looked really cool how you went to the Rehua marae. Your class seemed like they had fun, next time you should explain what some of the maori words mean because some parts I couldn't understand when I was reading it.
ReplyDeleteKia ora.
ReplyDeletei'm a year 7 student from YMS
I was excited to read this blog and I really enjoyed That you wet there and learnt something
Next time maybe put in interesting tilite
But apart from that its great
Kind regards Grace