Photo's from our trip to Orakei Marae

KO TOKU MARAE TENEI

He wahi wiata

He wahio takaro hoki

He wahi powhiri

He wahi whaikorero

A very special cloak for very special occasions . . .whaea Celess wore this cloak when she got married. It is made from flax and pukeko feathers - a beautiful work of art.
many thanks to Lawrence's mum for taking our photo's.

Drawing the kowhaiwhai rafters wasn't at easy as we thought!

                                     


     Inside the wharenui . . .

 



On Tuesday 12 June Room 5 visited Orakei marae.  We went on the bus which was really exciting!  When we arrived there was a powhiri.  We had to take off our shoes to go into the wharenui.  We looked at all the Maori art work and copied some kowhaiwhai and tukutuku patterns. 

The children enjoyed their morning at the marae:

Maisie: "I loved the tikis and I saw the Maori canoe which was used for fishing."

Alex: "I liked the patterns of the Maori carvings."

Harrison: "There was a huge canoe with paddles.  Lots of people can sit in it."

Anya: "I liked doing the patterns."

Maalika: "I liked looking around the marae and I had my morning tea ("kai") in the eating house."