Marae Noho

Last week the whole of Nui syndicate went to our schools Marae. Our Marae is called Te-Poho-o-Rawiri. When we arrived we waited awhile on the concrete. All the kids stared up at the marae and all the carvings in amazement. We got asked to take off our shoes since it's a Maori tradition. Haere mai, Haere mai, Haere mai Auntie buba and Auntie Charlotte welcomed us into the Marae. Once everyone was fully in the Marae, Papa Albie and Jonas Te - Aho took turns speaking. After they had finished welcoming us in they talked to us about all the traditions and how it came to this location.

We had some Kai and then we got split up into small groups of all ages. The teachers had set up some activities for us to do in our groups. On the first day my group did Rako, Old maori games, String games and and a walk up Kati hill. Our Rako were made out of plants and we played games with them. For the old Maori games we played with poi's knuckle bones and old spinning tops. With the string we learnt how to do tricks and games with it. (For the rest of the day all the kids were playing with them.) We walked from the marae to the bottom of the hill and then to the top.

Before dinner we set our beds up and once we had done that we lined up for dinner. That night we had nachos for dinner made by the parents. After dinner our parents came to watch a performance first up we did Kapa Haka and then there was more performances by different kids. After the performances we got ready for bed. I shared a mattress with Olivia. In the morning I had spaghetti on toast. Once you had finished breakfast we went onto the court had a run. Overall I really enjoyed my stay.