Thursday, 11 September 2014

Puketeraki Marae Visit

Yesterday we went to Karitane to visit the Puketeraki Marae, once we had all arrived we grouped by the gate and then the caller started talking, we walked slowly up the path and then Alex called back on our behalf, we took off our shoes and entered the Marae.
We sat down, females at the back, males at the front, Kane (a man at the Marae) said a speech, Alex answered and then we stood up and sung "Ko Te Roopu Tenei", a few more short speeches were said and then we went into the kitchen and had a piece of fruit and a biscuit to wrap it up.
We then split into our classes and went to three different workshops, poi and te rakau, flax weaving, and a martial arts game, we have a few reports below describing these.
We then sung Ko Te Roopu and E Toru Nga Mere and then left, going home with many memories of a great day at Puketeraki Marae.









6 comments:

  1. It was a great day. So glad I had the opportunity to come along. Kate

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  2. Great report, it looks like you had an amazing day, experience and weather wise.

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  3. This was a great day with heaps of fun experiences. Holly

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  4. Thanks to Mrs Cleghorn for doing heaps of art with us, you should do this all the time! Well done to all senior class blog reporters this term!

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    1. The class blog reporters have done a fabulous job this term - looking forward to doing it all again next term! I wonder who wrote this post as you haven't left your name?

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