NOHO MARAE

NOHO MARAE

On Tuesday the 5th of March Room One and Room Eight  went to Arahura Marae
for an overnight trip.
When we got to the marae we did a powhiri. The powhiri process is when you
are welcomed onto a sacred area/ Marae.
I have never been to the marae before. After the powhiri process we went
to the wharekai to have morning tea.
A wharekai is a place where you eat. After everyone had eaten
we all went back into the wharenui. In the wharenui
everyone stood up and shared their mihi.  After everyone
had shared their mihi, they went down to
the river to look for pounamu.
A few people found some.

After a few minutes of searching we all went down to the beach to do a sculpture
building contest.
The sculpture had to be something with the legend of Poutini and Waitaiki.
 My group made a sand sculpture of Waitaiki and after we did that we
went back but my group
smelled bad because of the wet sand.
When we went back into the wharenui we listened to the stories about the pou.

We split into three groups and each group got to choose a pou
and listen to its story. When we had finished listening to the stories
of the pou then we did some activities and after that we went to be
bed it was 10pm.

When we got up in the morning we packed up our mattresses and
then had breakfast. When everyone had breakfast and everything
had been cleaned up we got in the parents cars and drove to Lake
Mahinapua and did a walk. When we got to the lake we talked about
the war that had happened there there a long time ago. We walked
from the start of the track to
the edge of Lake Mahinapua. It was a bit misty
and there were some sandflies. Before wegot to
the cars we had

morning tea. After everyone had eaten we walked back to the cars
and drove back to school.

I think that the marae trip was good.