Month: August 2024

From Thursday 22nd – Friday 23rd August we stayed at Rāpaki Marae. When we arrived we were formally welcomed in a ceremony called a pōwhiri. 

Matua Issac talked about the special artworks, carvings and tukutuku panels in the wharenui. He also told us about how to be respectful of marae tikanga, like not wearing shoes or taking food into the wharenui 

We did lots of activities such as walking to the beach, weaving, drawing the ancestors on the pou, making rākau and singing waiata. 

My favourite part of the noho marae was going to the beach   because I got to played, with some baby crab.

Something I learnt while at the marae was to weave .

The RISE value I showed the most was resilience because I didn’t cry for my parents.

I would like to go back to the marae because I had a amazing time I would come back.

for Monday mash up we have been learning one of Aptearo’s offiuad languages.

first we learnt the alphabet and how to count to 10.

next  we leared how to say”hello, my name is ….” finally we learnt how to spell our name. this is a video of me introducing myself in NZSL. I have also learnt 3 extra words, which are hungry, cry, and cat.