On the 7th September, Team Whanau travelled to Arowhenua Marae. The children prepared by learning about marae protocol and learning their mihi. On arrival, we were welcomed onto the marae with a beautiful Karanga. Whaikorero followed, along with wonderful waiata and haka powhiri from Arowhenua School.
We learned about the local area and Tangata Whenua. It was wonderful making links and beginning our journey with our local marae.
The children and teachers enjoyed Kai, along with learning a Haka, Ti Rakau, rock painting. All the children shared their mihi and it was great seeing some of them do this with confidence and increasingly accurate pronunciation.
We all thoroughly enjoyed the experience and look forward to our next visit.
In term 4 we will now focus on counting in Te Reo Maori up to 100 as part of our program.
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| Waiting to be welcomed onto the marae |
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| Rock Painting |
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| Sharing our Mihi |
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| Sharing our new haka |
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| Powhiri |
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| Ti Rakau |
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