Our Marae Visit - 19.08.15

What did we learn today?

* I learnt that the first Maori King was born where the airport is now (Anaru)
* I learnt that now only Maori people built the marae - there were lots of different cultures (Ayush)
* Taiahas used to be made out of whale bone (Merekara)
* We learnt about our ancestors (Brianna)
* Rowandale's logo is the kite that the two brothers flew (Natalie)
* The two brothers had to weave their kite string around the mountain (Charlotte)
* One of the ancestors had a moko of two birds hongi-ing each other (Victoria)
* Tane had no girlfriend so he made one out of dirt.  The gods said he had to hongi her to make her alive (Jahvarn)
* The taiaha was from Manaia (Sanford)
* The carvings had a story (Tina)
* Tane separated his mother and father (Tiana)
* The backbone of the marae reporesents our cultures (Kruz)
* There were a lot of patterns from a lot of different cultures (Afizah)
* The pukana originates from arguments (Unique)
* We learnt the body parts about our Marae (Raukawa)
* Matua has been at the marae for 7 years (Neha)
* The paintings on the roof represented veins and blood (Amy)
* The ribs of the marae held them up (Rawiri)
* Carvings originated from the patterns in the wood that the bugs made (Christian)
* The marae fundraising began in 1971 (Meleana)
* The carvings remember the people that passed away (Heremia)
* The weaving stairs represent the stairway to heaven (Angelina)