Marae Trip (Done and dusted)

Hello everyone! On Thursday we traveled to Kaiti Marae, it was a long 2 minute drive from my house. We learnt heaps about the Marae, we even learnt its Pepeha, it goes like this. Ko Titirangi te maunga, Ko Turanganui te awa, Ko Horouta te waka, Ko te Poho-o-Rawiri te marae, Ko ngati oneone te iwi. There were heaps of activities for us to do, here are some of them, Weaving, Handball, String games, Skipping, Traditional Maori games and more. Even the Museum came along to teach us about some Maori games.


We did rotations, so one group would go to a workshop, then a bell would ring and we would move to the next rotation. The rotations lasted half an hour, except for one activity which took up an hour. That was the Hikoi, it was a big walk around Kaiti, my group missed out. I am happy and sad about that.

Our sleeping arrangements were 2 people to a single bed because we did not have enough mattresses (Yikes.) I got no sleep, although I am not sure if it was to do with that. The next day we welcomed Wai syndicate to the Marae, we did a Haka performance, just like how Aunty Buba, Uncle Albie and Aunty Charlotte did to us.

We even learnt a song! Its called Mama Panda, here are the lyrics. 
Mama Panda, poki prawa, ete ata, ete po. Ki ora! Mama Panda, poki prawa. Mmmmmm reka! Here is the English translation, My Nannie, makes bread, in the morning, and late at night, thank you, Nanny for your bread. Mmmmm Yummy! So all in all, the Marae trip was amazing. I would love to go again. Bye!