On Tuesday 19th June we went to Orakei Marae. When
we arrived at the marae we waited under the gatehouse. We waited and waited and
some people were climbing on chairs to see what was happening. Finally we were
called on to the Marae.
We did some fun activities and our favourite one was flax weaving. We made a fish and it was quite hard and some of ours were a bit wonky but we didn’t mind. Ms Derhamy did a perfect fish and Vicky’s one ended up as a bird!!!
Our first activity was with Ms Crowther. She told us the
history of the Marae from a long time ago. After that Ms. Crowther let us touch
the carvings but not the weavings because they were made out of flax and flax
is fragile. The carvings felt rough under our fingers because the wood they
carve it out of had been in the fire.
In the Wharenui we did art with Ms Linn. Most people did their
own patterns or carvings. The rest copied the patterns and carvings from around
the room. The patterns and carvings told stories. The colours we were allowed
to use were black, red, white and a colour of our choice. Chelsea and Vicky
chose gold Amanda.Z chose blue and Alfie chose orange for their colour of
choice.
Written by: Charlie, Krystyna, Amanda Z, Vicky, & Chelsea
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