Noho Marae Recount

Noho Marae Recount

For our Noho Marae trip we went to the Arahura Marae so we could
learn about the stories of the West Coast and so we could learn
about the heritage of our local area. We also went to the marae
so we could learn about the Māori culture.

We went to the marae on the 5th and the 6th of March. It was in
the morning that we went and I went with Cailan’s mum in the car
with Charlie, Cailan and me.

The Arahura Marae is in Arahura which is down from our school.
We also went to the Arahura river to look for pounamu. The next
day we went to the Mananui Tramline for a walk and we walked to
Lake Mahinapua.

The marae is a part of Ngāi Tahu and it is mainly about someone
who was in a boat but it got capsized and his friends died so he
got their heads and swam very far. Also we learnt about other
stories.

What we did is we went to the marae and we did the powhiri.
Both the groups did a waiata and a speech. Then we had food
and went to the river to look for pounamu. Also we made statues
of Poutini and Waitaiki. Then we went back to have dinner and we
went outside to play games. I did rippa rugby and ki o rahi. After
that we had smores and listened to stories at the fire. The next
day we did our mihi and went to the Mananui Tramline to do the
track and we walked to Lake Mahinapua. At Lake Mahinapua we
heard the story about the guy who got his boat capsized and his
friends died.

Room 1 and Room 8 went to the Marae with some parents and
teachers. Also there was people at the marae that were nice and
helped us do fun things. The teachers that went were Ms Kemp and
Mrs Glue and Miss Ireland came for the powhiri then left to go back
to school. Then later in the day Miss Ireland came with Ms Barrow.

How we got to the marae is we all went in cars that we were
assigned with at school. Also the teachers travelled and parents
came that were from our school.