Get NZ writing-poetry

Get NZ writing-poetry Over the past few weeks we have been part of the Get NZ writing poetry project. This project aimed to get 96,000 poems written across NZ We were sent a tin with objects in it and we used one of these objects to write poems. Here is my poem.

The Powhiri Process

The Powhiri Process

THE WERO

The wero is a greeting to see if you come in peace.They will
send the fastest runners to see if you come in peace. They
will place a stick or a feather on the ground and the visitor
will pick it up. If they pick it up they come in peace and if
they don’t pick it up they come in war. Today this is only for
special visitors.

Karanga

       The karanga is a welcome call performed from the
woman. It lets the visitors know that they can come on the
marae. It also welcomes the dead. And it tells the people
who you are.

Whaikorero

A whaikorero is a formal speech made by men.  The hosts and
visitors do these speeches. They acknowledge the dead and
welcome the people and they can argue about any issues.

Koha

The koha is a gift to the marae. The gift can be food, treasure or
money. It shows appreciation for staying at the marae. The
gift helps with the running costs of the marae. The speaker
with the guest will place the gift after his speech.

Waiata

A waiata is a maori song and it is a form of greeting.

In ancient times the waiata would normally be sung by woman.

HONGI

A hongi is where you touch noses with the marae people.
To make it more comfortable they would put your hand on
there shoulder. A hongi show respet.

Kai  

After the hongi the they go to the dinning hall to eat the kai.
They will eat breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Bye Cooper

Kawa of Care

We have been learning to follow the Kawa of Care which tells us how to look after your Chromebook and be cyber smart. We had to chose three rules to write about. Here is my work.

Why Marae Are Important

Why Marae Are Important

I wrote this writing to explain what a marae
is and all its details

A wharenui represents an ancestor that has passed away so they can remember
them. A wharenui is a carved meeting house. In the front of the marae the is a
caved head called the koruru. On the front there are carved arms called maihi.
On the end of the arms there are hands called raparapa. On the sides there are
ribs called the heke. And straight through the middle is the heart pole and the
Maori name for it is poutokomanawa.

When there is an earthquake the marae will open the doors for people who has
lost their home and the marae people will start to cook them some food. In
Auckland they will open the doors for the homeless people and they will also
cook them some food and also they would help the people that need help. Some
people celebrate their birthdays at a marae and some people celebrate
weddings at a marae. But some people might be sad about when people have
passed away so they will go to a marae for their funeral.

By Cooper

Karoro School values

For the beginning of the year we have been learning about our school values. Here  is my work  showing our school values and some ways we can demonstrate these.