From Thursday 22nd – Friday 23rd August we stayed at Rāpaki Marae. When we arrived we were formally welcomed in a ceremony called a pōwhiri.
Matua Issac talked about the special artworks, carvings and tukutuku panels in the wharenui. He also told us about how to be respectful of marae tikanga, like not wearing shoes or taking food into the wharenui.
We did lots of activities such as walking to the beach, weaving, drawing the ancestors on the pou, making rākau and singing waiata.
My favourite part of the noho marae was sleeping because Urmi rubbed my back.
Something I learnt while at the marae was I was learning about drawing the pou.
The RISE value I showed the most was Integrity because I was listening to Urmi because I did not want to go home
I would like to go back to the marae because is was so fun I loved finding crabs at the beach and it was a sunny day.
