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.

My Marae Writing

Marae Explanation

This is my writing on the marae. I am going to be telling you about the marae and the
powhiri process

The first part of the powhiri process is the wero. They used to do to this to check if the
visitors were enemies or if they came in peace.the wero is like a trial.  They only do A
wero today if its a Special Occasion like a funeral Or a birthday.

The Second part of the powhiri

Is the karanga or the women’s calling. The women’s calling is telling us to come in.
it also tells the hosts who we are.

The third part of the powhiri

Is the whaikorero. the formal speeches given by the men. In the whaikorero
the men pay respect to the dead and the ancestors.  The speeches are mostly about
the ancestor that stands in that area.

The fourth part of the powhiri process is the waiata. The waiata is a song that we
sing after the men are finished with their speeches.

The fifth part of the powhiri is the hongi. The hongi is when you touch noses
with the hosts and the staff of the marae. It is known as the breath of life. It is also
a symbol of friendship and peace.

The sixth part of the powhiri is the gift of kai/food. After we hongi we have some
kai/food to end the sacred time and move in to time of noa/normal.

Kawa of care

We have been learning to follow the kawa of care which tells us how to look after our devices and be cyber smart. We had to chose three rules to write about.  Down below is a link to my project scratch.

Kawa of care on scratch

You might need to go see inside  if it does not work.

The marae

 The Marae

The main features of the marae are:

• The head/Upoko

• Arms/maihi

• Hands/Raparapa

• Spine/Tahuhu

• heart/Poutokomanawa

• ribs/heke

The marae represents an ancestor that has passed away.  The merae is like a
memorial place where an ancestor lies. The pictures in the marae represent ancestor and they tell
stories as well as the carvings in the marae. A marae is like a history book without marae we would
forget some of the maori ancestors and chefs.

A marae is also a place where you can stay if a natural disaster happens. Thats what happened in the
Kaikoura earthquake there was a marae that was still standing perfectly. So the people that ran the
marae opened up the doors and let the people that did not have houses or anywhere else to stay in
there marae and stay there for a while until they had a place to stay.

The parts of the marae.

On a marae there are multiple parts the represent parts of a human body.
The head/upoko is right at the top point of the roof. Down the front are the arms/maihi. At the end
of the arms ar the hands/raparapa.  Along the top of the roof is the spine/tahuhu when you walk in
if you look up there are the ribs/heke they are the rafters. Inside there is also the heart/poutokomanawa.

Here's a link to the diagram I made on scratch

Diagram