Moteo Marae

Kia ora

On the 11th of March, Bledisloe School visited Moteo Marae for the day. We were taken on buses and needed five buses to transport the whole school to the Marae. When we got there we had a Powhiri  (which is a welcoming to the Marae.) After the Powhiri, the Bledisloe Senior Kapa Haka performed some waiata (song) and haka (fierce dance.) Then Hoani had a hongi with the teachers:


Mr Hodgetts and Hoani

Mrs Dale and Hoani

Mrs Stephens and Hoani


Hoani shared some of his pepeha with us. During the day we got into our class groups and did some activities. Room 13 started making porotitis which are small, musical instruments that you create sound by twirling them around. We then rotated around class groups so we were with Mr Holloway playing Ki-O-Rahi. Ki-O-Rahi is a traditional Moari game.



This is a diagram showing how to play Ki-O-Rahi





Once we had played Ki-O-Rahi, we had lunch. It was a shared lunch so everyone had to bring something to eat. You could go back for seconds and some of us got so full we couldn't eat anything else!

What an awesome day for the whole school. 

Here is a link to an interactive activity to help you with learning the parts of a wharanui. 

 
Written by Matthew Harvey