Trip To Noho Marae Recount

Noho Marae Recount 

On the 5th of March Ruma Tahi and Ruma Waru went to the Noho Marae for an overnight trip. When we got to the marae we had to go through the powhiri process. The powhiri process is a way of being welcomed onto a sacred place. I have went to the marae before and did the same things. When we finished the powhiri process we went to the wharekai. A whare kai is a place where you can dine and have food and drink. Both of out classes went to the wharekai and had a little snack. We had red velvet cake with mince, potato top and bacon and egg savories.

After we had had a little snack or lunch we went back in the marae to introduce ourselves to the people of the marae. We all individually standed up one at a time and said aloud our mihis.

Once we had finished saying our mihi’s we had to fill out an  activity book. The activity books asked things like what these parts of the marae  are and we even had to draw some tokutoku.

Again after we had done all these we went back to the wharekai for lunch. We all had to  bring our own lunch boxes and had lunch.

Once we had all had lunch we went to the beach. It was hard for me because I was on crutches at the time and I had to go other huge and uneven rocks. Even though I was on crutches I did find some pounamu down at the Arahura RIver.So I got a ride back with Matt ( one of the parents there). When we came back we had had dinner. For dinner we had chicken, vegetables and roast potatoes. I didn’t really eat much because I wasn’t hungry at the time.

We came out of the marae and starting doing night activities. The things we could do were, ki o rahi, rippa rugby, carving and flax weaving. Then we went to bed.

The next day we were going to do a walk but I wasn’t really allowed because my hands would really sore from the crutches so I didn’t go on the walk. I ended up having breakfast before everyone then getting dropped home by my principal.

Overall I had a really fun time at the marae and really enjoyed myself. I wouldn’t of done everything without Milan and Hannah helping me so I thanked them alot for what they had done.