we have been learning about wharenui because we will be going to one.
Wharenui
A Wharenui is a meeting house that represents an important ancestor or a Maori
chief that has passed away and the tribe that owns the wharenui wants to
remember them. A wharenui is like a book because there are special carvings
that represent a legend or something that is special to the tribe that owns the
wharenui. In a wharenui there are also pictures of other special ancestors that
have passed away. They have these photos because the people that own the
wharenui want to remember their special ancestors. The parts of the outside of
the wharenui are the head / koruru, the arms / Maihi, the hands / raparapa, the
spine / tahuhu, ribs / heke and heart pole, poutokomanawa. There are only
wharenui in some places across the country so we are really lucky to have one in
Arahura and the one in Arahura is black and green and it has lots of detail like
most Wharenui do.
chief that has passed away and the tribe that owns the wharenui wants to
remember them. A wharenui is like a book because there are special carvings
that represent a legend or something that is special to the tribe that owns the
wharenui. In a wharenui there are also pictures of other special ancestors that
have passed away. They have these photos because the people that own the
wharenui want to remember their special ancestors. The parts of the outside of
the wharenui are the head / koruru, the arms / Maihi, the hands / raparapa, the
spine / tahuhu, ribs / heke and heart pole, poutokomanawa. There are only
wharenui in some places across the country so we are really lucky to have one in
Arahura and the one in Arahura is black and green and it has lots of detail like
most Wharenui do.
In some wharenui you can stay overnight in them and they serve you yummy food
and you can learn heaps of things about what the carvings mean and lots more.
A wharenui is special because it holds a tribes story inside it. It holds Maori history
and you can go to a wharenui when there is a big earthquake or a disaster and
your house gets wrecked. You can go and stay at a wharenui and it provides you
food while you find somewhere else to live or stay. These are why wharenui are
important to the community.
and you can learn heaps of things about what the carvings mean and lots more.
A wharenui is special because it holds a tribes story inside it. It holds Maori history
and you can go to a wharenui when there is a big earthquake or a disaster and
your house gets wrecked. You can go and stay at a wharenui and it provides you
food while you find somewhere else to live or stay. These are why wharenui are
important to the community.
Tēnā koe Hannah. Well done for using your writing skills and drawing skills to share your learning about wharenui. I really liked how you explained what a wharenui is like and why they are important. It was good to see that you understand that a wharenui is like a book and it holds a tribe's stories.
ReplyDeleteYour next step in your writing is to learn to structure your paragraphs properly. You had your information a bit all over the place where it could have been grouped into clear paragraphs. For example in the first paragraph you talk about the wharenui being like a book and then in the second paragraph you talk about a wharenui holding stories. These two points are about the same thing so should be together in one paragraph.
It was good to see some good punctuation and spelling and that you acknowledged we are lucky to have a marae near us now! I look forward to going to the marae with you and learning some more of their stories. Ka pai tō tuhituhi.