Te whare wananga o Te Maro

Tahuhu backbone

Heke ribs

Te whare wananga o Te Maro

Rope Taura every colour of every house

3 iwi

Top one is from takitimu waka

Ngati ranginui

Bottom one is from matatua

Ngai te rangi

Middle one- Ngati pukenga

Nails carvers use.

The front of the whare always faces somewhere north.

Ancestors face to the sun

Head represents ancestor

4 painting tuna crab mako shark tuatara

Names of 4 classes in Matai


This year 7 is trying to help us see what a whare looks like

Valentine's Day

St Valentines was a Roman priest who was secretly organising weddings for soldiers. He was jailed then sentenced to death by the King on February 14th AD 270. We exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers, with our special valentines. A special valentine is someone that you love.

American spend up to 3.6 billion dollars on Valentines gift each year. 50 million roses are sold each year on Valentines Day. 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentines day are men and 27% are women.15% of the US women send themselves flowers on Valentines day. Eros is the greek god of love and his roman form is Cupid.

The treaty of Waitangi was signed on the 6th of february 1840 this treaty was signed. It was signed by 40 chiefs, the purpose of this treaty was to let the british settlers and Maori people to live in peace. I think this plays a big part in this protest. I think that they are protesting because the british stole the land from the Maori people now the Maori People are wanting them to 'honour the treaty' like they should.