Our School Whare

On Thursday, we had Hui like always, every two weeks. Matua Grant gave us a little bit of information on our karakia and our school Whare. The Whares design is designed as a person exactly as the person below. Above the whare there is a big wooden plank that runs from the start to the end of the Whare’s roof. This represents the Tahuhu (Backbone). The walls that come down from the Tahuhu that look like weaves are the Heke (Ribs).


We then walked outside and he explained the structure on the outside of the Whare. The sculpture represented three iwi that always face Northwards, facing the sun. The top ancestor was named Ngati ranginui, he came from takitimu waka. The second one was named Ngai te rangi, he came from another waka, matatua. The last one was named Ngati pukenga. All three of them are holding a rope with every of the ten house colours. Outside of the Matai classes is a small art structure. Inside the artwork there is 4 things, each of them representing a class. There is a tuna, crab, shark and a tuatara. We use our whare for House Hui’s and sometimes gatherings.