Te whare wananga o Te Maro

Te whare wananga o Te Maro

The top of the whare is called Tahuhu (backbone).

The side panels are called Heke (ribs).

Te whare wananga o Te Maro 

Rope Taura every colour of every house 

Rimu - Red

Rata - Black

Cody - Dark Green

Kahikatea - Light Green

Tawa - Dark Blue

Tanekaha - Light Blue

Miro - Orange

Manuka - Pink

Totara - Purple

Matai - Yellow

Top one is from takitimu waka

Ngati ranginui

Bottom one is from matatua

Ngai te rangi

Middle one- Ngati pukenga

4 painting tuna, crab, mako shark, tuatara are displayed in front of matai and represent the names of the 4 class in matai are:

Pāpaka 

Tuna 

Mako Mangō 

Tuatara

The marae always face northwards or near northwards this is because the ancestors get to  face to the sun.

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.

Waitangi Day

Why are these people carrying this banner?

I think that the people are carrying the banner to honour the treaty of waitangi. The treaty of waitangi was signed in The bay of islands on the 6th of february 1840. Since 1974 it has been made a public holiday. The first person to sign the treaty was Hona Heke. They say that about 40 other chiefs signed the treaty.