Te whare wananga o Te Maro

The Rope Taura every colour of every house. There are 3 iwi.

Top one is from takitimu waka Ngati ranginui

Bottom one is from matatua Ngai te rangi

Middle one- Ngati pukenga

The nails are always face northwards

The head represents ancestor. The ancestors face to the sun.

There are 4 painting tuna crab mako shark tuatara 

The Names of 4 classes in Matai

Here are some photos

BY JHAN

Valentines day

Valentines Day


History

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. 

First Valentines poem

Waitangi Day

 These people are carrying this banner because of the tready of waitangi.
The brithish crown and the maori sign the tready for pece.
But the brithish crown went and fight and stoll the land.