The Marae was first opened in 1980.

When the marae opened, Miss Wills cut the ribbon but she cut it at the wrong time.

When the people who died that are related to the Marae, they plant a tree to remember them.

When there is a powhiri, you need to have one male and one female so there is a balance.

The Marae usually represents a body of an ancestor.

After a powhiri, everyone has kai.

The Marae will be burned down in 2030 and instead they will build houses there.

Yesterday at Te Kupenga o Te Mātauranga Marae, we learnt about the trees that were planted there to acknowledge the teachers and professors that have passed and are now spirits.

We also learnt that the shape of the marae represents an ancestor's body. The roof railing are the arms and the tips of the railing are the fingies. The poles going down from the railing are the legs and the carving at the very top is the head. There is also a spine and a ribcage. When you enter the Marae's whare, you are entering a sacred place so you should take your shoes off to show respect.

We learnt that during a powhiri, the girls walk in at the front and the boys walk behind, but when we sit down, the boys sit in the front and the girls sit in the back. In every powhiri, there is a male and a female speaker

This marae was opened in 1980 and was opened by Ms Wills when she was a child! Unfortunately the marae is scheduled to be burnt down in 6 years.

Te Kupenga o Te Mātauranga

A pōwhiri is a traditional ceremony welcoming people onto a marae.

Yesterday we learnt that the women call the Manuhiri on to the Marae grounds. The male leader then follows with a speech about the Marae.

When the speakers finish talking, we have shared kai or Hangi to break the sacredness.

The Marae was opened on 6/9/1980, and the little girl who cut the ribbon to open the teachers college was Miss Wills when she was 5.

When You enter a Marae, you enter from the front gate so the ancestors that are carved onto the Marae can see you come in.

We also learnt that the trees that were planted at then Marae were planted to acknowledge the ancestors and the people/leaders who contributed to the Marae who passed away.

The Marae was placed in Hokowhitu where the former Massey campus was set.

We also learnt that a male and a female have to be part of a phowiri process for it to be proper.

Sadly, the Marae will be burnt down to the ground in 2030 and a house will be replaced in that spot

We learnt you need a Male and Female for the powwhiri to be able to work.

We learnt that Te Kupenga o Te Matauranga, was built in the 1980s

The people that had died trees were planted in their place and Te Kupenga o Te Matauranga was first owned by teachers collage.

Ms Wills was the one that cut the ribbon for the opening of the marae. She cut the ribbon when she was 5 years old.

We also learnt that you need a hangi/kai after the powhiri.

Te Kupenga o Te Matauranga is planned to be burned down in 6 years.

Piri Sciascia was my teacher at the time and John Tapiata. 1978-80 at Teachers College. I was there when it was built in 1980. Lots of little fundraisers at the time for the marae. George Olsen was a student was part of the marae committee. Kanuka Grove trees in memory of teachers who passed at Teachers College. Kanuka Grove was the name of the Resource centre. Te Whare Wananga o Aotearoa are the guardians (kaitiaki) of the marae. Some tukutuku panels were designed by students at Teachers College.

was built and owed first by teachers college

We learnt that a marae represents an ancestors body. You enter through the front of the marae so that the marae can see you coming through the gate. Miss Wills opened the marae by cutting the ribbon at the wrong time. The marae was the first marae build for a university. The marae does not represent a ancestor. They have trees that represent dead teachers at the marae. The marae was opened with the teachers college. The girls go in front because if they got attacked the boys would have some time to get ready for battle.

I learnt a new game with Miss Sui.

I learnt that after the powhiri.

The facts about the marae

That you have to eat after

That the Marae was built in 1980

who made the marae

whakapake

history

the kemu

karanga

ansesters

kai

whaikorero

where they are from

rules of the marae

how to make paint from trees

At the marae we learnt how to paint with natural stuff,how to make a flower out of harakeke, learning how a marae works,how to play maori games,how to play the ukeleile, when it was built and opened,

we learned that the mairai is based on an ancestor

we eat after the powhiri to cleanse our selves

it opened in 1980

it will be burned down in 2030

sing a waiata after our speakers speech

women walk on first

men sit at the front

visitors give them a gift

Actions in Te Reo maori.

Interesting facts about the Rangitane tribe.

How a Maori whare resembles an ancestors body.

How a Powhiri works and why we have to come through the front.

The truth about where the song Na Tane originates from and how the lyrics changer from when you are in a different location or marae/area