First instruction was to take our shoes off. After we did that Mrs. Tofa put all of us into groups, then Whaea Lona told all female to come to the front of the lines.
When we did all of that, we walked into a room with special hosts awaiting. We all sat in silence while waiting for the hosts to speak up. It all started with a karakia. After the karakia each and every one of the hosts were introducing their selves in Maori and English and then the activity they were going to do with us. Some of the hosts had a partner to work with and some didn't.
After that one of the hosts came in and talked all about the carved whakairo and what it was made out of. The man said that the whakairo can be made out of the Kauri tree. He then showed us some plants and came across the Manuka plant and Harakeke. It was so fun to see those plants growing.
After all that Whaea Lona split us into groups and then let Mrs. Tofa split the rest of the class. My group and I were in the drawing section and we mostly talked about Matariki. In the drawing section we had to fold a piece of paper into four squares. One of our teachers we teaching us how to draw some Maori designs on a piece of paper with four sides on it.
On each four pieces we drew a Maori design and named it. No. 1 was Koru, No. 2 was Pikopiko, No. 3 was Mangopare and No. 4 was Niho. It was very difficult to draw it but I got through.
Drawing it was so fun. Whaea Kelly took us out and talked to us about a few things like Guardians and more. Then she talked to us about how the rocks, that we put in front of us, has a heartbeat inside of it. She also said that she got her rock when she was six years old. So then she talked to us more about the rocks.
When we were finished she took us back inside and then we found painting pallets and brushes already set on the table aside with a cup of water. Our teacher told us that we will be only using different types of blue colored paint because of the ocean / Moana. We started painting and I painted the sea and its waves. Most of the group were doing some sort of gradients on their rocks and it got quite messy with the paints on our hands.
When we were finished with painting the rocks we went outside and sang the Matariki song along with the Macarena dance. Turns out that are actually 9 stars in the Matariki. Once we sang and practiced the dance we all came inside and gathered altogether and sat in the middle. We stood up and sang the Matariki song and danced to as well. We went from normal to fast then to speed. We finished the song and dance then it was time for the speakers from each group to present what they knew from what their teachers have taught them.
Once everyone spoke, we went straight onto another karakia. After the karakia Viliami Ma'asi spoke on our behalf and thanked them. After the thank you we sang our song led by Kalo.
We had so much fun today at Te Oro.
Down below are a few photos from my group.
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