This some photos that the Accelerate Academy went on for our Marae trip.When we arrived we were welcomed on to the Marae by a lady doing a Karanga it was very fascinating and she had a very neat voice. We were invited inside were it was warm and cosy. The was a man called the Kaumatua who done a little speech in Maori. Inside was very amazing because there were very neat carvings that some people had done inside the Marae. While we were inside the Kaumatua was talking about the Ancestors of the Marae and how the Marae was built.Inside the Marae it was cool because he told us one side of the Marae represented the past and the other side represented the future.After that all had finished we all went out side for a quick nibble and a snack the we were off to Te Puia...
I was so excited to be going to Te Puia because i had never been there before. We were all split up into our class room groups and we given a guide to tour us around Te Puia, our guides name was Weronika she was very kind. I had so much fun at Te Puia and i learnt lots of cool things. It was so cool we got to see the bubbling hot Mud Pools and steamy Geysers.Another we got to see was this man that was carving on a big large piece of wood it was amazing to see all the patterns that he was doing. I had such a blast at the Marae and Te Puia and learnt lots of interesting things, it was a great experience.
