Te Whare Wananga o Te Maro - Our Marae

The Whare





There are 3 iwi




Top one is from takitimu waka

Ngati ranginui.

Middle one Ngati pukenga.

Bottom one is from matatua

Ngai te rangi.

There is a rope running through them with every houses colour.




😊 the Tahuhu is the backbone of the Whare and the Heke is the ribs of the Whare




they make them to represent a Ancestors face. It always faces to the sun. the Head represents ancestor

valentines day

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

These people are carrying the banner because they don't think the treaty has been honoured

The treaty was signed on the 6th of feb 1840. Maori chiefs signed it but later over 500 more chiefs signed most of the chiefs didn't know how to write. They used symbols and crosses. The treaty was signed in Waitangi witch is above Auckland the Treaty was between 2 groups, the British and the Maori. there is a Maori and an English version.

they are now debating witch treaty is more accurate