Marae Visit

On Wednesday the 28 of august the whole of Good Shepherd school went to the Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae at Unitec. When we got off the busses we had to be welcomed on to the marae with a powhiri before we could actually go on the marae, but once we were welcomed we took off our shoes and entered the wharenui which is the meeting house in Māori. In the wharenui we sat down, finished the powhiri and we sang some Māori songs then we had some food in the wharekai (or eating house), did the haka and left the marae.