Today we went to Matahiwi marae with the rest of the year 8's. We went inside the Wharenui, the Wharekai and we learnt about pae pae:history traditions of the marae. The lesson that I found the most interesting was the history of the tuku tuku panels and the mural art. They talked about how the men went to go duck shooting and didn't come back with anything, to how the coldstores closed down and how it affected everyone.
The tuku tuku panels were made out of some type of plastic and wound into crosses, they had different colours to set the scene/picture. There were also murals/paintings of maui and his brothers fishing and of Cape Kidnappers. The paintings told the story for us, with the different colours, patterens and strokes.
I enjoyed the trip so much and learnt about a different culture.
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