Marae trip

Have you ever stayed on a marae?. Because I have.
I have written some of the most amazing experiences you can experience on a
marae.

When we arrived at the marae we got powhiri on and all we had to do was sit
and not laugh. Soon we had to sing He Honore to the three people who
welcomed us on to the marae, At 3:00 we went down to the Arahura Awa
(river) to go looking for pounamu (Green Stone). We walked down the hill
and then we came to a gravel track that slightly narrowed up when we walked
along it. When we got to the awa we all started looking for pounamu. 45
minutes had past when we all got called to come back to Mrs Kemp. Only 5
people found pounamu and they were Clem, Sam, Jennae, David and I. 

After that, we had to walk down the awa to get to the beach which wasn’t far
from where we were. At the beach we had to form into groups to make a
sculpture of something we had learned. I grouped up with Charlie, Daniel,
Summer and Phoebe. My group all agreed on a waka (boat) so Charlie
grabbed a stick and drew the outline of our waka. We all started gathering
stones to put on the outline until I suggested to put sticks over from one side
of the waka to the other side of the waka and we all thought that was a good
idea so that's what we did. We got big sticks for the front of the boat and Mrs
Kemp took photos of everybody's creations. Our photos are now on our blogs.

In Conclusion, everyone had fun on the marae and we would all like to go
again.

By Korban