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25/03/11- Your homework for this week was to update your wiki. Where is your Powhiri procedure? This needs to be up on here by Monday so I can read it.

__ Monday 21 March __ LI: Write a proceedure on how to weave a putiputi.

Week 8

__ Sunday 27th March﻿ __ LI: Watch a video and re-write the proceedure of a powhiri


 * Procedure of a Powhiri **

Stand at the gate and wait for the old lady to call you on(walk with lady’s first).

When you walk on you become tapu.

Once the old lady finishes singing that indicates for you to sit down.

The people who are going to represent you and the men sit in front. The first speaker comes from the tanga te whenua(the home crowd).

When the first speaker does his speech he acknowledges our father in heaven, the maori king and then he acknowledged all the people who have past away.

He then welcomes you to the marae, tells you the name of the marae and the name of their hapu. The speaker then sits down and is supported by a waiata.

Your speaker will then reply with a similar context. He will explain who you are and where you come from and the reason you are there.

You will then support him with a waiata.

Another speaker from the home crowd will do a speech very similar to the last two and he will also welcome you and he will also be supported by a waiata.

They will then welcome you to a hongi.

The powhiri won’t be complete until you have something to eat and drink.

By Nicola