Kapahaka Fun Day

Kapahaka fun day at the Motueka Memorial Hall.
We had a fabulous time!
By Kyla Rayward

Pet Day Mahana

This is Jack's pet crocodile, Godzilla!On Pet Day we made a circle and passed around some dead and a live animals from Natureland.

This is my bunny, Pyjamas. She is the clumsiest, cutest bunny in the world!

From Pip Coakley.

Pip and Meg's 3D drawings.

On the 11th of September I (Pip) did a 3D drawing of a horse pulling a carriage.

On the 12th of September I (Meg) did a 3D house.

These are them,

Wharenui at Te Awhina

Wharenui,

  ancestors, backbone,
sleeping, snoring, singing
pou, tukutuku, food, showers,
eating, playing, running
amplified, fun,
Wharekai.

Warm Wharenui

Mattresses sandwiched together

Bodies twisting and turning

Sleeping bags rustling

Mr Neal snoring

Kids whispering

Giggles echoing

Bright stars shining in the black sky

Cosy and safe with the whanau

Reflections from the Marae

I saw:

...the church that was 100 years old

...the black, sooty sky

...my friends and I playing caterpillars in sleeping bags

and people playing tag.

I heard:

...sleeping bags crackling like a fire,

...year 8s giggling

...people getting up and going to the toilet

...Whaea Sue telling us about art

and Mr Neal snoring like an angry warthog.

I could feel:

...the softness of the carvings,

..the soft, warm sleeping bag

and the warm air of the wharenui carving around us.

Meg's Poem/ Marae

Mattresses on the ground.

All snuggled up as a warm whanau.

Red-hot cheeks in the cosy atmosphere.

Aroha fills the room as we settle into our sleeping bags.

Everyone seems to be giggling, sleeping or whispering.

BY Meg Coakley.