Te Whare Wananga o Te Maro

The Whare is a special place where you can connect with the the world. That is why you have to take of your shoes and hat. There are parts of the Whare which are basically a skeleton made out of wood. Tahuhu is the backbone and Heke is the ribs.

Te Whare wananga o Te Maro are the 3 iwi and they have a rope taura which has all of the colours of the houses going up the rope. The carving also use nails to carv into the 3 iwi. The 3 main parts of the Whare. The top one is from takitimu, the middle one is ngati pukenga and the bottom one is from matatua ngai rangi.

Valentine's Day

St Valentines was a Roman priest who was secretly organising weddings for soldiers. He was jailed then sentenced to death by the King on February 14th AD 270. We exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers, with our special valentines. A special valentine is someone that you love.

American spend up to 3.6 billion dollars on Valentines gift each year. 50 million roses are sold each year on Valentines Day. 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentines day are men and 27% are women.15% of the US women send themselves flowers on Valentines day.Eros is the greek god of love and his roman form is Cupid.

Waitangi Day

They are holding the banner because there are people disrespecting the treaty and they are trying to tell the people to agree by holding the sign. They are walking through the streets hoping everyone will see the banner so everyone knows to respect the treaty.The Treaty of Waitangi is to make peace between the Maori's and the British. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 and was also signed by 40 chiefs.