My Pōwhiri Process

We have been learning about being welcomed onto a marae. Here is my writing work about pōwhiri.w

The Powhiri Process

A powhiri is a maori welcome to the guests. I’m showing the reader what the
powhiri process is.

THE WERO

The first thing in the Powhiri process is the Wero. The Hosts do
the Wero to tell if the visitors come in peace. The fastest
warriors are sent down to tell if they come in peace or if they
come for war. The warriors put down something special like a
feather or a leaf from a tree. If the visitors don’t pick up they
object or if they pick it up and turn there back to the warriors
when they’re going back to their members, that means that they
come in war. If they pick up the feather and walk back slowly,
back to there members still facing the warriors that means that
they come in peace. Nowadays they very rarely do the wero
because the fights that happened  don’t happen anymore.

THE KARANGA

The Karanga is a call that the two women leaders do. In the
Karanga you need to be as quiet as you can for the calling. In
the Karanga the boys are around the side and at the back of the
group of people. The girls are in the middle and the female
leader are at the front of the group.

WHAIKŌRERO/ KOHA

In the whaikōrero there is a formal speech by the male leader
from the hosts and guests. The speech is about what has
happened to your tribe and to remember those who had past
away. In return the guests give a Koha to the hosts to say thank
you for letting the guests come. That is when the waiata comes
in.

WAIATA

The guests sing a waiata/song to the hosts after the visitors
speaker has finished speaking. The waiata shows a sign of
respect to the hosts for them to enjoy. A waiata shows that the
visitors come in peace. The hosts also sing a waiata after there
speaker.

HONGI

We do the hongi to show a sign of respect. In the hongi it also
shows a sign of friendship for one another. Sometimes in a
hongi it can make you feel a little uncomfortable. In a hongi you
touch noses then your forehead after your noses to do a hongi.

KAI

When we go inside, we’re just like normal finishing the powhiri
process. We sit in side the wharekai to go in and eat our food.
We develop friendship while eating our Kai. We show hospitality
when eating Our delicious Kai.