Rm 7 went to a noho at Tutereinga Marae last term and were awed by the whakairo, the tukutuku and the kowhaiwhai in the wharenui. We looked carefully at, and made some sketches of the pou around the walls.

We decided to create some art in response to our learning, and decided to represent some of the atua we had been learning about through Māori Pakiwaitara.

A pou is a carved wall panel. It is generally built to represent the spiritual connection between iwi and their ancestors.

Each pou tell a story about the ancestor or associates symbols with the character of the ancestor. The pou may also be decorated with representation of the tribe's ancestral history, legends and migration stories.