Culture
On Monday, Kim Hippolite from Student Services came and gave the students an introduction to the Maori culture and language. He taught us some basic phrases and a song…
Our plan was to visit the local marae (meeting house) on Wednesday. This has had to be postponed due to the earthquake — the marae is being [...]
Today was our final activity – taking part in a pottery class at a local potters’ group. The students had a chance to create a clay pot, decorate a piece of pottery, and some had a chance to use a pottery wheel. Lots of fun, and a great chance to learn a new craft.
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A few photos from our visit to the World of Wearable Art Museum & Classic Cars [see website].
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Fire engine we met
Nice car!
The ring from “Lord of the Rings”
Close up
retro look
Cool Cadillac
View from Nelson Lookout
Titanic!
The group!
Continue reading about Day 25 – World of Wearable Art & Classic Cars
As we are going to New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington 3/12-3/14, there will be no blog until Sunday night or Monday morning.
We will be traveling by bus to Picton, then sailing by Interislander ferry [website] to Wellington, and staying at the Downtown Backpackers [website]. While in Wellington, we will visit New Zealand’s national museum, Te [...]
After classes today, we visited Founders’ Park [website]… a historical site where many of the old buildings from Nelson have been moved and preserved. The students all performed a quiz while Gertrude and I tested the produce from the on-site brewery
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After yesterday’s class on Maori culture with Kim, today he took us to the local Whakatu Marae [see website], the meeting area for Nelson’s iwi (tribal groups). First we experienced a powhiri (formal welcome) – we were called onto the marae grounds by one of the elders, then we all sat inside the wharenui meeting [...]
In preparation for our visit to the marae (Maori meeting house) tomorrow, Kim Hippolite gave us an introductory lecture on Maori culture and marae protocol. We ended with a practice session on how to do the hongi greeting (where two people gently touch noses).
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