Te whare wananga o Te Maro

The Whare is a place of peace not war. matua grant explained that is why we are not allowed to wear shoes 

the image above is showing 

This image shows the structure of the whare

this is everyone listening to matua grant

this is the start of his speech

Valentines 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

Because The mauri want there land back.40 chiefs signed this treaty and the crown ripped them off The treaty of waitangi was signed on the 6th of feburary