In the 1800s, most Māori lived in villages called pa. Each village had many buildings – kauta where people cooked, pataka where they stored goods and wharepuni where the Māori slept. A traditional wharepuni had a thatched roof and walls made of timber, fern, rushes, and bark. Look at the picture below of a traditional wharepuni. Does it look like your house?
On your blog, compare the wharepuni to your own home. What are two similarities and two differences between a wharepuni and your house?
Similarities-
It's a house
People sleep in there
Differences-
The door was small
It's made out of timber, fern, rushes, and bark
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Good job. Those are good similarities and differences. How can you tell that the door was small? My next door neighbour has a funny little door in her house that is only 1 metre tall. None of us can fit through it without crawling!
One of the differences between my house and the wharepuni is that my house does not have a thatched roof. How is a thatched roof different from a normal roof I wonder? Can you help me find out?
I look forward to reading more of your blog.
Cheers,
Ruby.
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Hey Samuel,
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Good work
Jerome;)