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.
The Activity:
On your blog, compare the wharepuni to your own home. What are two similarities and two differences between a wharepuni and your house?
Similarities of my house and a wharepuni:
1. They both have a place to sleep for the whole family.
2. They both have things we need, like food, places to cook, and more.
Differences of my house and a wharepuni:
1. Instead of four walls that a wharepuni has, my house has more walls.
2. My house isn't made out of bark or rushes.
Hi Tess
ReplyDeleteYou are so right! The two building are able to be slept in by a whole family. However the difference is also quite big. You would all be sleeping in one room in a wharepuni. And in your home you would have your own bedroom to sleep in.
Our houses today are made out of materials that are a lot more solid than back then.
The pitch of our roofs is similar too. We need this to make sure that the rain runs off, especially here on the West Coast.
Well done you have understood and made a really good job of this activity.
Until next time
Allie :)
Hi Allie
DeleteThank you for the feedback, and the ideas!