| In the wharenui, the group has been introduced to the haka, the long pois, and short sticks, and has had an opportunity to try them all. |
| The new wharenui is a tribute to the kaumatua and people of the iwi who have worked so hard to establish it as a thriving and progressive marae once more. |
| It has been the local people's wishes that they have uninhibited time to deliver in the wharenui. |
| In the wharenui the group has been introduced to the haka, the long pois and short sticks and has had an opportunity to try them all. |
| Visitors walk under the bargeboards of a wharenui decorated in whale-like patterns and topped with a carving of a whale rider. |
| A carving of the whale, mounted by its rider, occupies the prime spot above the local wharenui, a permanent reminder of the tribe's beginnings. |
