Teacher only day - Turangawaewae Bus Trip
Our visit as a staff to historically significant local sights began at Te Parapara, the Maori garden at the Hamilton Gardens.
We stopped on River Rd and went across to the Miropiko pa, the original pa site for Ngati Wairere.
Our tour guide, Wiremu, was a great storyteller. He has an amazing oral history of the area, known as Kirikiriroa, and his iwi. He told us the story behind the Pou whenua at Miropiko.
Another prominent pa site is on the western side of Cobham Drive where the archery field is now located.
We stopped at the original site of the Kirikiriroa Pa site in London Street.
We then travelled along Harakeke Drive to Horotiu and crossed over the Waikato River.
We travelled back through Gordonton, past the Hukanui Marae to the Museum.
After a picnic lunch by the river, we attended an educational presentation and tour of the Waikato Museum.
We are fortunate to have such rich resources in our community - the river, the Museum, our Heritage trail, our relationship with representatives of Ngati Wairere, and our location as a school in close proximity to historic Maori settlements in and about Hamilton.
We stopped on River Rd and went across to the Miropiko pa, the original pa site for Ngati Wairere.
Our tour guide, Wiremu, was a great storyteller. He has an amazing oral history of the area, known as Kirikiriroa, and his iwi. He told us the story behind the Pou whenua at Miropiko.
Another prominent pa site is on the western side of Cobham Drive where the archery field is now located.
We stopped at the original site of the Kirikiriroa Pa site in London Street.
We then travelled along Harakeke Drive to Horotiu and crossed over the Waikato River.
We travelled back through Gordonton, past the Hukanui Marae to the Museum.
After a picnic lunch by the river, we attended an educational presentation and tour of the Waikato Museum.
We are fortunate to have such rich resources in our community - the river, the Museum, our Heritage trail, our relationship with representatives of Ngati Wairere, and our location as a school in close proximity to historic Maori settlements in and about Hamilton.
