The Sea: Pacific Islanders and the Making of Space

Question 1

Key Themes

Answer 1

• Settled in ecologically fragile lands
• Adaptability - had to be prepared to leave
• Use of boats, canoes, oars
• Ability to move + construction of openness
• Incorporation of Western building practises, 19th century onwads

Question 2

The Marae

Answer 2

• Open space in front of a meeting house
  
  • Cleared of vegitation
  • Orientated to North (rising sun)
• Courtyard with set of communal buildings
  
  • Dining hall
  • Sleeping quarters
• Used for Maori assembly + ceremony
  
  • Welcome
  • Funeral
  • Oration
• **Like the Church, ideal community space embodied within the structure

Question 3

The Meeting House/Wharenui

(Picture Te Kaha Marae)

Answer 3

• Dominant feature of marae
• Funerals, political conferences, oration
• Meeting house as a person
• Bodily functions profane
  
  • No sleeping, eating or sex
• Gabled roof and front veranda
• Ridge pole down centre
• Red, white and black exterior
• Lattice work panels and painted rafters inside
• Represents local genealogy - idea of peoplehood

Question 4

Te Huiki Marae

Answer 4