Talk:Pōwhiri

Little on Waiata
Can anybody explain why there is little or no reference to maori songs in this article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by NZ Author (talk • contribs) 00:20, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Additions needed
The article is currently overly focused on the wero. I've been to about 20 pōwhiri and not one where a wero was performed. I think that, apart from those staged purely for tourists, the wero is largely reserved for visits foreign dignitaries and for Government representatives when the hosts do not feel overly friendly towards the Government.

Worth mentioning the different kawa - in some areas the speaking order (if more than one for each side) is all the hosts followed by all the visitors' speakers, in others they alternate.

(typical) Structure of speeches: Hosts - prayer, honour the marae, ancestors, mountain/river etc. acknowledge visitors, welcome, waiata, prayer.

Visitors - mihi (declaration of who they are), honour the host marae, kaumatua, ancestors, mountain/river etc, explanation of the reason for the visit, thanks for welcome, waiata, prayer.

Mention the paepae - the area at the front of a marae (generally in front of the wharenui) in which the pōwhiri takes place.

Of note that at Parihaka, the hongi is performed at the door of the Wharenui immediately after the karanga, and the remainder of the powhiri takes place in the wharenui (sensible given the typical weather there). Might be hard to find an independent source, but i believe this reflects the Parihaka kaupapa of trust and peace. dramatic (talk) 02:22, 9 August 2018 (UTC)