Wharepuni vs My Home.
A wharepuni is 1 big room - My house has 8 difrent spaces and 3 bedrooms.
Wharepuni is only a sleeping place - My house has everything in the one space.
Wharepuni have whakairo that make it beautiful and special - My house looks like lots of other peoples houses.
Wharepuni is a house for the whole tribe - My house is only where my family lives.
This isa photo of my marae. Matawaia