Ms T told as the rules about the harakeke and then she gave me a Craft knife. We had a buddy (my buddy was Howard) The reason why we went is to get harakeke is to learn about it how you are not aloud to pick it at night or when it is raining because you might cut the (Pepi) is the baby or the (matua) the dad or the (whaea) the mum.
It is so so so bad if you whack people with the harakeke the (flax) because maori people beleve tha it is a taonga.