Matariki

Whaea Golda read us a story about Matariki by Waitangi  Teepa and illustrated by Thaw Naing.   Matariki is the name of a group of seven stars and it is also the name of the Maori New Year. You can see the stars for most of the year but they disappear from the night sky in late April and appear again in winter in late May or early June. 

We can celebrate Matariki in different ways.

We celebrated Liani's stories about Maori bread/Rawena.  She told us about  how her Mum's friend taught her Mum (Amelia)  to make it.  She talked about having it on the Marae. She also talked about how her Mum made it.  Amelia made some Rawena for Room 3. Liani said a Karakia and served the bread.  Kia Ora Liani.