‘Whakanuia Matariki’- ‘Celebrate Matariki’.
Matariki is the name for the Māori New Year celebration and the Māori name for a small group of stars (Pleiades) that drop below the horizon in April and reappear in June. When this happens, it is the signal for the Māori New Year to start.
We have been looking at the special ways our tamariki celebrate this time with their whanau. We have also been learning waiata about Matariki and reading Matariki stories. Here is a collage showing some of our art about the story of Papatuanuku and Ranginui.
