Matariki

This month is Matariki. 

Matariki celebrates the Maori New Year. It is a special time to celebrate with your whanau and friends.

We can celebrate Matariki in many ways:

• it is time for sharing family stories.
• for learning about the land and how to look after it.
• it is time for hearing stories of the old days, for learning about how people used the stars in the past.
• It is time to plant trees and winter crops.
• It is time to fish and gather kaimoana.
• It is time for making things, to learn to weave and carve.
• It is time for making and flying kites.

Matariki book:

Here is a great video book on Matatiki.  Click on the play button and listen to the story

This video was taken from you tube, by the Selwyn libraries.

The book is written and illustrated by Nikki Slade-Robinson 

Here is another great story about Matariki.

This video was taken from you tube, by the Selwyn libraries. Written by Rebecca Beyer and Linley Wellington, illustrated by Christine Ross