Matariki Te Tau Hou Māori - The Māori New Year
What an exciting week we’ve had at kura celebrating Matariki. A big mihi to ALL OUR WHĀNAU who joined us at kura to share in the learning and celebrations.
On our first day we had a big to start to our Matariki mā Puanga celebrations. A beautiful morning for hautapu and we thank everyone who came along. A big mihi to our whānau who helped out in a number of ways today with kai prep, hangi and other jobs. Ka nui te mihi ki ngā kura mō o koutou tatutoko i a mātou kaupapa. Thank you to the schools who came along today to perform and spend time at our kura.
On our second day we hosted St Joseph's Māori Girls College, Mahora School and Te Whai Hiringa. We enjoyed catching up Whaea Hina! Another day of inspiring performances and a chance for our tamariki to see their peers and tuakana (older students) in action. We finished the day with each Learning Community performing a Matariki karakia and a few waiata. We were treated to a perfomance at the end by our senior school Kapa Haka Roopu.
There are a number of people to thank. Firstly the schools who support our kaupapa. Thank you for your ongoing support. Our whānau who heled in many roles but in particular with kai and hangi. A big thank you to Ian Hutton for making our school brazier. We must acknowledge our whānau who came to Hautapu and breakfast. Those that came to the performances today and to those who spent the last two days with us. Our kaiako have been amazing with the awesome activities over the last two days. We were lucky to have Duane, Marama, Kirsty & Claire from RTLB service supporting us. Lastly, we must thank our awesome tamariki who have been amazing over the last two days.
An event this size takes a number of people to ensure our tamariki enjoy a range of experiences and fun, e mihi ana ki a koutou.
Lastly, to our tamariki, you were ALL OUTSTANDING! You have learnt so much, you performed amazingly yesterday and worked hard across the week showing all our school values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga, kaitiakitanga and rangatiratanga.
Mānawatia a Matariki mā Puanga ~ Let us celebrate Matariki and Puanga
TŪ AKE NE!
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