I can’t believe that I am sitting at my laptop with the sun streaming through my windows in the middle of May. The only sign of autumn is a tree in the park with beautiful, coloured leaves.

We have had several things to celebrate recently: Easter, Anzac, Harvest Festival and birthdays. Later this month we will be celebrating Matariki.

Thank you to the kids at Christchurch West Methodist parish for sharing with us how they celebrated Harvest Festival. They have a garden and grow vegetables which they donate to the Christchurch Methodist Mission Aratupu pre–school and whanau hub and to Gilberthorpe Primary School.