Written By: Sahil Arman Year 2 Room 16 and Kahnayzha Anderson Year 6 Room 17

Matariki Day is a day when we celebrate the Maori New Year. We see the seven stars of Matariki. The stars are called Tupuanuku, Tupuarangi, Waiti, Waita, Waipunarangi, Ururangi, and Matariki.

Our whanau cooked sausages, hangi and baked some other food like the fried bread that we all ate for Matariki Day. It was a special day and Te Whanau Tutakitanga sang songs about Matariki as a kapa haka.

We liked when we practised our kapa haka performance. We can say our pepeha and we can lead all the tamariki in karakia, all in Maori.