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matariki returns

What does ‘Matariki’ directly translate to in English?matariki directly translate as little eye mata riki or eyes of god matariki

Which month of the year do you need to keep a close eye out for Matariki to return?you might be lucky enough to witness a special sight

What does Matariki look like when it returns?shortly before dawn, you can see matariki return


What does it mean for the Maori people when Matariki returns? celebrations of the new year.

What did the Maori people do in the months leading up to Matariki?in the months before matariki the tui, kereru, and kaka were plump and juicy from eating forrest berries

Why is Matariki an important time?matariki was always a time by catching fish especially korokoro (lamprey eels)


Outline one legend believed about Matariki?one legends says that the star of matarikiare members of Te Whanau marama _ the children of light, who were taken from there parents of puanga, takurua, and matariki.

personification

WALT about personification. what we had to do we had to right something about not a living person. like this, the yellow bright sun smiled at me.

the chocolate game

In the morning we played the chocolate game. I was so excited to play it. We got into a circle and started the game.

What we have to do we had to roll the dice to six and run to get six clothe and when you get them you have to go cut the chocolate and go sit down.

People was frustrating at getting change and cutting the chocolate up.

When it was my turn I was getting changed slowly. Isaac was fast but kaharu went to roll the dice and he got a six. Isaac kept on going but when he saw Kaharu he had to sit down.

People were waiting for their turn. Amethyst took the longest turn at getting changed. Dezarae got six items on and she went to cut the chocolate up and eat it up then Montel went and eat it straight away. I had a short turn., I was putting on the glasses and the wig and the   hat when Isaac rolled a six.I really wanted to hurt him. That chocolate was mine!”

It was heaps  fun I was so excited to play the game. people were too,

I felt so hungry for the chocolate and the chocolate kept calling “eat me”,” eat me””.

matariki stars

nga mahi a te rehia

creating a game

secret code

Nepal Earthquake

there was a powerful earthquake that struck the country.

Nepalese was expecting a bigger after shock

people were searching through the rubble for survivors.

there was an outbreak of disease spreading through the country.

Anzac day

Anzac stands for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps.  It marks the day where soldiers served in World War One in 1915. That is one hundred years ago, this year. Some soldiers died and others came back home. They went to Gallipoli to fight against soldiers from Turkey.  

Now in New Zealand and all over the world, people have dawn parades. It is where people can go and remember what happened.  This takes place on 25th of April. Poppies were sold in 1922 to raise money for soldiers and their family.  These are sold before Anzac Day and the money goes to RSA’s.  RSA stands for the Royal New Zealand Returnings and Soldiers Association.