Matariki is the name of the Māori New Year and is also the name of the star cluster known as Pleiades, The Seven Sisters.
Matariki is traditionally a time for remembering the past by telling stories (korero), for harvesting crops, sharing food (kai) with friends and whanau, and for planning for the future.
At Beachcomber we enjoy celebrating Matariki through singing songs (waiata), making artwork, kites and weaving, retelling legends and stories, picking and eating mandarins from our tree, planting in the garden and coming together to share breakfast with our friends and whanau. This year we also had lots of fun shaking cream in a jar to make butter, which we spread onto our toast at breakfast time.
Matariki is traditionally a time for remembering the past by telling stories (korero), for harvesting crops, sharing food (kai) with friends and whanau, and for planning for the future.
At Beachcomber we enjoy celebrating Matariki through singing songs (waiata), making artwork, kites and weaving, retelling legends and stories, picking and eating mandarins from our tree, planting in the garden and coming together to share breakfast with our friends and whanau. This year we also had lots of fun shaking cream in a jar to make butter, which we spread onto our toast at breakfast time.
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