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Wednesday 27 November 2019

Blood Cells


Today Room 4 had been trying to see blood cells which we could decide if they were real or fake.After watching a video explaining the different blood types along with if they could be put together.Like the A blood type can’t be mixed with the B type or the A type would  try to fight the B type.After that we had to solve a crime scene about someone who saw a burglar stealing his things inside his apartment.Everyone had to solve who was the burglar by using a cloth with blood on it.First we used a Slide to put the cloth on it then we put a tiny bit of water on it and put it under the microscope and looked at the cells at first only me & Tia could see small blue dots along with a light blue background but we couldn’t have our second try looking at it or third since we didn’t have enough time.

Tuesday 26 November 2019

Create task for Holes


WALT: Monitor ourselves to complete a task



Here is my create Task.

Holes



Today the oysters and kina’s read a book called “Holes”.Holes are a chapter book but also a movie.This was written by “Louis Sachar”.

Friday 22 November 2019

Fair Trade


For Maths we played a game called Trade.To play you need Lumber (Wood),Coffee,Electronics and Oil.We first had to decide whose in our group but at the same time we needed a team name.We also had to read a story about a 13 year old boy called "Hadush" he lived in the northern part of "Ethiopia".

Reading Emotions in a Play



Today my reading group had another assignment to finish as usual.But this one was about a story called "Waiting for Toni" and for this task we had to choose 4 positive emotions along with 4 negative ones.Along with the emotions we had to use our voice to show the emotions we chose and we had to say at least 1 line for each slide.The illustrations were made by "Giselle Clarkson".


WALT: Gain an understanding of how an actor can change the author’s purpose

Rainbows End


On Wednesday morning the Year 7’s
had to go on a trip to “Rainbows End”.
All the year 7’s had groups to be in and my group was
Silafaga (or just Faga),Rosiephine,Lilyana,Mata,Hunter,
Freedom,Efe-Lata and Marie B.


When we got there the first thing we did was getting to know where we are going.
Our helper (Julia) said that the oldest
should decide what ride they should go on and
since the oldest was Rosie
she decided to go on the “Fear Fall”.



The Fear fall is a bit scary to do since when
you first get on the seat it moved slowly and when
you reach the top it goes slowly down again
but then it changes to going fast until
it reaches the bottom.

Next we went on the “stratosfear” which has 2 versions you can go on first is the Extreme and the less extreme one.
The next 1 we went to was the “Log ride”.
The Log Ride was fun especially
when it's near the end it goes down a bit and probably would scare you a bit.



The ride that I probably didn’t like the most was the
“Rollercoaster".It was so high that
you could probably faint but also
I was sitting next to Faga and we were
screaming and we both
got scared at the curves .

Friday 15 November 2019

Keyhole Narrative






On Wednesday(23rd of October in Japan,2015) there were 4 girls called Irene,Joy,Wendy and Yeri. Irene was the eldest along with probably the tallest. The girls got invited for a sleepover at Irene’s house but when they had arrived Joy noticed a forest that magically appeared so she thought that her Mother must’ve planted the forest so she told Yeri and said “Yeri have you ever seen that forest before?” and Yeri said “Yeah no I haven’t which makes it weird but Joy come on".When they went inside Wendy got a weird eerie feeling inside so when Irene went outside along with the other 3 girls Irene quickly said “Where did the forest come from?”.The Girls went through the forest all together but they saw a tree stump which looked very weird but they suddenly got pushed through and all of them started screaming very loud but Joy and Irene stopped when they landed inside a pond but for some reason they saw a very tall and huge mountain probably half the size of Mount Everest.Yeri got scared because she saw a few floating islands and they had space between them that went all the way down to the void which was weird and creepy.As Soon as the 4 girls noticed that they started to feel weird but Irene faced her fears and walked over towards at least 1 of the floating islands.When her other 3 friends saw her they got pushed next to her and a door randomly appeared but when they tried to open it.It was completely locked.Wendy looked carefully at the door and noticed that there was a keyhole.As soon as she found the keyhole she quickly started to look for a key so they (mostly Wendy) could escape so she couldn’t go and jump but the 3 other girls just got confused but mostly Joy then suddenly she asked “what are you looking for?” in a sinister voice.But Wendy didn’t reply.While Wendy was looking for the key Irene got worried and decided to help her.Suddenly a picture of the keys Wendy was looking for appear but instead of 1 key it showed about 5 keys they were all different colors like 1.Red 2.Green 3.Black 4.Yellow and lastly White.The keys go in the exact same order as the colors I told you.The girls found this hard especially the Black and Green ones since those are the exact same colors as the place or basically the dimension they are in.Joy was really confused since after Yeri found 1 of the 5 keys a weird question appeared which was “What does expressions mean if you do know then demonstrate it?” Wendy knew what expressions mean but she didn’t exactly know how to basically show it.The 4  expressions that are called Happy,Upset,Anger,Joy.Everyone decided who had to show which emotion. Irene(Anger),Yeri(Upset),Wendy (Happy) and of course Joy was demonstrating her name Joy.The question still stayed the weird TV until all of them did what they were supposed to do.What Will happen next?



Monday 11 November 2019

Narrative Planning



Today I have started to plan out my narrative writing that we are starting to write.On this slideshow I wrote about who is going to be in this story,Where did this happen and what drama or problem  might happen.

Thursday 31 October 2019

Complex Sentences



Today my literacy class has been learning about what are independent and dependent clauses are.Since Mrs Moala said "we had to be in pairs" I decided to be with my friend Trinity.We each had to have the same highlights but those were done by own-selves.But also our teacher Mrs Moala had chosen the background for us.Independent clauses are "a complete thought"that could make sense by itself while the dependent clauses are the complete opposite of a complete thought but instead it's a "Uncompleted thought" that couldn't make sense by itself.Everyone had to guess which 1 is the independent clause and the dependent clause.Either way we had to highlight it blue for the independent clause while the opposite is red.

Friday 25 October 2019

Tuesday 15 October 2019

How to be a good Daughter

peach  (Helpful and important)

How can you be a good daughter? Being a good daughter means to be helpful,supportive and
enthusiastic.Are you a good Daughter?

1.Being Helpful:
Being Helpful is 1 of the most of what you should really do.Helpful translates
to doing things that are helping at least.Whenever they need help, just go for it and ask
if they need help if they say no or etc just do it and help.
For example,imagine if your Mother or father needs help for a job or handing them things they need.
But you also have to be really kind to them don’t just be rude towards them because they did everything
for you

2.Being supportive :
Showing support is something that you should definitely do to whoever is with you especially
with your parents.You need to support them when they are sick, at the hospital or
even performing you have to at least clap for them and be happy not just be like a meanie
who doesn’t care.They are singing and when they are done you clap and smile to show
that you enjoyed it.For example,when something good happens or you get either 1st,
2nd or 3rd your family should show support onto what you did just like how you should
do when they do something like that.

3.How to be a good role model and being enthusiastic?
you need to be awesome and happy when something like showing respect.Being a good role model
means showing them how you actually are by demonstrating them things that they might or
might not need help with.It also means how you should feel like but for example,
they see you do something that is very encouraging then you need to be as normal as you usually
are but being nice to others.

Conclusion: Did this actually helps you to be nicer to be a good Daughter to those who care for you?
They would do anything for you.Is there anything that you want to do for them?
Always be a good role model to others as well.  What can you do to be a good role model?

Monday 14 October 2019

Term 4 Intro

Today was a new start for Term 4 which is the last term for the whole year but also for the year 8's.As a school we usually  had an immersion assembly which our new theme which is called "Life's a stage".Life's a stage is all about drama,being dramatic and telling stories also dancing.But before that we had done that the whole of team 5 had a assembly  but it was all about 2 languages that are happening this week.I'm hoping for that we do some fun things during the term as we have athletics in week 5.For my goals for this term is to enjoy myself and be more confident to others.The one thing I want to remember for myself is to be more focused and do my best.

Tuesday 24 September 2019

The Figurative Language Game




The Figurative language game is only all about their figurative language which are metaphors and similes.This game includes rats,snakes,birds.Even though this is a fun game it could also be pretty difficult while playing this.I have gotten only 6 questions right while 7 are wrong but at least I tried my best.If you want to play the game here is the link.The Figurative Language Game.

Monday 23 September 2019

Number 28 2019 Writing (Lake alice is truly haunted and the grey nurse is a ghost)


In a Place far away from East New Zealand there was a rumor going around to watch out for a person called “Number 28”. Number 28 has been spotted lurking around a town called Lake Alice in the mid 20s.Number 28 was supposed to be a friendly person but he got arrested by the police and was sent to go to a women's asylum for being claimed as crazy.He was supposed to move into a different asylum but this one was for the best.As this was happening he got CURSED and is now called Number 28.He was skinny.People spread this rumor around for a reason or even people have claimed he was friendly but he wasn’t at all.On Friday’s you can see Number 28 going somewhere but only when you’re by yourself and when it’s Midnight.There was this girl called Pilinilose who wanted to see if this was real.So one friday night when the clock ticked midnight she left and was walking.When she was walking to the town where he was spotted.She had noticed that Number 28 was going somewhere but where?He was going to her own house.Number 28 was slowly walking creepily while Pillinilose was truly terrified and wanted to go back but she knew it wasn’t safe going back either.But suddenly Pilinilose noticed something on the floor it looked like it was a photo of him when he was younger.Number 28 was going towards her house because he knew she wasn’t there so it’s fine to go.Alice was truly nearly in danger but she knew it was fine.During the nighttime she was so scared and looking for somewhere to stay but soon she realised her own parents are at her house so  then she let a tear flowed down her cheek.Then suddenly she heard Voices that were saying “Let us go please” or “Help us please let us live we’ll give you anything” but it all was stopped.Soon after she was starting to feel a bit brave so she walked to her house to check on them but what she found was really disturbing and disgusting.Her Parents were in a pool of blood.But she heard a voice that was upstairs saying “One two” creepily so she had hid under a bed that was her own.She had started praying for that person to not come to where she was but she knew it was NUMBER 28.She cried silently but her sister Hillary had seen her and said “Look we need to leave soon” Pilinilose was nodding but the counting came closer and closer.So suddenly she knew a way to get out of there so she said this “Hillary follow after me” and she did.They managed to get out of there.but was soon greeted with Number 28 saying “Come with me and you’ll live” Pilinilose and Hillary followed him and they went inside an abandoned Asylum where he was sent.when that happened he told his friend the Grey Nurse to take one of them & she took Hillary then left to go inside a room where Hillary was shouting and crying for help then after 3 minutes it all stopped.Pilinilose was begging Number 28 to let her go he was going to let her go but he hit her instead.She passed out then Number 28 dragged her to the same room where the grey nurse was and ended her life for not doing what he said which was to NEVER BEG HIM or else you will suffer but the police came and took her but Number 28 was gone same as the grey nurse.

Friday 20 September 2019

Once A Panther


Today we had another new task but it's our last task for the term which is about Polynesian Panthers.What are panthers? they are an animal which are actually called black panthers.They also have a name after them which is just called "Black panthers" or "Wakanda".These creatures are really amazing and interesting as well.This story was written by "MICHEL MULIPOLA".

Wednesday 18 September 2019

Pet's and people (Final copy with conclusion)

How are pets just like people? Well, for example,they are really kind and respectful.They do have some differences and some of the same things as well.Pets should really be treated nearly just like people.This would mean that when pets are lonely just try to cheer them up like they are a person or even look after them.Whenever you’re in danger/trouble an animal that’s near you can help you then you would feel safe.But if an animal was in danger you can save them and also look after them.Pets are really cheerful just like people.They like playing with each other like how kids,children and people play with each other.
Online there was a quote which really is about animals and people.
Animals and humans are common and rare like this“Animals are such
agreeable friends - they ask no questions;
they pass no criticisms.”
Pets are just like people because they have sensitivity and a good way
of helping others.

Pets are just like people because they have sensitivity and a good way of helping others.They each have things to do with each other. Pets and People can relate with each other & they really like to have fun with each other.Sometimes when you are upset they (Pets) will help you and cheer you up like a normal person would do.

Being Friendly: Pets are really friendly towards everyone just like how people are but towards pets.Pets are just like people because they have sensitivity and a good way of helping others.They are cheerful as well.

Being Responsible: Pet’s are responsible for what they do like how people are responsible for losing that is important towards them.No matter what they still would be responsible for anything that they have or even what they do or even how they would act.

Taking Care Of Each Other: Pets can do the same thing but looking after their owner & themselves same with humans like how they are supposed to take care of each other no matter what.In Case of something would happen/happens like for example,if we/you lose something that’s really special towards you pets can use their sense(sensitivity) to help you to find where you’re special gift is.

How They Act Like: Pets & People need to know what they look like & how they act towards others.Like how pets see other people they can either 1. Be friendly or 2.Be normal the same with people.People are really thankful that they have a pet to either a).save them (incase if they’re in danger or even save yourself but morley pets.) b).To play with (when you’re bored and have nothing to do) & lastly c).Caring for each other (for when you/they’re sick or they have a problem with them.) Or even etc.

Conclusion: This is why/how people and pets could relate with each other.(So what?) they are special,common or rare at the same time.No matter what they still can relate,be together,friendly or even they can be really happy with each other.(My final opinion?) My final opinion is that they are so relatable with each other so I agree with this a lot.

Tuesday 17 September 2019

Cross country (Draft)

On Monday (Which was yesterday) the whole school had to do something called "Cross Country".Cross country is like a marathon except the fact everyone has to do laps around the reserve and field.For starting off cross country it's always the year 1 girls then boys and so on.Since the year 7 & 8's are the school leaders we had to run like about 2 laps which was so tiring.My running buddy was Mata.We both really wanted water at the end of our first lap but everyone had to drink water when they have completely finished their 2 whole laps.The whole school (Maybe not the teachers) had to at least represent there house colors which are Yellow (the color i'm in but also they have the most people so we could easily win and we did!) Blue,red and green.I kind of enjoyed cross country but we have another year to finish then we are finally done with this.

Friday 13 September 2019

Pets and People? (1st draft without the conclusion yet)

How are pets just like people? Well, for example,they are really kind and respectful.They do have some differences and some of the same things as well.Pets should really be treated nearly just like people.This would mean that when pets are lonely just try to cheer them up like they are a person or even look after them.Whenever you’re in danger/trouble an animal that’s near you can help you then you would feel safe.But if an animal was in danger you can save them and also look after them.Pets are really cheerful just like people.They like playing with each other like how kids,children and people play with each other.


Pets are just like people because they have sensitivity and a good way of helping others.They each have things to do with each other. Pets and People can relate with each other & they really like to have fun with each other.Sometimes when you are upset they (Pets) will help you and cheer you up like a normal person would do.

Being Friendly: Pets are really friendly towards everyone just like how people are but towards pets.Pets are just like people because they have sensitivity and a good way of helping others.They are cheerful as well.

Being Responsible: Pet’s are responsible for what they do like how people are responsible for losing that is important towards them.No matter what they still would be responsible for anything that they have or even what they do or even how they would act.

Taking Care Of Each Other: Pets can do the same thing but looking after their owner & themselves same with humans like how they are supposed to take care of each other no matter what.In Case of something would happen/happens like for example,if we/you lose something that’s really special towards you pets can use their sense(sensitivity) to help you to find where you’re special gift is.

How They Act Like: Pets & People need to know what they look like & how they act towards others.Like how pets see other people they can either 1. Be friendly or 2.Be normal the same with people.People are really thankful that they have a pet to either a).save them (incase if they’re in danger or even save yourself but morley pets.) b).To play with (when you’re bored and have nothing to do) & lastly c).Caring for each other (for when you/they’re sick or they have a problem with them.)

Thursday 12 September 2019

How do pets and people take their own responsibility/Caring towards themselves?

Statement= blue Explanation=green Example= Pink
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.”
Responsibility?
Pet’s are responsible for what they do like how people are responsible for losing that is important towards them.For example,no matter what they still would be responsible for anything that they have.


Taking Care Of Each Other: Pets can do the same thing but looking after their owner & themselves same with humans. Like how they are supposed to take care of each other no matter what.

Today in literacy we are doing another SEE paragraph from Term 1 but this one is about pets and people.Pets and people have similarities with each other.But do you wonder how do other people/pets take care of each other or have their own responsibility towards themselves?

Friday 6 September 2019

De-extinction



Today we had to do another task but this one is done with things from prehistoric and brought back to life which is called "De-extinction".

Thursday 5 September 2019

Hook Writing.



Today in room 1 since we had to make another copy about our thesis statement.We got to either use a quote about the thesis writing or make our own hook.

Should Tasmanian Tigers be brought back or not?

Today for literacy we had a create task to start and finish.This create task was about "The Return of the Moa".This story was about how their used to be Moa's and how they became extinct also why they should be de-extinct. 
                  

Wednesday 28 August 2019

The Understanding Meanings about these Words.


Today In literacy,we had to do a create task about the book we read which was "Giant Mystery" which was written by "Quinn Berentson".It has been a while since I had read the story but we had needed to know what all these words mean by using the story or finding the definition of all these words.

Thesis /Explanation Writing



Today in Room 1 we had another new task to complete which is about writing a "Thesis Statement".A Thesis Statement is about what your topic is about,explaining your answer and adding a because.I hope you would enjoy.

WALT: Write a thesis statement

Thursday 22 August 2019

Making Cushions At Tech

Today at tech we had made cushions/pillows with our teacher Mrs Tuipulotu. Since I didn't come tech on some days I had to restart so we had to cut out our material and we also had  to measure the length. we had to use a wooden ruler, our fabric was Ben 10, it was kind tricky for us on our first day and we got better at it and now we are our own experts we had so much fun today problems next week or today we might make cupcakes or maybe muffins.

Wednesday 21 August 2019

Learn,Create & Share Commercial



Today Since we had to have a commercial about what we did me and my group (Mata & Trinity) Had done a commercial that is actually Morley like a movie but it is about Learn,Create & Share.Plus even though I was in the thumbnail,I Hope you enjoy it plus thanks for watching!

Friday 16 August 2019

Maths Week

On Monday it was the first day of maths week which is all about maths as well.In Room 4 Maths we each had been in a random group in either 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and I was in group 6 with Trendy,Nevayah and Daliz. Each day we had different tasks to complete in our groups and we could win dollars/points for Team Work,Helping each other and everyone having a turn as well. The first activity we did is a Morse Code that we needed to finish and then so on but today we had to cut out paper but for my guess it must've been an Origami bird or even a star.But since today was the last day of Maths week if the team who has the most dollars would win a prize as a team but team 6 and team 1 were tied with $660. But I wonder who would win? would it be team 1 or 6? Lastly what would be the prize?

Advertisements Persuasive or Not?



Today in literacy we had to work in a group of 2 to 4.Since we had to do this I had done this with Mata. This task is about advertisements and explaining about what you see and why did you like the ad as well.




Wednesday 14 August 2019

My Genome Sequence Writing

Today Room 1 literacy had started a reading task that everyone had to do but in pairs.So my partner is “Mata”. As a class we all had to watch a video about “My Genome Sequence” which did explain a lot of things that are in our body and why they are important to us.After that we had to read a transcript about what we’d watched as a class but we had to either underline/use highlight to use just for lining/highlighting the important things.After that we had to copy and paste the link to our turn in sheet so Mrs Moala could see what have we done.Next after that happened we had to write paragraphs about what we have watched and what have we done as well.Also the video did say a few things about our genes and DNA. 99% of our code is the same as everyone & the other 1% is at least that you have some differences to the others.There are 4 chemical letters A,G,T, and lastly C also it takes 57 Years for this to happen.DNA Is a bit like a computer code used for the robots. The Doctors can diagnose the cause of you’re condition & they can decide on the best treatment for you.



Tuesday 13 August 2019

Pseudoscience


Today we had to start and also finish of a task thats called "Pseudoscience" and we also had a book we needed to read as well we could also do this with someone but I did this alone and this book actually is about science and the scientists as well.

Monday 12 August 2019

First day of Maths Week and the activity was Morse Code

Today it was the start of Maths Week which is about Maths. We Had to be put into different groups from 1 to 7 and I was in Group 6 with Trendy,Daliz and Nevayah. So since it was Maths week we had 1 task to do which was called "Morse Code" this task was easy and kinda hard as well but we manged to complete this at the last minute.We even  got points/dollars for team work and helping each other instead of just looking out the window which would make your team lose points/dollars. I wonder what else would we have?

Persuasive Writing

Statement: Should school’s start later and end earlier or have a normal day? I would disagree

Introduction: Today we Room 1 literacy we had to either agree or disagree
that we should start school at 10:00 to 2:30 or we should start at the normal time
which is 8:30 to 3:00 and I would have agreed but it's better if I disagree just for the kids to
have a better future.

Reason 1 :  Well, for my opinion and also for example,
imagine if you’re child goes to school and have a shorter day then
how would they be able to study and only be so happy that they forget that they also are at school [
how would u react if that happens? IIdeally they would be on other non related things to their work
also they might be on social media as well.

Reason 2 : I don’t really agree that we should start later and end earlier which wouldn’t work for
other people who really love school plus who really like doing work as well. Also the teachers/studen
ts would barely get to talk to each other well...probably the students
would talk a lot but not the teachers. 

Reason 3 :  Also I actually know that if the kids finish school earlier than they can spend time with
their family/cousins and friends but the parents would just morley make the kids focus on their
education and learning instead.

Conclusion :  So even though I did disagree but in my opinion I still say disagree because most children’s parents still take care and love them but they really need more time to be in school to learn a lot more and look after each other as well. Even they would need a better future as well but also better education.

Thursday 1 August 2019

5 Fun Experiments



Today for Reading the Kina group had to do a task which is just explaining the video after watching a  video as a class. Which shows about how to do the experiments and what you need as well. Also the main person in this video is a puppet who is also a scientist as well including his friends as well I hope you enjoy.

Tuesday 30 July 2019

Should we start later and end earlier or have the normal times?

If school days were shorter?

If school days were shorter? how would you feel about it?. If you cant see it it's fine but here is what it says "If we should have shorter days at school? For me I would disagree just because we wouldn't really learn a lot of things at all.  My reasons "Not enough of learning,Not enough time for recess and if They have the Shorter days.They wont have a lot of time to finish there things If they get 10 or more slides they might only finish 2 or 3 or even 1 slide. I Hoped you had enjoyed and by the way I did try my best to make this morley persuasive and this is what I had used to do this Persuasion Map. If you want you can write down you're own opinion's in the comments. :)


Friday 26 July 2019

The Tree of Life

Do you ever wonder what/who is the Tree of life?. Well the tree of life is the history of all the animals.For example if Orycteropus had a child then the child would start to evolve from its age and if they have a grand child then if that keeps happening then the father would start dying in there age but the same thing would start happening to the mother as well. I hope you enjoy.




Thursday 25 July 2019

Giant mystery?!



On Thursday Kina had to do a task with a partner.Each partner had to solve this task while reading to figure out if this was a fact or an opinion.So since I had to have a partner I decided to work with Pilinilose (year 8). Hope you enjoy.




What would happen if Cell phones were allowed in school?



If cell phones were allowed in school how would you feel? what would you do? and lastly why would you bring a cell phone to your school? Well for writing this week we had to do  "Persuasive" writing do you have any clue what persuasive would mean?. Well Persuasive means ti convince other people into what you believe or convincing them to do something. We had to choose any statement to write about and I decided to choose this. Hope you enjoy.

Tuesday 23 July 2019

What Does A Scientist Mean???

So Today for my writing since we know what Persuasive means most people might also know what a Scientist does/mean in both different ways.

Monday 22 July 2019

It's Alive!?



Today for our inquiry we had to see the differences between what's alive and what's not really alive. it something is alive they should be either moving or breathing. But if its not alive they wouldn't grow/move at all.



My prior knowledge of persuasive writing.

 Today for literacy We had to learn/write the meanings of persuasive. As a class we watched a video and did a brainstorm for the word Persuasive and for what we had used was Word clouds.

Thursday 27 June 2019

Matariki Meanings


Matariki Meanings 
If your wondering what does Matariki mean it would usually be a
special celebration to all the Maori people including the children/
teens as well.If you don’t know when is Matariki at nighttime
you would be able/not be able to see the 7 Sisters/Stars
and their names are Waiti,Waita,Waipunarangi,Tupu-a
rangi,Tupu-a Nuku,Ururangi and lastly Matariki.
The story began when Matariki got pregnant with
6 sisters so either way this is still a very special
celebration but this time Matariki is on this Friday.
Traditionally, Matariki was a time to remember those
who had died in the last year. But it was also a happy event –
crops had been harvested and seafood and birds had been collected.
With plenty of food in the storehouses, Matariki was a time for singing,
dancing and feasting. Modern Matariki: Matariki, or Māori New Year
celebrations were once popular, but stopped in the 1940s. In 2000,
they were revived. Only a few people took part at first, but in just a
few years thousands were honouring the ‘New Zealand Thanksgiving’.
A special feature of Matariki celebrations is the flying of kites –
according to ancient custom they flutter close to the stars.
Matariki is the Māori name for the small cluster of
stars also known as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters,
in the Taurus constellation. In New Zealand it comes
into view low on the north-eastern horizon, appearing
in the tail of the Milky Way in the last days of May or
in early June, just before dawn. This heralds the Māori
New Year.