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Matariki at First steps Wattle Downs

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Matariki is the Maori New year and Maori name for a cluster of stars.

Traditionally, it is a time to remember the dead, celebrate new life and to plant new crops.

To mark Matariki in our centre, our tamariki did lots of art work, singing, dancing and planted a lemon tree to show the beginning of a new life, growing and getting the crops / fruit to eat.  

Our tamariki cannot wait to see how much it will grow by next Matariki.