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Our tamariki love the Māori Creation Story

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Our tamariki love the Māori Creation Story.  When we retell this story with the tamariki or when the tamariki retell this to each other we discuss all of the ngā atua (Māori gods) and each of their domains that they protect.  We talk about how we need to say thanks to our atua and help them protect our papatuanuku (earth). We need to show kindness and respect to every living thing.  This is a big part of our philosophy at BestStart Queenstown!  The tamariki are very observant and noticed that the ngā atua all had mokos. We discussed how this is very important to Māori as it can tell stories of their whakaapa and whānau. The tamariki love practicing their pukana and our haka we have been learning.