Korowai Maumahara - Cloak of Remembrance

The weekend didn't afford us much opportunity to see the constellation Maori have named Matariki, but hopefully you will be able to spot it if you are up before sunrise. It is on the horizon, slightly left of where the sun rises. If you need help spotting Matariki go to this website.

Matariki is a time for coming together with whanau/family to think about the past year, plan for the future and to take action. 

In thinking about the past, we include remembering deceased whanau. One way to express this is a korowai maumahara (cloak of remembrance). If you would like to remember someone or several people, you are invited to go to the library, write the name or names of persons you want to remember on a feather.

Matariki

A new display is on the noticeboard opposite the library that highlights Matariki.

It offers suggestions on how you could celebrate this event.

Next week in the library there will a cloak of remembrance. Matariki is a time to remember loved ones you have lost. This could be one way you could participate in celebrating Matariki. It would involve writing the name of your loved one/s on a feather then pinning it to the cloak. If you want to, you could also bring a photo of the person.