Matariki Celebrations at UCOL

To celebrate Matariki, we'll be holding activities all week. Matariki activities across UCOL campuses include:

Manawatū campus:

• Harakeke earring and poi-making workshop followed by kai –  22 June
  
• Matariki Waitī multimedia display on Block 4 UCOL King/Queen St carpark. Test run – 27 June. Public event – August (date and time to be confirmed)
  

• Soup Day lunch – 20 June
  
• BBQ lunch – 21 June
  
• Te rā whānau lunch for kaumatua, kuia and ākonga, Tote bag decorating and waiata – 22 June

• Ngā Upoko Māori o Wairarapa (Māori/ Pasifika Kaimahi) have created three activities framed around four of the stars in the Matariki cluster:
  
• Pōhutukawa, remembering tūpuna and whānau who have passed on – 20 June
  
• Tupuānuku and Tupuārangi, connection with food grown and food from the sky, this is a movement session followed by hāngī – 5 July
  
•  Hiwa i te rangi: casting our wishes, aspirations and future goals for the new year – 12 July
  

Horowhenua campus:

• Kapahaka followed by a hangi – 29 June.