On the 28 of June 2024 was Matariki day
Me and my family went out to our family beach to celebrate the 9 stars of Matariki and to celebrate that day with my papa because last Matariki was the last day my papa was with us so we wanted to keep that going for him. Anyways we left our house at 9 and went to Whangarei to my uncle tangi thing and from there we went straight out to our beach .
The first thing I did was got out the truck and went to the water to take videos and photos of the beach and then I went back to help my family set up the tents and food before the rest of the family pulled up .
Anyways it was coming to night time and me and my cousin strolled around the beach to go look for some sticks and trees for the fire well the older people were up on the land doing the food for dinner and my dad was preparing the hangi to start cooking at 12 for us to wake up at 4 so we can watch the stars around the fire and eat our hangi and to listen to the story’s about how Matariki came to be a new thing for everyone and we did some waiatas as well and yea the end ..