Survey

                                           

Today we went to the Pakuranga mall to do a survey. We asked only one question which was do you know what Matariki is? Out of 20 people 14 did not know what Matariki was and 6 knew about it we asked people from different cultures but all people lived in New Zealand. Some Maori people did not know about their new year too.

It shows us that many people don’t know about Matariki even though they live in New Zealand. We should celebrate Matariki more by putting Matariki on the calendar, putting up posters, decorate malls and put it on the radio. We should also celebrate it in the city so that people know about an important festival of New Zealand.

Chinese new year

 Chinese new year

Chinese new year is a special day for chinese people.

It last’s for 15 days for the family to unite and celebrate.

The preparation starts days in advance.

People clean their houses and decorate their houses with good
luck red and gold banners hanging on the main door.
The traditional chinese food is prepared by all the women
in the family and this food is shared on new years eve.

On the new years eve the family stay up until midnight to
welcome the good luck.

Last day of chinese new year the chinese people hang lanterns
around their houses and mark the road.

In china they do festivals and dragon dances.

Everyone was happy and said gong zee fa cai.

Toku pepeha