Matariki

July 24th the day of our Matariki

Festival, it started around 4 pm,

most of the workers had showed

up. Myself, David and Natal were

running the popcorn stand and it

was better than you would think.

We got to popping as people started

to arrive but unfortunately, we didn’t

have many customers but that was fine.

So at that point, Natal and I  bought fry bread. 

We decided to go and wander around

the sports hub having a good time with

friends but as time passed the Kapa haka

groups started to perform I had returned

to the popcorn stand to witness the smell

of burnt popcorn. Just as I was about to

get back to work Jon-lee informed me

that we had to perform.

After a couple of songs, it was Hokitika

Primary Schools turn. During the night

people started to vanish but then after

Hokitika Primary was finished, we closed

out the night with one last song as table

packed up, people knew that the night was over finally,
it was wrapped up with a karakia.
I hitched a ride with Tiare back to my
house.