We decided to celebrate Matariki, Māori New Year, by choosing a star and bringing it to our wāhi mahi. Our team chose Tupuānuku, the star connected to everything in the soil that grows and is harvested. My brilliant team stepped up as always, and bedecked our pods with twinkling lights and so many woven and growing things! Kōwhai, kawakawa, kumara, pumpkins and ferns rooted Tupuānuku in our space and brightened these freezing days. I loved that our whānau were represented - my pod mate brought a tarahau made by her son to decorate the pātengi and my daughter sprouted a kumara vine (who knew you could do that with a chunk of kumara?) Fantastic! Our whakatauākī... about the true power of collaboration:

Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou

Ka ora ai te iwi

With your food basket, and my food basket, the people will thrive 😊