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Otago Daily Times
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Mega Matariki for Local Legends
As promised, Silver Fern Farms and The Clutha Leader delivered on a mega Matariki Local Legend special, with five prime roasts for the standout spirits of the Aotearoa's own midwinter holiday. Last week, Big River Educare buried the roast-with-the-most for their whopping 150-person hangi and lights festival. The four winners featured this week are: South Otago High School, which hosted a big breakfast in its assembly hall last Tuesday; Rosebank and Balclutha Kindergartens, which held Matariki programmes with visits from a specialist storyteller, and shared kai including a boil-up soup big enough for everybody, and practice for their big performances. The organising team for the day-long Matariki extravaganza at Te Pou Ō Mata-Au, Clutha District War Memorial and Community Centre (TPOMA), Balclutha, where dozens of schools and community groups performed waiata and kapa haka amid displays and practical workshops. "Mānawatia a Matariki (celebrate Matariki) has been a strong message for the Silver Fern Farms Finegand team," processing manager Mark Frisby said. "It is fantastic to see the public groups embracing Matariki and celebrating accordingly." More than meeting Matariki's spirit of community, co-operation and celebration makes this week's winners well worth the Local Legend label.
Otago Daily Times
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Local Legend: Big River Educare
PHOTO: NICK BROOK The first place winner of theSilver Fern farms Matariki special is Balclutha early childhood education centre Big River Educare. Centre manager Phillipa Geary and educator Hayley Te Wao — holding the lamb leg roast — supervise some of their class around a well sunk and sealed Matariki hangi. Some of the centre's dad-experts — Rym Geary, Tyler Bichan and Joe Te Wao — prepared a colossal feed for about about 150 children, teachers, friends and whanau of the centre and an astronomical art festival and evening starlight walk around the fairy-light lit centre were organised for the epic celebration. Silver Fern Farms Finegand fired out five of the premium roasts to help local groups celebrate Aotearoa's own midwinter festival, check next week's Clutha Leader for the other four hard working winners.
