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Porirua To Light Up For Matariki
Porirua is set to shine as we celebrate Matariki for 2025. The night sky will twinkle once more inside Te Rauparaha Arena, with delicious hāngi, performances and interactive displays, while our harbourside has a beautiful light display planned. Porirua Mayor Anita Baker says the long weekend and city activities are a perfect chance to connect with whānau and take part in what makes Matariki special - acknowledging our past, relishing our present, and looking forward to a positive future. "This long weekend has fast become an important time on our city calendar and I love how we gear up to celebrate life, give thanks and recognise our wonderful cultural diversity," Mayor Baker says. "I can't wait to see residents out, enjoying the night walk or heading along to what's happening at the Arena or Pātaka. Each year it gets better." From 19-21 June, between 6 and 9pm, a light display on Porirua's harbourside is a must visit. Dress warm and walk around the water's edge on Wi Neera Dr to experience something magical under the stars. There will be fireside stories, buskers and yummy kai as well. On the first night (19 June), people are encouraged to join the Ka kā te Rama light walk at 5.30pm and add to the sparkle with their own fairy lights, lanterns or torches. Indoors, the wonderful Matariki under the stars experience is back (20-22 June and on 28 June), along with Elvis Under the Stars (21 June), Fitness Under the Stars (23 June) and a hearty hāngi (26 June). At Pātaka Art + Museum, the gallery is honouring the central star Matariki, the mother of the Matariki constellation, who fosters wellbeing and health. From yoga to artist talks and live music, Pātaka is somewhere for creativity and connection. At the City Centre Library, enjoy a free storyworld and craft session on 18 June from 11am-12pm with children's book illustrator Joy Te Aho-White.
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27-05-2025
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Streamside Education A Hit With Porirua Schools
A programme giving schools the opportunity to learn more about their local natural environment and the importance of healthy waterways is proving popular. The Streamside Education programme, run by Porirua City Council Parks Education Advisor Natalie Packer, is flexible and can support what students are learning in the classroom. Since launching the programme in 2023, Natalie has worked with students of all ages from across Porirua. Already this year groups from Aotea and Mana colleges have been out learning about the natural environment to help with their assessments. This term students from Porirua East School have had the opportunity to learn about the connection between art and nature by doing creative activities at Pātaka Art + Museum in the morning, then planting in an area near their school in the afternoon. This began recently with tamariki planting 230 new trees by Mexted Stream in Rānui, just around the corner from their school. "We want the tamariki and rangatahi of Porirua to see the connection to their environment in their local community," explains Natalie. "This programme is about immersing them in nature and encouraging them to have a relationship with the local environment, so they can cherish it." With this year's planting season getting underway, Natalie says there will be plenty of opportunities for schools to do some learning outside the classroom and put plants in the ground. In 2024 about 3800 students, teachers and parent helpers from 34 schools across Wellington and Porirua helped during the planting season.
