Summer Learning Journey Week 3 - Activities 2

Activity 2: The Seven Sisters [4 points]

In the middle of winter, a very special cluster (group) of stars appear in the sky over New Zealand. This cluster is called the ‘Matariki star cluster.’ It re-appears in the sky each May/June and signals the start of the Māori New Year. Many songs (waiata) and stories have been written about the cluster. One of these is called ‘The Seven Stars of Matariki.’ It was written by a New Zealander named Toni Rolleston-Cummins. She is from Maketu. Click here to listen to Toni read her story.

On your blog, write a short summary of the book. What was it about? Try to summarise the story in 6-8 sentences.

There were 8 brothers how loved each other the same way, but one who was the youngest brother in the group didn't have the bond that they had with each other. The youngest brother is name (Mitai), but then they heard woman's singing they took the ladies and they fed them with food that they really loved to eat the brothers were very starving for some food but they didn't eat. The woman's didn't let them eat because, they wanted the brothers to die.