Madam Butterfly

Marvelous Madam Butterfly

Today Thursday 17th of May, Waihi East School had a visit by Jacqui Knight, known as madam Butterfly. She’s been studying butterflies for forty years and she has travelled all around NZ. She drove down from Russell to give us a few tips about Monarch butterflies.
She became Madam butterfly because of her passion for nature. She’s travelled to 50 schools in NZ and she says she loves doing her special presentations but only with a good audience!
She taught us about the life cycle of a Monarch butterfly.
The Maori name for Monarch butterflies is Kahuku. Monarch butterflies are in the Danaidae (milkweed butterfly family).
There are about 20,000 butterflies in the world?
The difference between female Monarchs and male Monarchs is females have wide black veins on their wings and males have thin ones. One other difference is male Monarchs have two black dots on their wings.
Butterflies’ antenna hear, smell and sense all at a time! Now we all know butterflies have terrible eye sight don’t we! Butterflies don’t have hands like humans so they have a tongue called a proboscis that they use to suck up nectar. It sounds a bit odd but Monarch butterflies taste with their feet!
Did you know that butterflies are related to moths but they’re really different because moths have feathery antenna and they form into cocoons when butterflies have sleak antenna and form into a chrysalis.
When butterflies emerge from their chrysalis on a warm sunny day before they can flutter away they have to let their wings dry!
I hope Madam Butterfly enjoyed her visit, I know we did!!!

By Abbey 10years
Waihi East School

10.30am Choral service of Holy Communion – Everyone Welcome.

Join Harko Brown again this year at Just Imagine as he guides you through the enlightening process of traditional Maori Kite making. Make your own Manu Tukutuku (Maori Kite), as part of a celebration of celebrating Matariki (Maori New Year).Then take home a Maori Kite & lots of knowledge.
Ancient Maori kite flying traditions have a highly symbolic connection to Matariki – the two were historically inseparable. Kites were seen as connectors between heaven and earth.
This interactive workshop will give you the opportunity to create & fly your own kite made from traditional materials of raupo, nikau & harakeke.
Your guides, Harko Brown, Verbina Kopa & Katie-Mae Crawford are the members of He Manu o Aotearoa from Kerikeri. In addition to teaching the kite making, they will perform the kite flying laments & lead some traditional, korari, poi toa & warrior poi games.
In September, 2006 the group travelled to France to participate in the largest kite festival in the world.

TIME: 10 – 4.30pm
PRICE; $15.00 PER PERSON (Limited to 20 participants)
Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult.

NO CHARGE FOR ADULTS IF ASSISTING THEIR CHILD TO MAKE A KITE.
– YOU CAN MAKE A FLYING OR ART KITE –

10.30am Parade fall in outside RSA Rooms, marches to Cenotaph, Village Square, 11am service begins at Cenotaph, at conclusion parades to Christ Church, wreaths laid on Hazard Grave and Battle of Kororareka memorial, participants then move to Long Beach Cemetery for 12.15 service.

Dawn Parade – RSA, Russell rooms open 5.30am, Bus leaves for Rawhiti 6am, Parade Fall In 6.30am, Service starts 6.45am

10.30am

Get dressed as a SUMO wrestler…lots of FUN

9a.m. Early Service of Holy Communion
10.30a.m. Family service of Holy Communion – with choir

Service of Readings, Reflection & Taize music

6p.m. Symbolic Meal
7p.m. Holy Communion