Harakeke weaving, hunting for tiny aquatic invertebrates and enjoying a delicious hāngī!

About 80 people from the Ōmarama community had a fantastic day out at Ōmarama Station at a special event hosted by the Upper Waitaki Water Zone Committee on Friday 17 May.

It was a big collective effort with almost all of the the kai being sourced locally and a very early start for the volunteers who prepared the hāngī, led by the zone committee’s rūnanga representatives.

Children from Ōmarama School investigated what lives in the local waterways (with help from the EOS Ecology Wai Connection team), learned to weave harakeke and sang a beautiful waiata for the crowd.