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The Seven Kites of Matariki

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The Seven Kites of Matariki

By Calico McClintock

Narrated by Acushla-Tara Kupe

Suitable for Kids and Little Kids

Published by Scholastic New Zealand

Seven little sisters make seven kites with seashell eyes to celebrate the New Year, but the playful wind steals them and carries them far up into the sky.

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    It's time to greet the new year. For the first time ever the seventh little sister, Ururangi,can make her own celebration kite. But when the sisters take the finished kites to fly them, the east wind whips them all away into the sky.
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