Local Legend: Big River Educare

PHOTO: NICK BROOK
PHOTO: NICK BROOK
The first place winner of the Clutha Leader, Silver Fern farms Matariki special is Balclutha early childhood education centre Big River Educare.

Centre manager Phillipa Geary and educator Hayley Te Wao — holding the lamb leg roast — supervise some of their class around a well sunk and sealed Matariki hangi.

Some of the centre’s dad-experts — Rym Geary, Tyler Bichan and Joe Te Wao — prepared a colossal feed for about about 150 children, teachers, friends and whanau of the centre and an astronomical art festival and evening starlight walk around the fairy-light lit centre were organised for the epic celebration. 

Silver Fern Farms Finegand fired out five of the premium roasts to help local groups celebrate Aotearoa’s own midwinter festival, check next week’s Clutha Leader for the other four hard working winners.