Children's DayTe Rā o Ngā
Tamariki

[Music plays]

[Boy 1] Stay at home. Play with each other. No fighting – not at all.

[Girl 1] I run like super-fast!

[Boy 2] 3, 2, 1 – start!

[Boy runs a homemade assault course]

[Father] Well done! Look at you!

[Boy 2] Yay!

[Girl 2] You could watch a movie – that makes me happy.

[Boy 3] Or playing cardboard games.

[Boy 1] And build with them to make happy things.

[Girl 2] If you play a musical instrument you could practise. That makes me happy.

[Boy 4] You can talk to people online.

[A video group chat with participants laughing shows]

[Boy 5] You can make some paper planes and then you can fly it.

[Girl 2] You do some dancing if that makes you happy.

[Boy 4] Sing songs together and you can spend some time with your family.

[Girl 3] Do you know what TikTok is?

[Boy 5] If your paper plane goes far away, then make another one.

[Girl 4] Try something new.

[Girl 5] You can do gardening.

[Girl 6] Crafty kind of stuff.

[Girl 4] And be creative.

[Girl 1] And paint!

[Girl 4] And do things that you wouldn't normally do.

[Girl 2] Hug yourself.

[Boy 5] And be calm.

[Boy 7] Keep your family close.

[Boy 3] You could write down a happy quote in a notebook. So then every time you look in it, each day, you can see something positive to make you have a fun day.

[Girl 8] And look forward to things as well.

[Oranga Tamariki logo shows on screen]