This week signifies the start of the Lunar or Chinese New Year. For Danny Karatea-Goddard it is one of three new years that he celebrates every year. Danny is Chinese and Maori so he celebrates the ...

Mānawatia a Matariki Join Stacey Morrison and Mātai Smith from Kā Papa Toitoi (Treble Cone, Wānaka) for live coverage of the festivities as Aotearoa celebrates the Matariki public holiday.

More relevant to 21st century New Zealanders is the Maori celebration of Matariki, the Maori word for the Pleiades star cluster, which signalled the new year. According to the government website ...

Maori ancestors relied heavily on astronomy to guide them through growing crops, fishing and telling time. The reemergence of a cluster of stars known as Matariki also marks Maori New Year ...

Inside the Kai Maori box you'll find treats such as Kai ... Wellington artist Xoë Hall (Kāi Tahu), and is inspired by the Matariki star cluster, Te Kāhui whetū ō Matariki.

This Matariki, Rangiata Sky and Whakaata Māori are partnering to broadcast the two upcoming Māori All Blacks v Japan XV rugby matches, which are set to take place at Tokyo’s Chichibunomiya Rugby ...

@raj.joshi.expedition and I got engaged in beautiful New Zealand at Matariki, the Maori New year, and we are getting married next year!” The Maori New Year was officially celebrated on July 14 ...

Students will work collaboratively to create and produce artwork and the Mana Moana public art events for the observance of Matariki Public Holiday. These projects will investigate a range of values, ...

which runs planetarium and light and music/laser shows starting from NZ$15 (around $9), plus annual events to celebrate Matariki, a cluster of stars which re-emerge annually and mark Maori New Year.