Matariki is a significant occasion for all people of Aotearoa and marks the beginning of a new year in te ao Māori. It is an opportunity for whānau and communities to come together to reflect on the ...

Te Ohu Whakaita Charitable Trust presents the Matariki ki Waikato 2022 festival with events to be held all around the region to celebrate the Māori New Year. Below is the programme with details for ...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the date of the inaugural Matariki public holiday. Ngā Mata o te Ariki, more commonly known as Matariki, will be celebrated on Friday 24 June next year. The ...

I want to begin by thanking everyone who is here today, and in particular the Matariki Advisory Group, led by Professor Rangi Matamua. All of your work has been essential in ensuring we are here today ...

Matariki is commonly known as the Māori New Year and is marked by the rising of the Pleiades or Matariki star cluster. Image / Supplied The Matariki ki Waikato festival 2022 is even bigger than last ...

Matariki Advisory Group chairman Dr Rangi Mātamua says its recognition with a public holiday marks a historic moment for Aotearoa.Hagen Hopkins / Getty Images For Professor Rangi Mātamua, a Tūhoe ...

For the first time, New Zealanders are enjoying an official public holiday this June 24 to celebrate Matariki – also known as Māori New Year. Matariki is the Māori name for a cluster of stars, also ...

Ngāti Raukawa te reo and tikanga expert Paraone Gloyne at Rawhitiroa Marae in the Owairaka Valley outside Kihikihi (file).Stuff / Waikato-Times Hautapu is a name recently rediscovered in Waikato for ...

The Labour Party has made declaring Matariki a public holiday from 2022 part of its election policy platform. Today, speaking in Rotorua, in her capacity as Labour Party leader, Prime Minister Jacinda ...

Businesses will be paying for two public holidays in June next year, with Friday 24 being the day on which the first Matariki public holiday will be held. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the ...

Rangi Matamua receives funding from Royal Society of New Zealand, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori. University of Waikato provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ.