Whanau enjoying a beautiful Napier night at Matariki Mahuika on Saturday. Photo: Stephen Robinson After a shocking week of rain, the Hawke's Bay coast was lit up with hundreds of Matariki beach ...

Matariki celebration and what it means. A brief explanation of the Matariki celebration and its cultural significance.

The moon moves into its last quarter phase this week, and in Aotearoa New Zealand, this means it is time for the celebration of Matariki – the Māori new year. In Māori culture, this can mean a time to ...

Matariki Hunga Nui - Calling Me Home by Rob Ruha, Troy Kingi and Kaylee Bell / Supplied As Aotearoa celebrates the rise of Matariki, heralding the Māori New Year, Waiata Anthems are proud to support ...

This week, Aotearoa New Zealand officially celebrates Matariki for the fourth time, marked by the reappearance in the night sky of the star cluster also known as the Pleiades. Yet, ironically, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Zealand's Māori lunar new year celebrations commenced on Thursday with a dawn ceremony beneath Mount Ruapehu in the North ...

New Zealanders gather across Aotearoa each year to celebrate Matariki, the Māori New Year. Matariki refers to the cluster of stars that rise in the middle of winter, known in other cultures as the ...

This year the Matariki public holiday falls on June 20. Photo / Supplied Matariki marks the Māori New Year, honouring the dead, celebrating the present, and looking to the future. Matariki was ...

The Matariki star system, also known as Pleiades, returns in midwinter, indicating the arrival of the Māori New Year. Ahead of Matariki 2024, in this extract from the insightful Māori Made Easy Pocket ...