Matariki 2022

For Keri Hulme

For Keri Hulme

For Becky Manawatu, and maybe for Keri Hulme too, the sea is a church.

By Becky Manawatu | 27th December, 2022

The Sunday Essay: For Keri Hulme

The Sunday Essay: For Keri Hulme

Does death draw us to the water? I think so.

By Becky Manawatu | 3rd July, 2022

Rereata Makiha (Image: Tina Tiller)

Should Aotearoa ditch the four seasons?

We'll never be truly in tune with the taiao when we use a system designed for the opposite side of the world.

By Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes | 2nd July, 2022

Contributing writer

Hinerapa Rupuha (Photo: Supplied)

The new generation of celestial navigators learning from their ancestors

'You have to be in tune with the elements and the atua, to the sound of the waves hitting the waka and the direction of the wind on your cheek.'

By Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes | 24th June, 2022

Contributing writer

In a whāngai i te hautapu ceremony food is cooked in a hāngī or umu and when the oven is uncovered the steam of the food rises to feed the stars.

Mānawatia a Matariki! Tips for how to celebrate if you don’t know where to start

Including: 'Don’t buy presents. Be present.'

By Simon Day | 23rd June, 2022

Contributing Writer

Nikau Hindin making aute at Ngāi Tūpoto marae, Hokianga (Photo: Seb Charles)

Mapping the stars to reclaim time: Nikau Hindin and the art of aute

Nikau Hindin's detailed aute cloth star maps are part of an ongoing pursuit to see the world the way our ancestors did.

By Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes | 21st June, 2022

Contributing writer

Rangi Matamua speaking at a dawn event for the announcement of the Matariki holiday (Photo: Getty Images)

The humble superstar of Matariki

Meet Rangi Mātāmua, the 'Matariki Man' whose advocacy and research has led to Friday's public holiday.

By Alice Webb-Liddall | 21st June, 2022

Contributing writer

Puanga the keen lover

Puanga the keen lover

In the week of Matariki, Airana Ngarewa pays tribute to Puanga.

By Airana Ngarewa | 20th June, 2022

Contributing writer

Image: Tina Tiller

Santa, the Easter Bunny… and the Matariki possum?

Matariki may be our new indigenous public holiday, but is it tika to make money off an event that's so culturally significant to Māori?

By Reweti Kohere | 17th June, 2022

Rereata Makiha in an episode of Waka Huia (Image: Supplied)

Matariki will soon be on the horizon, but will you be able to see it?

Different iwi have different ways of acknowledging the Māori new year depending on when certain stars are visible to them in the night sky.

By Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes | 6th June, 2022

Contributing writer

Nadine Anne Hura’s tūī on lino, improving progressively

Watch for the tohu hidden in plain sight

Matariki is a time to be extra vigilant. Look after your whānau, and tune into the ones who hide their faces.

By Nadine Hura | 4th June, 2022

Contributing writer

Images: supplied, design: Archi Banal, border: Isobel Joy Te Aho-White

Puanga kai rau: My grandad and the stars

Not everyone can see Matariki. In Taranaki, Airana Ngarewa looks to Puanga to remember instead.

By Airana Ngarewa | 3rd June, 2022

Contributing writer

Matariki holiday officially on the calendar as bill passes its final reading

Matariki holiday officially on the calendar as bill passes its final reading

The Matariki holiday will be on June 24 this year, but will have no fixed date – except that it'll always be a Friday.

By Don Rowe | 7th April, 2022

Contributing writer