Cultural advisors have expressed some concern over the commercialisation of the sacred Maori New Year celebrations. New Zealand is celebrating its first-ever Indigenous public holiday, Matariki ...

Maori Television invites viewers to celebrate Matariki – the Maori New Year - with a glorious festival of arts and culture on HE KARANGA MATARIKI, a series of three one-hour specials to screen ...

There's growing support for a long weekend around the indigenous occasion, an annual time of reflection and planning among Maori whanau, or families. Matariki is named after the bright stars of ...

The New Zealand government will celebrate Matariki - Maori New Year as a public holiday beginning on June 24, 2022, showing its attention on recognizing Maori culture. The government announced the ...

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 ...

Matariki - Maori New Year: Matariki (the Pleiades) star cluster twinkles in the winter sky just before dawn. Traditionally, the rise of Matariki was a sign to ensure food crops had been harvested ...

Matariki is the Māori New Year in Te Ao Māori, or the Māori world view, and is signified by the reappearance of the Matariki star cluster in the early morning sky. English speakers may know the ...

The New Zealand government will celebrate Matariki - Maori New Year as a public holiday beginning on June 24, 2022, showing its attention on recognizing Maori culture. The government announced the ...