New Zealand's Māori lunar new year celebrations commenced on Thursday with a dawn ceremony beneath Mount Ruapehu in the North ...

(sacred offering ceremony) – the offering of food and steam to the stars of Matariki from the umu or hāngī, along with ...

The connection between Matariki and Dark Sky Reserves is natural and profound. For Māori, the stars are tūpuna (ancestors), ...

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 ...

New Zealand observes Matariki, the Māori New Year, as a public holiday. Celebrations include dawn ceremonies and cultural ...

I remember the heat. A dry, suffocating torrent. The blazing, burning sun baking the tarmac. No clouds, no trees, just a furnace of hate. I feel the hate. I remember the heat. I remember the dust.

The Ethics of Cats (Broken Sleep Books, 2025) is her debut full-length poetry collection. She is an Arts Council of Ireland Next Generation Artist, and lives in Co Mayo ...

SPARKLING: Tina McColgan (left) and Makuini McKerchar, of the Arahi Maori Women's League, try on two of the garments to be modelled at the Matariki Maori Fashion and Design Show next week.NICOLE ...

Director Kath Akuhata-Brown says it's time for a story that heals, not harms and shows the beauty of being Māori.

Three Maori MPs face suspension from New Zealand's Parliament over performing a haka to protest the Treaty Principles Bill. The parliamentary privileges committee recommended suspensions for ...

Poetry Moment Presented by Spokane Public Radio, Poetry Moment is a program that showcases myriad poems as read by poets and poetry lovers from across the Inland Northwest — and occasionally ...

New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from parliament for three politicians who performed a Maori haka to protest over a proposed law. Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke received a ...