A new music and storytelling event will join Matariki Festival 2026, inviting people to come together for an evening of ...

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 ...

Photographer Holly Sarah Burgess (Ngāpuhi, Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi) hopes to watch Matariki rise on Cheltenham Beach with her mum. Photo / Holly Sarah Burgess While the star cluster itself will rise ...

The 2025 Matariki Festival programme has been launched today, with this year’s events reflecting the theme of wai (water) and its deep cultural, environmental and spiritual significance. Ngāti Tamaoho ...

Geneva Alexander-Marsters (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa) taps into the wisdom of te ao Māori during her pregnancy. Through her waiata 'IHO', Geneva emboldens fellow Māori mothers to embrace tikanga in ...

TikTok users all around Aotearoa have been very active on Friday to celebrate Matariki, sharing what they were up to across the motu. There were plenty of waiata sung, tonnes of kai eaten, and lots of ...

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown wants everyone in Tāmaki Makaurau to celebrate Matariki - and he’s making sure the council has invested enough putea (money) to make that happen. Brown said despite the ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Matariki has come and gone for another year, but the melody still shimmers. I'm referring in particular to a song released for the 2025 Māori new year: Matariki Hunga Nui – ...

Palmerston North polytechnic UCOL has been “spreading the vibe” of the new public holiday and Māori celebration Matariki. UCOL has been running Matariki and Puanga celebrations at its campuses in ...

The first official public holiday is on June 24, but there are events happening countrywide on either side to celebrate midwinter and Māori New Year – some as far away as October. Here’s what to keep ...