Kites in action during the Manu Aute Kite Day, for the Matariki festival, held at Takaparawha Reserve, Orakei Marae, Auckland, in 2014. Photo/File Celebrate the Māori New Year this Sunday at the ...

Hundreds of colourful kites take to Auckland skies tomorrow for New Zealand Post Manu Aute Kite Day as part of Matariki Festival 10. The free family event at Orakei Marae includes traditional kite ...

Māori used kites as a communication tool but they also had a symbolic meaning because they reach up to the stars, spiritually connecting heaven and earth. Photo / Mike Walen There are several great ...

As Matariki is celebrated in New Zealand, Christians navigate a return to the festival’s pagan roots. The appearance of the Matariki star cluster (also known as Pleiades) in the New Zealand sky just ...

As Te Kāhui o Matariki, the Matariki star cluster, signals the arrival of the Māori New Year, local tangata whenua and community groups share opportunities for us to celebrate and come together.

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 ...

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 ...

Tyra Ruruku and her Te Piringa colleagues enjoying the vibe at the Puanga Twilight Festival in Palmerston North. Te Piringa is a kapa haka group made up of students from Freyberg High School, ...

Matariki celebrates the Māori New Year and is a time for people to gather, honour the dead, celebrate the present and make plans for the future. This year, the public holiday falls on Friday 20 June.

This year Aotearoa New Zealand is celebrating what may be the world’s first reintroduced indigenous holiday anywhere in the world, according to Dr. Rangi Matamua, an indigenous studies and Māori ...