Witi Ihimaera: 'the concept of time now has an indigenous alternative'

With the first celebration of Matariki as a public holiday just weeks away one of Aotearoa's most prominent writers, Witi Ihimaera, has written a new children's book about Matariki, Te Kokorangi, The Astromancer. Ihimaera says 'for me what is happening this year is the concept of time for New Zealanders now has an indigenous alternative' with the Maori lunar calendar.