Friday, 24 June 2022

6:05 AM.Dr Rangi Matamua is the chair of the Matariki Advisory Board and a leading authority on Maori astornomy. He's been spending nights at Te Papa to monitor the exact time when the sun comes up and when… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Along the west coast of the North Island, parts of the far north and the south island - Matariki can't be seen yet. It's still too low on the horizon or there are mountains in the way. Instead, they… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Justine Murray joins celestial navigator Jack Thatcher for a korero about Matariki in Tauranga Moana. Audio

9:08 AM.New Zealand wasn't the only place where Matariki was celebrated - whanau and other Kiwis living overseas organised their own festivities to mark the Maori New Year. Audio

9:30 AM.The rhythms of the Maori lunar calendar have been influencing more than just holidays and dawn ceremonies. The school year is about to end for a Kura Kaupapa in the far north whose timetable is shaped… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.The rise of Pleiades is an important cluster across Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa, the Pacific Ocean. In Maohi Nui, colonised as French Polynesia, the cluster is known as Matari'i. In her role with the Tahiti… Read more Audio

2:14 PM.The Haweti whanau have something pretty special planned this Matariki. Five wahine will be getting their moko kauae in their family homestead which was rebuilt after burning down eight years ago. Audio