Matariki

Selected by Te Ūpoko o Te Ika - Toni Huata (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongowhakāta) performs her waiata 'Matariki'. Audio

Selected by Maniapoto FM - Ringiringi Manawaiti (Ngāti Maniapoto) performs her waiata 'Taku Poutokomanawa'. Audio

Emma Smith takes a walk around Papakura with Maggie Buxton, curator of Place Stories (Matariki), an app that triggers site specific soundworks from local artists. Audio

Matariki, the cluster of stars whose arrival - for many of us here in Aotearoa - signals the beginning of a brand new year. The name literally means 'little eyes' (Mata riki) or "Eyes of God' (Mata… Audio

Ron 'Bones' Rissetto explains mokihi, the Maori art of raft-making from reeds. Audio

Outdoors man and adventurer Kennedy Warne discusses Matariki, climate and kauri. Audio

Courtney Johnston, director of The Dowse, discusses Matariki festival in Wellington, an artist on the 20 pound note, and five years of talking about art on this show. Audio, Gallery

To celebrate Matariki we asked Otautahi-born composer and performer Dudley Benson and Taumarunui-born artist and designer Johnson Witehira., both of whom feature in City Gallery's festival calendar… Audio

To celebrate Matariki, NZ On Screen – the online database for television, film and music – has collated a new collection of Māori programming. Audio

Matariki is upon us, and with it, festivals, concerts, and exhibitions all around the country. In mid-June a concert at Wellington's Museum of City and Sea, presented by Chamber Music NZ, which… Audio

Dr Pauline Harris, astrophysicist and astronomer who's working on the revitalisation of Māori star lore - how did Māori and other societies used the sun, stars and planets to track time? Audio

Despite the growing recognition of Matariki or Maori New Year, experts in Maori astronomy say the annual event has no connection to its traditional meaning. Audio

Alan Gilmore from Mt John Observatory and Eru Rerekura discuss Matariki. Audio

Astronomer Richard Hall talks about the dawn rising of the Pleiades star cluster. Audio

Ka puta Matariki, ka rere a Whānui. Ko te tohu tena o te tau e.

Matariki re-appears, Whānui starts its flight. Being the sign of the new year!

(Whānui, also known as Vega, is the fifth brightest… Audio