Rangi Matamua
Rangi Mātāmua on the significance of Matariki
Matariki will be celebrated as a public holiday for just the second time tomorrow.
A lot has been done by communities across the motu to help lift the profile of the Maori New Year, but are New… Audio
Professor Rangi Matamua Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year
The 2023 winner of the title Kiwibank New Zealand of the year, Te Pou Whakaare o Aotearoa was named as Professor Rangi Matamua (Ngai Tuhoe), who's been dubbed the man behind Matariki! He talks to… Audio
Dr Rangi Matamua
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… Audio
Maori astronomers knowledge of star cluster Matariki
Friday will be Aotearoa's first ever Matariki public holiday to mark the start of the Maori new year. It's the most significant celebration in the traditional Maori calendar, occuring when the… Audio
Playing Favourites with Professor Rangi Matamua
Rangi Matamua has been helping people rediscover the connection that we all have to the cosmos, leading to what has been a dream for him: New Zealand celebrating Matariki as a public holiday, Friday… Video, Audio
Matariki holiday bill passes final reading
Today, the bill to make Matariki a public holiday completed its passage in the house with its third reading and our first Matariki Holiday is June 24th this year. Audio
Māori language challenge organisers shocked by popularity
Those behind a month-long challenge to speak as much Te Reo Māori as possible say they're staggered by how popular it's become.
Today is the first day of Mahuru Māori, a month long celebration of… Audio
Matariki - what, why, where - the new year's expert explains
Tomorrow marks the first day of the Tangaroa Lunar phase of te tahi o Pipiri the first month of the new year. Which means the constellation Matariki is set to rise or Puanga to rise. Māni Dunlop… Audio
Matariki Advisory Group chair on how to mark the holiday
Matariki, the Māori New Year will be recognised with a public holiday for the first time in June next year, but it won't always fall on the same date.
Māori astronomers will use the positioning of… Audio
Waikato University academics ready to leave over racism backlash
Fearful, intimidated and ready to leave - is how one Māori professor is describing the current climate at the University of Waikato.
More than 2,500 people have signed an open letter calling for the… Audio
Matariki public holiday recognition meaningful to Maori
The Labour Party has promised to make Matariki a public holiday from 2022 if re-elected - in what would be the first new public holiday in nearly 50 years. Earlier this year nearly 35 thousand people… Audio
Matariki celebrations kick off in Auckland tomorrow
Celebrations kick off in Auckland tomorrow to celebrate Matariki, the start of the Maori New Year. The Maori New Year is known as a special time of year to be with family, friends, reflect on the past… Audio
Coronavirus: Famous Māori livestream videos for lockdown
Māori celebrities and experts are giving online tutorials to help thousands of children keep up their reo Māori during the Level Four lockdown.
TV host Stacey Morrison, singer Pere Wihongi and… Audio
The science of Matariki
Professor Rangi Mātāmua talks about the 120-year-old book which has preserved his ancestors' knowledge of Māori astronomy. Audio
Our Changing World for 4 July 2019
To mark Matariki, the Māori New Year, we join Dr Rangi Matamua from the University of Waikato to hear about Māori astronomy. Audio
Pleiades appearance brings on Matariki celebrations in NZ
From this week the star cluster Pleiades known in Aotearoa as Matariki will become visible in the sky. Recognition of Matariki has grown considerably in popular culture here in New Zealand over the… Audio
Māori astronomy - Te Whānau Mārama
"First the sun, then the moon, then the stars". Waikato University Professor Rangi Matamua shares Māori understandings of the night sky. He's curated the Waikato Museum's current exhibition Te Whānau… Audio