Matariki: Stolen from me but returned to my children
“Back then, it wasn’t called Matariki. It was just winter. No one gave a shit about the stars in the sky.” — Haeatarangi Barker on welcoming Matariki as an adult.
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Constellations: a Matariki play
Director Nī Dekkers-Reihana, 33, has reimagined the celebrated British play ‘Constellations’ for Aotearoa, setting it among the stars of Matariki.
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Fanning the flames of friendship at Matariki
“This year, I joined a predominantly Māori team, and I’ve never been so instantly embraced by a group of colleagues. Usually, I take a while to warm up and trust new people.” — Aroha Gilling.
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Navigating the tipping point
“The language movement was the tipping point that changed Aotearoa forever and for the better. Along with the reo came all the beliefs that define us as children of the land, stewards of each other, and active participants in the times.” — Tainui Stephens.
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Pauline Harris: Looking to the stars
“I always had a picture of Matariki next to my bed when I was growing up. I found it in National Geographic . . . I ripped the page out and put it on my wall, not knowing it would become really important to me later in life.” — Dr Pauline Harris, astrophysicist and expert on Māori astronomy and maramataka.
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Fanning the flames beyond Matariki
“Ritual and celebration are absolutely a form of resistance. Matariki, for example, is a very loud statement that we don’t need to follow someone else’s idea of ceremony or celebration.” — Dr Rangi Mātāmua.
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Hinemoa Elder: Moving up the generational chain
“Hina’s shadows delivered the final gut punch realisation. I would never have another baby. I would never breastfeed again, wake in the night to the tiny cries and soothe a little one in my arms in the same way.” — Dr Hinemoa Elder.
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Finding my taha Māori through Matariki
“What I ended up learning about Matariki and the maramataka has changed my life.” — Olive Karena-Lockyer, planetarium presenter and educator at Stardome Observatory.
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How Matariki will connect us all
“The entire nation will stop on 24 June and acknowledge mātauranga Māori. I think, in generations to come, our descendants will look back and say that was a moment in time when we came of age as a nation.” — Dr Rangi Matamua.
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Rangi Matamua: Matariki and Māori astronomy
“I hope that Matariki can become a beacon for us . . . Why should we follow the northern hemisphere and the rest of the western world and celebrate the new year because that’s when they’re celebrating it?” — Professor Rangi Matamua.
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