Loopy Tunes - known for their vibrant Pasifika music for pre-schoolers - have released a new album celebrating Matariki, New ...

With Matariki (the appearance in the sky of a group of stars known as the Pleiades, signifying the Maori new year) happening in June, what better way to celebrate than by making kumara the centre ...

declared Maori New Year (Matariki) a national holiday earlier this year to recognize the shared identity of New Zealanders. The country already has a Maori-ethnicity Governor-General. Dame Cynthia ...

The Rotorua Christmas Parade was a bit damp this year but spirits were still high ... drone light show set to light up the sky this Matariki at the Rotorua Lakefront as part of the Aronui Arts ...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a visit to Wainuiomata Intermediate to mark Matariki in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (AAP Image/Hagen Hopkins ...

The reemergence of a cluster of stars known as Matariki also marks Maori New Year, which is now a public holiday in New Zealand. Maori astronomy is also a focal point of Horizon Tours' Dunedin ...