Matariki is coming up and I am still very eager to see it as an official opportunity for everyone to celebrate the Maori new year and have an excuse for festivities with special food. The ...

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 ...

I’m a Pakeha but I’m proud that the historic Pakeha-Maori relationship that gives New Zealand a unique difference from other former British colonial possessions. This extends to food in a ...

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 ...

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 ...