Auckland Council and iwi partner Ngāti Tamaoho encourage you to find a Matariki Festival event happening near you at matarikifestival.org.nz. Look towards the horizon at dawn this week and you ...

NASA's Hubble space telescope has provided the best images of the Matariki star cluster. Hubble has been in continuous orbit around the Earth for 34 years and it measured the cluster at about 440 ...

Oxford's twinkling night sky is drawing in the visitors since the area gained international dark sky status. ''We get calls ...

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Here are the key dates to be aware of for 2025 - and how you can use the least amount of annual leave for the longest stretch ...

(In fact when is Matariki going to become a national festival with special food? It is already being celebrated in some New Zealand areas but it could be a unique event everywhere here.) ...

as the Matariki star cluster appears in the morning sky. June 21, 5am at Ōrakei Marae, 51b Kitemoana St, Ōrakei, We Love Local celebrates NZ's bespoke and boutique producers, and their new gift ...

Other popular names included Sione, Keanu, Te Ariki, and Ariki. Overall, the top baby names in New Zealand for 2024 were Isla ...

The park is also home to Stardome Observatory, which runs planetarium and light and music/laser shows starting from NZ$15 (around $9), plus annual events to celebrate Matariki, a cluster of stars ...

What are the Issues? [Paper presentation]. Te Mata o te Tau Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship, Massey University, New Zealand. (PDF, 252.1 KB) Te Mata o te Tau. (2024). Matariki, vol. 1, no.