Tāite 7 Pipiri – Rātapu 1 Hōngongoi 2012
Thursday 7 June – Sunday 1 July 2012
Whakanuia te Tau Hou Māori ki te Taiopenga o Matariki kei Te Papa. Rua tekau mā rima rā te roa o tēnei hōtaka nui whakaharahara! Ko te Ngā Kete o te Wānanga te kaupapa matua i tēnei tau. Ka whai tātou i tō Tainui Waka kōrero mō te pikinga o Tawhaki ki ngā Rangitūhāhā ki te tiki atu i te mātauranga. Nāna taua mātauranga i whāngai ki tōna iwi.
Celebrate Māori New Year at Te Papa with a 25-day Matariki Festival programme. The theme for this year's festival is Ngā Kete o te Wānanga. We focus on the Tainui-based tradition of Tawhaki, the ancestor who defied all odds by climbing up to the heavens and attaining worldly knowledge on his journey, which he then shared with his people.
Matariki events programme
Don't miss an amazing range of performances, music, and special activities for children.
Highlights include the Transit of Venus Lecture Series supported by HP, New Zealand Post Kaumātua Kapa Haka, and the Sevens Sisters and Seven Brothers concerts.
See the full events programme
Kahu Ora│Living Cloaks
8 June – 21 October 2012
He mahi nā ō tātou tūpuna, hei pupuri mō ā tātou uri whakatupu.
A craft of our ancestors, to keep for coming generations.
Experience Māori cloak-making as a living art form this Matariki. Kahu Ora│Living Cloaks reveals the artistic beauty of kākahu (cloaks) in Te Papa's collections, and highlights their forms and designs. It also explores their histories and relationships and the expertise that went into making them.
More about the exhibition
About Matariki
He whānui te toronga o ēnei rauemi ako mō Matariki ki ngā kaupapa maha, pērā i ngā rongoā Māori, i ngā mahi poi, ā, tae atu ki ngā marama o te tau Māori.
Pānuitia te rauemi mō Matariki
In early June, the star cluster Matariki (the Pleiades, or the Seven Sisters) reappears in our dawn skies, and stays visible for 11 months.
Learn more about Matariki in our online teacher resource
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