Mānawatia a MatarikiCelebrate our New Year
Whakatake mai ki te pūtahitanga o Matariki.
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Celebrate Matariki – the beginning of the New Year in Aotearoa New Zealand, marked by the rising of the Matariki star cluster.
From 23 April, 2025
Rongomaraeroa, our Marae, Level 4
Free with museum entry
All ages
Wheelchair accessible
Variable lighting, especially on sunny days
Mānawa maiea te putanga o Matariki
Mānawa maiea te ariki o te rangi
Mānawa maiea te mātahi o te tau!
Whakatake mai ki te pūtahitanga o Matariki.
Ko te aratohu ki a koutou – maharatia te onamata, mānawatia te inamata, manakotia te anamata.
Nau mai rā!
Rukutia ngā kōrero ki te pūtahi o Matariki, tākaro kēmu, tuku oati, pāinaina rānei. Whakarongo ki tētahi waiata, maharatia rātou kua whetūrangitia.
Kia kitea akeDiscover more
Watch: Matariki Kōrero – Puanga
Throughout the weeks leading up to Matariki, 2024, guest speakers gave a series of talks about kai Māori practices connected to taonga (treasures) from our collection.
This kōrero (talk) is about Puanga – the whetū (star) that for some iwi (tribes), signals the Māori New Year.
Watch: Matariki Kōrero: Tipuārangi
Throughout the weeks leading up to Matariki, 2024, guest speakers give a series of talks about kai Māori (Maori food) practices connected to taonga (treasures) from our collection.
This kōrero is about Tipuārangi – the whetū (star) associated with all that lives and grows in the trees.
Te Marae o Te Papa Tongarewa: Rongomaraeroa
Rongomaraeroa is a unique marae (meeting place) within Aotearoa New Zealand. Like all marae, it is founded on Māori principles of kawa (marae protocol) and tikanga (cultural practices) it was created for our unique museum context as a contemporary marae acknowledging the whakapapa (ancestral history) and the taonga (treasures) of all peoples who call Aotearoa New Zealand home.
Matariki kōrero with Aroha Matchitt-Millar
Public Programming Specialist, Kaupapa Māori Aroha Matchitt-Millar (Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāti Tarāwhai, Ngāi Tūhoe) talks about her connection to Matariki and mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) and shares her kōrero (talk) about the 2024 theme, Matariki Heri Kai, the feast of Matariki.