There is plenty for everyone to celebrate Matariki, the Māori New Year, in Tauranga Moana. Here’s what’s coming up in the seven days ahead.
Rāmere 10 Hōngongoi ki Rāpare 16 Hōngongoi
Friday 10 July to Thursday 16 July
For tamariki (children)
- 10 Hōngongoi: Join a fun session learning all about what the stars Waipuna-a-rangi and Ururangi represent. Crafts to take home and a weather science experiment.
Story, Stars and Taniko - Tauranga
- 13, 15 and 16 Hōngongoi: Tupuanuku is the star connected with everything that grows within the soil – hear the story of how kumara came to Aotearoa and learn how to grow kumara at home.
Kumara Cultivation Activity Session - Mount Maunganui
- 13, 14 and 16 Hōngongoi: Learn about Matariki stars Tupu-a-nuku and Tupu-a-rangi. Have fun and learn through activities and stories. Make a taniko cross-stitch.
Story, Stars and Taniko - Tauranga
Matariki fun for the whole whānau
- 11 Hōngongoi: Learn about the history and elements of Hip Hop culture. Use your skills and knowledge to write rhymes and develop your own style.
Raw Form Hip Hop Workshop
- 15 and 16 Hōngongoi: Our digital specialists can place you in the sky with our beautiful Matariki star cluster. Download your image at home and share with loved ones.
Matariki Greenscreen drop in activity - Mount Maunganui
- 16 Hōngongoi: Build a double-hulled waka with a modern twist. Learn a little about traditional Māori navigation process and how navigators used Te kapehu whetu (star compass).
Waka Hourua: Double Hulled Canoe
Online learning (Kōnae ipurangi)
- 13 Hōngongoi to 21 Hōngongoi: Pātaka korero – Join library staff as they share letters written by the first land surveyors stationed here in Tauranga which shed light on Tauranga Moana both then and now.
Pātaka Kōrero
- 21 Pipiri – 21 Hōngongoi: Matariki: Ngā kura huna - a wide range of resources available here including links, recipes and activities.
Matariki: Ngā kura huna
- 21 Pipiri – 21 Hōngongoi: Ngati Ranginui iwi present Tumokemoke – a moteatea and traditional waiata, knowledge, history, tupuna and sites of significance.
Tumokemoke
- 21 Pipiri – 21 Hōngongoi: Te Runanga o Ngāi Te Rangi iwi present a new special video series ‘Ngā Marae o Tauranga Moana’ sharing intrinsic and unique history, moteatea and waiata pertinent to each area.
Mataraunui: Matariki 2020
Exhibitions – showing until 11 July
Go to mymatariki.co.nz for the full Matariki Tauranga Moana 2020 programme.