Teaching and learning activities: In what ways is Matariki celebrated?

Matariki is a time when people, whānau, and communities gather together to remember the year that has passed, to celebrate the present, and to plan for the future.

In these activities, ākonga explore how Matariki is a time to remember, to feast and celebrate with our relatives and friends, and to look towards the future with hope.

Activity: How is Matariki celebrated?

Explore how the Māori New Year is marked across Aotearoa.

Rangi Mātāmua lifts the lid from the food pot to release steam into the sky, with then-Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern looking on

Activity: What is a hautapu?

Explore the practices associated with the Matariki ceremony of hautapu.

View of the Matariki cluster in the northern hemisphere above a mountain. In the foreground is a horse resting and a rural house

Activity: Is the Matariki cluster celebrated elsewhere?

Consider the global significance of Pleiades, the Matariki cluster.

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