
Activity: How is Matariki celebrated?
Explore how the Māori New Year is marked across Aotearoa.
Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
Open every day 10am-6pm
(except Christmas Day)
Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
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.
Explore how the Māori New Year is marked across Aotearoa.
Explore the practices associated with the Matariki ceremony of hautapu.
Consider the global significance of Pleiades, the Matariki cluster.
Go down amazing wormholes with this curated suite of links.