Te Whakanui i a
Matariki 1995 to 2022


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June 10 2022

Celebrate the Maori New Year

The Ngati Poneke Maori Arts of Pipitia Marae and its patrons Jean Albert and Roimata Kirikiri would like to invite you to participate in our 2022 Matariki Festival.

The story of Ngati Poneke is a story of whanaungatanga and a story of cultural survival with local hapū in Wellington. Ngati Poneke provided a source of strength for Māori in migration to the city to gather and celebrate their enduring traditions that define their identity as Māori. It was Apiranga Ngata who saw Ngati Poneke as a cultural sanctuary and the place where the new urbanized Māori could nurture their identity in the form of traditional arts (tukutuku) and traditional performing arts.

Traditional Rituals - Karakia

Karakia to honour those passed on

Manu Aute

Dawn Ceremony up Tangi Te Keo Maunga

Hakari mo nga Kaumatua

Nga Kakahu a Tane Mahuta

He koha ki a Tangaroa tribute
June 8 2022

Te Whakanui i a Matariki

Celebrates the beginning of the Maori New Year which traditionally starts with the heliacal rising of Matariki (Pleiades) in the month of Pipiri (June).

June 8 2022

Alongside this Kaupapa

We also supported current nationwide themes “the first year of the decade celebrating Indigenous people” and “Te Tau O Te Reo”.