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In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rika wrote nine songs inspired by the nine stars of Matariki, which she learned about from Māori astronomer Rangi Mātāmua. Working with new producers for the first time, including Tiki Taane, the new songs intended to connect the stars and the gods to contemporary life in Aotearoa. [9]
Many Māori sources, especially older ones, list seven stars in Matariki: Matariki herself, the central star in the cluster (the kai whakahaere or 'conductor'), and six children. [9] The emblem of the Kīngitanga or Māori King movement, Te Paki o Matariki, includes the star Matariki flanked by three stars on each side. [5]
The Little Kiwi’s Matariki was Best Picture Book winner in the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. [7] She has received Storylines Notable Book Awards for The Seven Stars of Matariki/Te Huihui o Matariki (2009), Muddle & Mo (2016), Witch's Cat Wanted: Apply Within (2017) and Muddle and Mo’s Rainy Day (2019).
In Māori culture, Matariki is the name of the Pleiades star cluster, which was important for agriculture in establishing the correct time to plant crops. There are two explanations of the name Matariki: firstly, mata-riki (small eyes) or mata-ariki (Eyes of God). The constellation is also believed to have been used by navigators.
In the early 2000s Hakaraia wrote a book for adult readers and another for children about Matariki, a Māori celebration of the new year. In the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours , Hakaraia was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit , for services to the film and media industries.
In 2019, Stolen Stars of Matariki was a finalist in New Zealand Post Book Awards, Children & Young Adults: Te Kura Pounamu Award for books written completely in te reo Māori. [8] Kamo won Best Reporter - Maori Affairs in the 2019 Voyager Media Awards for her work on two New Zealand television programmes, Marae and Sunday. [9] [10]
Matariki Whatarau is a New Zealand actor and musician. Whatarau is also a founding member of Māori showband the Modern Māori Quartet. [1] He co-wrote and performed songs, with the other band members, for the Modern Māori Quartet's debut album That's Us! (2017). [2] Whatarau appeared on the television programmes, Go Girls and Find me a Māori ...
Matariki is a 2010 New Zealand drama film set in Ōtara, South Auckland. The film is told through five interweaving stories all set in the days leading to the rising of Matariki. The film incorporates a variety of languages including English, Māori, Tokelauan, Samoan, and Cantonese. It features an ensemble cast and is the feature debut for ...