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Matariki Williams is a Māori curator and writer based in Whakatāne, New Zealand. [1] In 2021, she was appointed Pou Matua Mātauranga Māori, Senior Historian, Mātauranga Māori at Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage in Wellington. [2] [3] She is a member of the Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Whakaue, and Ngāti Hauiti iwis. [3]
Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars known to Western astronomers as the Pleiades in the constellation Taurus. Matariki is a shortened version of Ngā mata o te ariki o Tāwhirimātea, "the eyes of the god Tāwhirimātea". [1]
Matariki is the name in the Māori language for the Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters. It reflects the seven founding member universities of the MNU. [4] [5] The Matariki Undergraduate Research Network (MURN) ran in 2012 and 2013 as an attempt to foster international undergraduate research.
The Moon's phases are used to define the main subdivision of the year (maramataka). The timing of the New Year varied regionally across New Zealand, but was often based around the Pleiades star cluster (Matariki). Some iwi, for example, used the first new moon after the appearance of Matariki as the start of the new year. [19]
Rangiānehu Mātāmua ONZM is a New Zealand indigenous studies and Māori cultural astronomy academic and is Professor of Mātauranga Māori at Massey University.He is the first Māori person to win a Prime Minister's Science Prize, is a fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, and is the chief advisor to the New Zealand Government on the public holiday Matariki.
Iwi leaders and the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, and vice-regal consort, Richard Davies, at the 2023 Matariki dinner at Government House, Wellington, on 14 July 2023. The National Iwi Chairs Forum is an entity founded in 2005 made up of the chairpersons of 71 iwi groups in New Zealand, facilitating the sharing of information among iwi ...
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!
A pūtātara in Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. A pūtātara in Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.. The pūtātara is a type of trumpet used by the Māori people of New Zealand.