{"id":714505,"date":"2022-06-24T00:49:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T00:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=75529"},"modified":"2022-06-24T00:49:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T00:49:03","slug":"this-is-when-we-came-of-age-says-maori-leader-on-matariki-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/06\/24\/this-is-when-we-came-of-age-says-maori-leader-on-matariki-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This is when we came of age\u2019, says M\u0101ori leader on Matariki 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/\"><em>RNZ News<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matarikifestival.org.nz\/\">Matariki celebrations<\/a> signal the maturing of Aotearoa New Zealand, says M\u0101ori leader Sir Pou Temara.<\/p>\n<p>A ceremony attended by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and other dignitaries was held in Wellington to mark the first national public holiday in New Zealand for Matariki.<\/p>\n<p>On a still Wellington morning at Te Papa, the hautapu ceremony was led by Sir Pou Temara and an array of tohunga.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2022\/06\/23\/matariki-falls-during-a-quiet-retail-season-but-nz-businesses-should-be-wary-of-cashing-in\/\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> Matariki falls during a quiet retail season \u2013 but NZ businesses should be wary of cashing in<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/matariki-reintroducing-the-tradition-of-maori-new-year-celebrations-79661\">Matariki: reintroducing the tradition of M\u0101ori New Year celebrations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?s=Matariki\">Other Matariki reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Today is a moment in time. This is a moment that future generations will look upon and say this is when we came of age,&#8221; Sir Pou said.<\/p>\n<p>Matariki is the start of the M\u0101ori New Year Matariki &#8211; a time for celebration, remembrance, growth and renewal and events to acknowledge this have been organised across the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/matariki\/469229\/aotearoa-invited-to-join-rnz-for-matariki\">RNZ is marking Matariki<\/a> with special programming throughout the day with highlights including a live broadcast of the celebrations from Te Papa hosted by Julian Wilcox and M\u0101ni Dunlop and an interview with renowned M\u0101ori astronomer Professor Rangi M\u0101t\u0101mua.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded-media brightcove-video\">\n<div class=\"fluidvids\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"fluidvids-item\" src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/6093072280001\/default_default\/index.html?videoId=6308428046112\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-fluidvids=\"loaded\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Celebrating Matariki. Video: RNZ News<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Unites us under the stars&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\nPrime Minister Ardern recalled announcing the holiday in Rotorua in September 2020 and the joy that greeted the news, especially among young people.<\/p>\n<p>She said she had witnessed several special moments this week, as people prepared for Matariki, including during her visit yesterday to Wainouimata Intermediate School to watch tamariki stage a performance of the many stories of Matariki.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister said the public holiday should not divide us by M\u0101ori ancestry or other, rather &#8220;it unites us under the stars of Aotearoa&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The thing I\u2019ve liked about the Matariki stars, though I knew them for decades as the Pleiades, is their lovely shimmer, caused by a dust cloud passing between them and us. They can look so different to other constellations. No wonder people have stared at them for millennia. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TDvV69pTUE\">pic.twitter.com\/TDvV69pTUE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JeremyReesnz (@JeremyReesnz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremyReesnz\/status\/1540096033572941824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Matariki provides us with a chance to reflect; to think of those we have lost and to prepare and share a sense of hope and optimism for the future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t think of a better moment in time for us to take up what Matariki has to offer us as individuals but also as a nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Matariki offered &#8220;a space where there is room for us all,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is republished under a community partnership agreement with RNZ.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"lv\">M\u0101nawatia a Matariki mai Heretaunga, ng\u0101 mihi o te tau hau e hoa m\u0101 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QRrbLJk8EY\">pic.twitter.com\/QRrbLJk8EY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Olly McMillan (@oliverwaiapu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oliverwaiapu\/status\/1540053645110046720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2022\/06\/24\/this-is-when-we-came-of-age-says-maori-leader-on-matariki\/\">Asia Pacific Report<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RNZ News Today\u2019s Matariki celebrations signal the maturing of Aotearoa New Zealand, says M\u0101ori leader Sir Pou Temara. A ceremony attended by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and other dignitaries was held in Wellington to mark the first national public holiday in New Zealand for Matariki. 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