Danny Karatea-Goddard celebrates the new year three times a year - on 1 January, Matariki and the Lunar New Year.

This week signifies the start of the Lunar or Chinese New Year. For Danny Karatea-Goddard it is one of three new years that he celebrates every year. Danny is Chinese and Maori so he celebrates the ...

With Matariki (the appearance in the sky of a group of stars known as the Pleiades, signifying the Maori new year) happening in June, what better way to celebrate than by making kumara the centre ...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a visit to Wainuiomata Intermediate to mark Matariki in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (AAP Image/Hagen Hopkins ...

The reemergence of a cluster of stars known as Matariki also marks Maori New Year, which is now a public holiday in New Zealand. Maori astronomy is also a focal point of Horizon Tours' Dunedin ...