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Matariki Star Lab Sessions
Visit the mini-planetarium Star Lab, enjoy locating the different stars, and learn how Matariki is significant to Māori. Sessions last 45 minutes and numbers are limited.
Weekends Saturday 27 June – Sunday 12 July: 10.30am & 2.30pm. The session on Sunday 28 at 2.30pm is in te reo Māori.
Evening sessions Thursday 25 June, 2 July and 9 July: 6.30pm.
Extra weekday school holiday sessions Monday 6 July – Friday 10 July: 10.30am & 2.30pm.
Book on the day at Te Huka ā Tai, Level 4.
Matariki, the Māori New Year, is the Māori name for the small cluster of stars known as Pleiades or the Seven Sisters, in the constellation Taurus. Pleiades rising in the morning sky signals the oncoming winter solstice and the Māori New Year is the day after the next new moon.
organisation:
Te Papa (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa)
cost:
Free
dates:
Thu 25 Jun 09, 6:30pm
Sat 27 Jun 09 - Sun 12 Jul 09, on Sat, Sun, 10:30am
Sat 27 Jun 09 - Sun 12 Jul 09, on Sat, Sun, 2:30pm
Thu 02 Jul 09, 6:30pm
Thu 09 Jul 09, 6:30pm
venue:
Te Marae - Te Papa, 4th Floor, Cable Street, Wellington
region:
Wellington, New Zealand
Related links
Matariki - NZ History
Check out The Classroom social studies activities on the NZ History site about Matariki. Matariki is increasingly celebrated by many New Zealanders, Māori and non-Māori alike.
Matariki - Te Ara
Matariki (the Pleiades) signals the Māori New Year. Learn about the astronomy, significance and celebrating of Matariki in New Zealand.
Matariki the DVD
Learn more about the history, stories and star lore of Matariki with 3 video clips from the Matariki DVD commissioned by Carter Observatory.
The New Zealand Māori Tourism Council
Find out more about the New Zealand Māori Tourism Council, a nation-wide Māori tourism organisation to facilitate business growth and prosperity for Māori Regional Tourism Organisations.
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