Maramataka 2023 is enjoying huge popularity since its launch last month at Matariki. Its success has taken its publishers – Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti in collaboration with the Rongoā Collective of the ...

Nasa is calling on mātauranga Māori experts in hopes to acquire knowledge about the Māori lunar calendar, Maramataka. Te Kahuratai Painting (Ngāti Manu, Ngāpuhi) is a master's student at the ...

For some, they grew up with it but for others, they are trying to fit it into their world. It is not uncommon for organisations to change what they do based on it and Rereata Makiha (Te Mahurehure, Te ...

Antarctica's patterns of stark seasonal changes, with months of darkness followed by a summer of 24-hour daylight, prompted us to explore how a Māori lunar and environmental calendar (Maramataka) ...

Over the past few years, a curious fad has swept New Zealand—teaching by the phase of the Moon by using the Māori Lunar Calendar. Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their calendar ...

It has been 18 months in the making but, finally, Education Minister Chris Hipkins and the Ministry of Education have allowed Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai to rearrange its dates of schooling for the ...

Its appearance heralds the end of one year and the beginning of another, the Māori new year. Generally, Māori acknowledge nine main stars in the group. In parts of the country, it can be hard to see ...

Antarctica’s patterns of stark seasonal changes, with months of darkness followed by a summer of 24-hour daylight, prompted us to explore how a Māori lunar and environmental calendar (Maramataka) ...