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Manawatia a Matariki 2023

ChannelTVNZ 1
Date Broadcast Friday 14 July 2023
Start Time06 : 00
Finish Time11 : 00
Duration300:00

Join hosts Stacey Morrison and Mātai Smith for live coverage of the Matariki festivities from Rotorua, beginning at dawn with a traditional Hautapu ceremony.

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CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR, COURTNEY SOLE, KATE HARRIS AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) WE HONOUR THOSE WE HAVE LOST. WE CELEBRATE THE PRESENT. WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE IN THE PROMISE OF A NEW YEAR. GOOD MORNING. MANAWATIA A MATARIKI. WELCOME TO YOUR NATIONAL MATARIKI BROADCAST. MORENA. OVER THE NEXT FIVE HOURS, WE WILL BE SHOWCASING AND CELEBRATING THE ONLY PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN NEW ZEALAND CENTRED AROUND OUR UNIQUE MAORI CULTURE. WE'RE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM ROTORUA. WE ARE LOOKING DOWN FROM THE STARS ACROSS THE CITY AND OVERLAKE ROTORUA. IT HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY MORNING ALREADY FOR EVERYBODY PREPARING THE CEREMONY WHICH BEGINS AT APPROXIMATELY 6:35 AM. FOR THE SECOND YEAR, WE WILL ALLOW YOU TO FOLLOW THE KARAKIA VIA SUBTITLES GIVING YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. TODAY IS ALL ABOUT SHARING. THIS IS A DAY FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. AS WE MAKE CONNECTIONS TO THE MATARIKI STAR CLUSTER, WE WILL ALSO BE BRINGING YOU BEAUTIFUL WAIATA, AND WILL BE CHECKING OUT OTHER CELEBRATIONS FROM RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FIRST, FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE STILL LEARNING ABOUT WHAT MATARIKI ACTUALLY MEANS AND CAN MEAN TO US, DON'T WORRY. WE HAVE YOU COVERED. IF WE CHOOSE TO CONNECT WITH THE STARS, THE STARS CAN HELP CONNECT US. NOW THAT MUCH REKEY IS OFFICIALLY A NATIONAL HOLIDAY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS FOR ALL OF US TO OUR CELEBRATE. SO WHAT IS MATARIKI? HOW CAN WE ALL CELEBRATED? WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE NEW YEAR, THE THING THAT CONNECTS US TO THE REST OF THE WORLD AS IT IS THE SIGNAL TO TELL US IT IS NOW TIME TO RECALIBRATE, TO REFRESH. MATARIKI IS ONE OF THE MANY THINGS PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT TE AO MAORI. CELEBRATING IT AS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY EXCITES ME. IT IS A PATHWAY WE CAN GO INTO LEARNING MORE. SO WHAT IS MATARIKI? IT IS A STAR CLUSTER THAT RISES IN MIDWINTER. BECAUSE OF THE SEASON CHANGE AND THE DEEP CONNECTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT, MANY MAORI SAW THE RISING OF MATARIKI IS A SIGN OF THE NEW YEAR. SO WHERE IS MATARIKI? THE BEST TIME TO SEE THE STAR CLUSTER IS JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. IN NEW ZEALAND, MATARIKI IS NORTHEAST. FIRST, LOOK EAST TO THE LINE OF THREE STARS THAT MAKE UP ORION'S BELT. THEN FOLLOW THE DIRECTION TO THE LEFT, UNTIL YOU SEE A TINY CLUSTER OF STARS. THIS IS MATARIKI. MATARIKI CAN BE SEEN FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. THE MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. DIFFERENT CULTURES HAVE THEIR OWN NAMES AND STORIES ATTACHED TO THE CLUSTER. ACROSS EUROPE, IT IS KNOWN AS... SOME REFER TO THEM AS THE SEVEN SISTERS. SOME ASSOCIATED WITH DEATH AND MORNING. SOME CONNECT THE STARS TO AGRICULTURE. IN JAPAN, IT IS KNOWN AS SUBARU. WHICH MEANS GATHERING TOGETHER. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GUIDED BY STARS, FROM ASTROLOGY TO OCEAN NAVIGATION AND MEASURING TIME. SINCE ANCIENT TIMES, PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED TO THE STARS AS SIGNS TO CONNECT THEM WITH EVENTS HERE ON EARTH. CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM WITH THE MIRACULOUS SIGN TO MARK THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. THE BIBLE SAYS... MANY CULTURES BELIEVED THAT THE POSITIONS OF THE STARS WERE THEIR CREATORS WAY OF TELLING STORIES. IT SEEMED ONLY NATURAL TO RECOGNISE PATTERNS IN THE SKY, GIVE THEM NAMES, AND TELL STORIES ABOUT THEM. SO WHAT IS OUR STORY HERE IN NEW ZEALAND? THE WORD MATARIKI IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE EYES OF GOD. MANY MAORI BELIEVE WHEN YOU PASS ON, OUR SPIRITS ARE SENT TO THE SKY. AND WE BECOME STARS. SOME CONSIDER MATARIKI TO BE THE MOTHER STAR SURROUNDED BY HER CHILDREN. SOME SAY SHE HAS SIX CHILDREN. SOME SAY SHE HAS EIGHT. EACH STAR IS CONNECTED TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. THESE ONES ARE THE STARS WATCHING OVER THE WATER AND THE FOOD THAT LIVE WITHIN IT. ONE IS FOR FRESHWATER AND THE OTHER IS FOR OUR OCEANS. THESE TWO LOOK AFTER OUR FOOD THAT GROWS BELOW AND ABOVE THE LAND. THE VEGETABLE GARDENS AND ALL THAT LIVE WITHIN OUR TREES IN THE SKY. THESE TWO OTHER WEATHER STARS. THEY ARE GUARDIANS OF THE RAIN AND WIND. AND THE FINAL TWO STARS ARE OUR PROTECTORS. ONE PROTECTS THE MEMORIES OF OUR LOVED ONES WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY, WHILE THE OTHER PROTECTS OUR WISHES. THIS IS THE MATARIKI WHANAU. IF MATARIKI HAS SUCH A LONG HISTORY, WHY ARE A LOT OF US ONLY LEARNING ABOUT METHODICALLY NOW? THE REASON WHY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE GOT DIFFERENT SYMBOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY RECOGNISING AND REMEMBERING A DYING RACE THAT ENCOURAGES US TO BE EMBARRASSED OF WHO WE ARE AND OUR CULTURE. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, YOU LOSE KNOWLEDGE. I WAS RAISED IN THE 1980S WHEN THERE WAS A SLOW REVIVAL OF THE CULTURE. IT HAS TAKEN A GOOD 40 YEARS OF RENAISSANCE JUST TO GET HERE. AND ALL OF THE HARD WORK OF THE LAST 40 YEARS HAS ENABLED US TO START TO BE PROUD AGAIN. (RECITES KARAKIA) MATARIKI RISES IN MIDWINTER, A TIME OF SEASONAL CHANGE. IT IS COLD, SO THE LAND IS ADA'S MODE IS UNPRODUCTIVE, AND THE HARVEST SEASON MUST END. WHAT DOES IT TELL US ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR? ADDITIONALLY, ALL OF OUR NEW YEARS WERE IN WINTER, BECAUSE THE MOMENT THAT THINGS GET WARM, WE ARE THEN MOVING INTO WORK, AND SO SUMMER IS OUR BIGGEST TIME TO WORK, BECAUSE YOU GO OUT AND GET ALL OF THE FOOD THAT YOU NEED TO GET WHILE YOU THEN REST IN THE WINTER. YOU STAY HOME DURING THE WINTER. YOU GO ALL AROUND THE WORLD, ALL THE BIG BATTLES AROUND THE WORLD, VERY RARELY WERE THEY IN WINTER. AND IF THEY WERE, THE PEOPLE THAT WENT TO ATTACK WOULD OFTEN LOSE. YOU DO NOT HEAR ANY STORIES OF OUR ANCESTORS GOING INTO BIG BATTLES SIMPLY BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE TO STAY HOME. NGATI RANGI HAVE COME HOME TO LEARN ABOUT ANCIENT TRADITIONS AND HOW THEY CAN CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR. WINTER IS A TIME FOR SCHOLARSHIP. IT IS A TIME TO STAY TOGETHER TO REFLECT. (ALL SING IN TE REO MAORI) I LIVE A LONG WAY AWAY FROM HOME, AND IT IS HARD SOMETIMES BEING AWAY. BUT COMING HOME IS REALLY GROUNDING. IT IS JUST A REALLY WARM HOME FEELING. AND I KNOW THAT WHEN I HAVE A BABY, AND THEY ARE BROUGHT UP HERE, THIS IS THE MAORI NEW YEAR. IT IS NORMALISED. WE DO NOT HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT. WE DO NOT HAVE TO EXPLAIN OUR OWN CULTURE. IT IS JUST A PART OF THIS LAND NOW, AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FROM THE BEGINNING. MAORI WOULD LOOK TO THE STAFF TO PREDICT UPCOMING YEARS HARVEST. IF THE STARS WERE CLEAR AND BRIGHT, IT WOULD BE A BOUNTIFUL SEASON. HOWEVER, IF A 30 HE APPEARED HAZY, THIS WILL BE A SIGN OF A COLD AND DIFFICULT SEASON. OF CERTAIN STARS WERE BRIGHTER THAN OTHERS, THEN YOU WOULD KNOW YOU WOULD HAVE A SUCCESSFUL HARVEST. THERE IS A LOT OF REVIVAL HAPPENING RIGHT NOW OF OUR KNOWLEDGE. TRADITIONALLY, EACH SEASON HAD A REASON. OUR CULTURE AS A FOOD CULTURE. THAT IS AN ASPECT OF HUMANITY - THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD. AUTUMN IS PREPARATION FOR THE COLD MONTHS. WINTER WAS ALL ABOUT WANANGA. THE NEW GOING TO SPRING A NEW START TO PREPARE YOUR GARDEN FOR THE KUMARA. I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME WORK WITH SOMEBODY WHO WORKS FOR THE METSERVICE. JUST ALIGNING WHAT I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE, I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A COLD WINTER, AND I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE SHORT. SHE ASKED ME HOW I KNEW, AND I SAID I WAS READING WHAT THE STARS WERE TELLING ME. IT GIVES ME A GOOD READ ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN FOR THE NEXT SEASON AS WELL AS THE NEXT YEAR. BUT WE ALL SEE DIFFERENT STARS, DEPENDING ON WHERE WE LIVE. ALL AROUND THE WORLD, THE LANDSCAPE IS DIFFERENT. THE CONDITIONS ARE DIFFERENT. NATURALLY, YOU ADAPT TO YOUR CONDITIONS. THE SAME APPLIES HERE AROUND NEW ZEALAND. EVERY TRIBE IS SURROUNDED BY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT. EVERY TRIBE HAS DIFFERENT TRADITIONS. NOT ALL TRIBES SEE MATARIKI AS A SIGN OF THE NEW YEAR. THIS MAY BE BECAUSE IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT, THEY CANNOT SEE MY 30 KEY, AND OTHER STARS ARE MORE PROMINENT. PUANGA AS A SIGN THAT MANY MAORI C IS A SIGN OF THE NEW YEAR. IT IS HIGHER AND BRIGHTER THAN MATARIKI. IT IS CELEBRATED ALL AROUND NEW ZEALAND, BUT MAINLY ON THE WEST COAST, FAR NORTH, PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, AND THE CHATHAM'S. SOME SIGNS WERE READ DIFFERENTLY, BUT MOST TRIBES KNEW OF BOTH MATARIKI AND PUANGA. SOME PEOPLE SAY, NO, WE ARE ONE OR THE OTHER. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS THERE IS NO COMPETITION. YOU READ WHATEVER YOU READ DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE. PUANGA AS A KEY STAR FOR US OF THE WEST COAST COMING INTO THE CENTRAL VOLCANOES. AND SHE IS PORTON SIMPLY BECAUSE WE GET A BETTER READ FROM HER THAN WE DO FROM MY 30 KEY. TRADITIONALLY IN THE MOUNTAIN HERE, TO PREPARE FOR THE COLD MONTHS, WE WOULD GO DOWN TO THE RIVER WHERE IT IS SLIGHTLY WARMER. AND BECAUSE WE WERE DOWN THE RIVER, WE CANNOT SEE MATARIKI, AND YOU CAN TRADITIONALLY, MULTI-NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS INCLUDED RITUAL FIRES, OFFERINGS, FAREWELLING THE DEAD, CELEBRATING LIFE IN PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. (CHANTS KARAKIA) (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) I LOST MY MUM A WHILE AGO. AND IT IS TIME TO CELEBRATE WHO THEY ARE THROUGH WHO WE ARE. AND TO LET GO, BUT TO STILL REMEMBER. IF YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THEM YOU LOSE THEM. AND THAT IS WHAT THE FIRE IS ABOUT, AND THAT IS WHY WE REFLECT ON THE WAIATA AND KARAKIA. I'M NOT NORMALLY A SPIRITUAL PERSON BUT I HAVE NEVER REALLY EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS. IT IS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL AND SOMETHING I WILL NEVER FORGET. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN MARAE. I FEEL EXTREMELY PRIVILEGED IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN READING ABOUT IT.. RECENT SCIENCE HAS A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT INDIGENOUS CULTURE. A LOT OF THIS KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME BUT HAS MAYBE BEEN IGNORED BY WESTERN SCIENCE. COMING FROM SCIENCE AS A WESTERNER, I THINK THAT IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT. PUANGA AS PART OF OUR JOURNEY, IT IS PART OF A NEW BEGINNING. IT IS A CHANCE FOR US TO SHARE WHO WE ARE AND OUR STORIES. WE ARE TELLING OUR STORIES, NOT SOMEONE ELSE TELLING THEM FOR US. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) A LOT OF US HERE IN NEW ZEALAND TYPICALLY ASSOCIATE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS WITH TOASTING GLASSES, PARTIES AND FIREWORKS. THEY HEAVILY REALLY STOP TO ASK WHY WE CELEBRATE THIS WAY? OR DO WE JUST ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE WAY WE HAVE BOYS DONE IT. AND WHEN DID WE STOP KNOWING THE MEANING BEHIND THIS TRADITIONAL CELEBRATIONS? OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES, MUTTERED HICKEY CELEBRATIONS HAD BEEN REVIVED AS A TIME OF REMEMBRANCE, JOY AND PEACE. SO HOW CAN WE CELEBRATE MUTTERED AGAIN TODAY? IT ALLOWS ME TO GRIEVE MY PAST, SET INTENTIONS FOR WHAT IS TO COME IN TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY SURROUNDINGS OF THE MULTI-WORLD. I WENT TO WANANGA. THE WAY THEY SPOKE ABOUT NAVIGATION REALLY SPIKED MY LOVE FOR MUTTERED IT WAS BETTER THAN THE BEYONCE CONCERT, IT WAS AMAZING. I WAS LOOKING AROUND IN THE ROOM AND I WAS LIKE WHY AM I THE ONLY YOUNG PERSON HERE? TRADITIONALLY, MAORI NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THEIR ENVIRONMENT FOR THE SURVIVAL. THEY RELIED ON MATARIKI FOR SIGNS ON HOW TO GET THEIR FOOD. MY DREAM IS FOR MY KIDS TO WALK OUTSIDE AND UNDERSTAND THE NATURAL NOTIFICATIONS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU CAN KNOW SO MUCH MORE ABOUT YOURSELF. I AM NOT AN EXPERT. A JUST WHAT MY PEERS TO KNOW ALL THE COOL THINGS WE HAVE IN THE MAORI WORLD. SHE WANTS TO USE MAORI TRADITIONS TO UNDERSTAND THE LUNAR PHASES. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET BY IN THE 21ST-CENTURY AND IT CAN GET EMOTIONALLY HIGH AND I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE CYCLES. I CAN USE THESE RESOURCES TO UNDERSTAND THE MAORI LUNAR CALENDAR AND HELP THEM NAVIGATE FOR THEIR MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL, AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING ACCORDING TO THE PHASES. FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF OUR MOON PHASES IN THIS BOOK OUR MOON IS FULL, A GREAT TIME TO OUTGROW COMFORTABLE PLACES. MATARIKI IT IS NOT JUST OUR MAORI THING. A LOT OF CULTURES CELEBRATE IT. MY UNCLE AND AUNTIE WERE THE INITIATORS TO START CELEBRATING IT A FEW YEARS BACK. OUR FIRST MATARIKI WAS LITERALLY JUST ROASTING MARSHMALLOWS BY THE FIRE AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF IT. THE SPIRIT OF THAT NIGHT, YOU CAN'T COMPARE AND CAN'T EXPLAIN IT IT IS JUST VERY SPECIAL AND WARMING, AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. IN MY EYES, IF YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY TOGETHER AND HAVE NICE FOOD, HAVE A CELEBRATION OF OUR ANCESTRY, THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO ME. TO BE HONEST, I DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT MATARIKI. I AM HALF TONGAN AND HALF SCOTTISH. I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD LEARN ABOUT MATARIKI AND GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT IT. NOT JUST LEARNING IT BUT UNDERSTANDING IT FULLY. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OR UNDERSTANDING AROUND MATARIKI? THERE IS ONE INTERPRETATION THAT THE GOD OF WIND TOOK OUT HIS EYES BECAUSE OF THE LOVE OF HIS PARENTS. AND HIS EYES WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE SKY WHICH CREATED THE CONSTELLATION. MATARIKI BEING A PUBLIC HOLIDAY NOW IS A WAY OF REVITALISING NOT ONLY THE LANGUAGE BUT THE CUSTOMS. FOR THOSE WHO ARE MAORI WHO LIVE IN NEW ZEALAND, JUST TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CULTURE IN THE LAND. IS ANYONE AWARE OF HOW THEY CAN CELEBRATE IT? YOU CAN EAT SOME FOOD. (LAUGHS) ONE FORM OF CELEBRATING, OR A TRADITIONAL WAY, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR YOU ARE CARRYING AN INVISIBLE BAG AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR YOU ARE FILLING UP WITH BAGGAGE KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE. BY THE TIME YOU GET TO MATARIKI IT IS SO HEAVY AND WEIGHING YOU DOWN. SO THIS ALLOWS YOU TO EMPTY YOUR BAG OUT IN YOUR READY TO START THE NEW YEAR. MY FAVOURITE MEMORY WITH MY GRANDFATHER THE ONE THING I USE A LAKE WAS SEEING HIM GIVE A GOOD OLD HUG SINCE HE IS A BIG FELLOW IT FELT REALLY AMAZING. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MEMORIES OF ME AND MY GRANDFATHER. IN TERMS OF SETTING WITH MY BELIEFS, IT DOESN'T REALLY CORRELATE. BUT THAT'S FINE YOU CAN NOISE LEARN NEW THINGS. SO WE OPEN THE SPACE WITH A KARAKIA WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY IN THAT YEAR AND THEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE STARS. WE PLACE ON OFFERING THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH STAR. WE WILL PLACE THESE ON OUR BONFIRE IN THE STEAM FROM HERE GOING UP THERE AS SAYING THANK YOU TO THE STARS FOR GUIDING US FOR THE YEAR. AND THEN WE KARAKIA, WE SET OUR INTENTIONS AND GOALS TO HIWA. THIS IS A TIME TO LET EVERYTHING GO, TO DO TO STOP AND REFLECT ON THE YEAR THAT YOU'VE HAD ALL OF THE UPS AND DOWNS. LET EVERYTHING GO AND EGG KNOWLEDGE EVERYTHING SO YOU CAN HAVE EVEN MORE LIFE EXPERIENCES NEXT YEAR. MATARIKI CAN HELP BRING OUR COUNTRY TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN ENJOY THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. WELCOME BACK TO OUR LIVE BROADCAST FROM ROTORUA. WE ARE TAKING THE TIME TO CHAT WITH NEW ZEALANDER OF THE YEAR. YET WHO OF OUR PUBLIC HOLIDAY, RANGI. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE HOW MUTTERED ACCUSE BECOMING PART OF OUR LIVES AS NEW ZEALANDERS? IT'S JUST THE UPTAKE AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY STARTING TO EMBRACE THE THEMES HONOURING OUR DEAD AND CELEBRATING WHO WE ARE. THINKING ABOUT WHO WE WANT TO BE IN THE CONNECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT TODAY. IT IS SO COOL. MATARIKI RAINGA HOKI AS ONE OF THE THEMES YOU CAME UP WITH. WHY DID YOU WANT THAT TO BE PART OF OUR CELEBRATION? MATARIKI RISES, IT CALLS US HOME. IT BRINGS US BACK TO THE PLACES AND PEOPLE WE CALL HOME. IT IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE CALL HOME. TO OUR FRESHWATER, OCEANS AND LAND. THAT IS WHAT I REALLY HOPE HE WILL EMBRACE. AND HAVE YOU SEEN PEOPLE EMBRACE THAT? AS WE WATCH MATARIKI RISE AND IT IS IN THE SKY AT THE MOMENT. I WE GOING TO SET? YES. IT IS LOOKING ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. IT SPEAKS NOT ONLY TO THE BEST PARTS OF WHO WE ARE, BUT IT IS CONNECTED TO WHO WE ARE. I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT. I THINK BEING LED BY THE ENVIRONMENT IS IMPORTANT IN THESE TIMES OF CLIMATE CHANGE. INSTEAD OF TELLING THE ENVIRONMENT WHAT TO DO, IT IS OTHER WAY AROUND. YES WE HAVE TWO SINK INTO WHAT THE ENVIRONMENT TELLS US TO DO. AS A MODERN SOCIETY WE HAVE BECOME A STRANGE TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE IN THE ENVIRONMENT CELEBRATING EACH OTHER. I KNOW THAT YOU TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY A LOT. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN TERMS OF THE WAYS IWI ARE EXPRESSING CONNECTION TO MATARIKI? WE WANT TO EXPRESS THAT THERE ARE REGIONAL VARIATIONS, LAKE WITH THINGS LIKE CHRISTMAS. THEY SHOULDN'T BE SEEN AS CHALLENGES, THEY SHOULD BE EMBRACE. VARIATION IN DIVERSITY AND WHO WE ARE AS A NATION MAKES US RICHER AND MORE CONNECTED TO EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING. SEEING ALL THE CELEBRATIONS IS AMAZING. IN THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE GOING EVEN FURTHER ABROAD. WHERE DO YOU GO AFTER THIS OVERSEAS? ON SUNDAY, I LEAVE FOR LONDON. I HAVE THE HONOUR TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY IN GREENWICH. THE HOME OF GREENWICH MEAN TIME. THE SHIPYARDS ARE RIGHT THERE WHERE COKE LEFT TO COME TO THIS PART OF THE WORLD. IT IS BEING ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE HOME WHEN HE LEFT FROM IN THE HOME OF SCIENCE IN MANY WAYS. THAT INFLUENCE PEOPLE LIKE ISAAC NEWTON, EINSTEIN AND MODERN-DAY ASTRONOMERS. TO TAKE OUR MATAURANGA MAORI THERE AND ADD TO THAT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE SHARING WITH THE WORLD. AS A PROFESSOR, AND WHEN YOU SAID THAT CONTEXT, OF BEING IN THOSE HIGHEST ACADEMIC SPACES, THAT IS REALLY A VALIDATION ISN'T IT? I THINK THE SPACES ARE WILLING TO OPEN THEIR DOORS TO US AND ALLOW US TO SPEAK TO THAT PLACES. I THINK THERE IS REALLY A ACKNOWLEDGEMENT NOT ONLY IN THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF KNOWING BUT ALSO TAKING OUR KNOWLEDGE AND CONVERTING INTO PRACTICES SO I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE KNOWLEDGE IT IS KNOWING TO PRACTICE. I LOVE HOW WE CAN HAVE A CHEEKY SPIRIT, BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE A MEANTIME WITH GREENWICH MEAN TIME. WHAT DO YOU THINK WE WILL EXPERIENCE? WE HAVE OUR WOMEN LEADING OUR KARAKIA. HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT TODAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. FOR ALLOWING US TO TAKE PLACE HERE IT IS VERY SPECIAL HERE. TO BE ABLE TO LOOK OUT AND SEE MATARIKI IN THE SKY. I AM EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE. A RETURNING OF SOMETHING, IN MY BELIEF THAT WAS PART OF OUR SOCIETY, AND TO SET DOWN HERE IN THIS PLACE, IT IS A REAL HEART OF MAORIDOM. IT IS GOING TO BE SPECTACULAR. IT IS A RETURNING FOR WOMEN. TO SEE THEM BALANCE OUT THE MEN AND THERE IS A BALANCE OF MALE AND FEMALE, I THINK IT ADDS TO THAT. MATARIKI SOME ARE FEMALE SUMMER MAIL. KA PAI. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YOU ARE WATCHING OUR NATIONAL MATARIKI BROADCAST. WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE SKYLINE LOOKING OUT OVER LAKE ROTORUA. WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING, I HOPE YOU ARE NICE AND WARM, BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE BIT CHILLY UP HERE. IT IS. THE HEART SO WARM. IT IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT MATARIKI HAPPENS AT THE COLDEST TIME OF THE YEAR. IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER, TRADITIONALLY THERE WAS NOT AS MUCH WORK TO DO. PEOPLE COULD SPEND TIME TOGETHER REALLY ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY. MANAWATIA A MATARIKI. IT IS AN INVITATION TO ALL OF NEW ZEALAND TO UNDERSTAND BOTH THE OLD TRADITIONS AND TO BE PART OF CREATING NEW ONES OF OUR OWN. IT IS SO IMPORTANT, SO EMBRACE IT AND MAKE IT WHAT YOU WANT. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW TO IT, THE CONCEPTS OF MY 30 KEY AS WELL AS THE VALUES, THIS IS A TIME TO REFLECT, CELEBRATE AND BE TOGETHER AND RESET. FIRST, WE REFLECT BY REMEMBERING THOSE WHO WE HAVE LOST AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING OUR OWN JOURNEY OVER THE LAST YEAR. WE CELEBRATE BY RECONNECTING WITH WHANAU AND GOOD FOOD. AND WE FOCUS ON THE NEW YEAR. AND LUCKILY FOR US, MUSIC PLAYS A BIG PART OF THIS. WILL BE JOINED BY THE HARMONIC RESONATORS WITH THEIR LUSH HARMONIES, AND FEEL GOOD MUSIC. COMING UP VERY SOON AS THE TRADITIONAL CEREMONY. IT IS HONOURING THE RISING OF MATARIKI. WE HAVE THE FIRST OF OUR REPORTS AT 7:30 AM. JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK, WE HAVE THE ADDRESS, WHICH INCLUDES LOCAL KAUMATUA, THE MAYOR OF ROTORUA, PROFESSOR SIR POU AND ALSO THE MINISTERS. AND THEN WE WILL SEE SOME OF YOUR ENTRIES CREATED FOR OUR HOME FOR MATARIKI SHORT COMPETITION, BEFORE TRAVELLING TO SEE THE CELEBRATION IN HOKIANGA. AND THEN WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TAURANGA AND WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE COMPETITION. AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND US, THIS GUY IS GETTING LIGHTER. IT IS ALMOST DAWN. IT IS TIME TO CROSS LIVE FOR THE CEREMONY. LET'S HEAD THERE NOW., (RECITES KARAKIA) (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) (RECITES KARAKIA) (ALL PERFORM HAKA) (GUITAR PLAYS) (WOMEN SING IN TE REO) (ALL SING IN TE REO) BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY THERE. I GOT GOOSEBUMPS THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE CEREMONY. GOOSEBUMPS AND ALSO A FEW TEARS. I LOVE WHAT THE SCIENTISTS SAID IN AN EARLIER EXPLAINER VIDEO THAT WE HAD, HE SAID I AM NOT A SPIRITUAL PERSON BUT WHAT A SORE TODAY, I CAN'T DESCRIBE. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE BALANCE, THAT WE ENGAGE WITH THOSE VERY DEEP KARAKIA, IT IS IMPORTANT TO BRING OURSELVES DOWN TO EARTH. SO WE EAT AND START THE WAIATA. IN THIS REGION, THEY ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL VOICES. THERE THEY ARE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT OUR YOUTH ARE AMONGST THAT. THEY BRING THAT ENERGY BACK. THE WORDS THEY WERE USING MEANS TO OPEN THE SKY, AND LOOK IT HAS WORKS. THAT IS WHAT OUR CEREMONY HAS JUST CREATED FOR US. MANAWATIA A MATARIKI. WHEN MATARIKI RISES ABOVE THE HORIZON, OUR ASPIRATIONS RISE FOR THE YEAR AHEAD. MANAWATIA A MATARIKI. WELCOME BACK TO OUR VERY SPECIAL BROADCAST CELEBRATING MATARIKI. THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR HAVING A NATIONAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATING. IT IS A TIME TO RESET, AND SPEAKING OF RESET I AM GOING TO MAKE WAY FOR OUR NEXT GUEST. WE WILL NOW SPEAK TO 1 OF THE KAIKARAKIA. WELCOME, MATARIKI CRIBB-FOX. YOUR NAME COULDN'T BE MORE PERFECT. MY DAD TOLD ME THE STORY ABOUT WHEN HE NAMED ME AND HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A NEW BEGINNING FOR HIM. I AM NOT EVEN BORN IN JULY. SO THIS EXPERIENCE, OF THE CEREMONY, MAYBE PEOPLE HAVEN'T SEEN WOMEN DO KARAKIA BEFORE. I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS WOMAN HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND NOW IT IS OPENING UP MATARIKI AND IT IS PART OF OUR CULTURE THAT WE GET TO SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. YOU ARE A YOUNG WOMAN, HOW DID IT FEEL TO SHARE THAT? YOU DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB AND MADE A SLOW CRY. IT WAS INCREDIBLY HUMBLING TO BE AMONG A GROUP OF SUCH PROFESSIONALS IN THAT SPACE. STANDING THERE, I FELT THE WEIGHT OF THE ENORMITY OF THE OCCASION. BUT I ALSO FELT REALLY WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND LOOKED AFTER, AND THAT WE WERE DOING SOMETHING MOMENTOUS FOR THE COUNTRY. TO BE HERE, OBVIOUSLY THAT IS ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THE MEANING FOR YOU. IT IS ALWAYS REALLY NICE TO BE HOME AND TO SHOWCASE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD WHAT MAKES YOUR HOME BEAUTIFUL. LOOKING OUT, I FELT INCREDIBLY PROUD TO BE HAD DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. BUT IT IS ALL OVER OUR COUNTRY, ISN'T IT? ALL OF OUR COUNTRY, ALL OVER THE WORLD. I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE WAY THE REST OF THE COUNTRY EMBRACES THE HOLIDAY AS A NEW YEAR. YOU ARE THE NEW GENERATION. AS WE SAY, IT IS DONE. I CAN SEE YOUR ENERGY HAS CHANGED. DO YOU FEEL THAT WENT BEAUTIFULLY THIS MORNING BECAUSE YOU'RE MUCH NO NERVES. I FELT IT WENT REALLY WELL. CONGRATULATIONS FOR SUCH A BEAUTIFUL JOB THIS MORNING. FOR SOME PEOPLE, WORK CAN TAKE THEM FAR AWAY FROM HOME ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE AN ALL-BLACK CONTOUR. SO WE CAUGHT UP WITH THREE ALL BLACKS TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE THINKING. MATARIKI AS A SPECIAL TIME OF THE FOR OUR PEOPLE. IT IS A TIME OF REMEMBRANCE. IT FEELS LIKE IT IS A TIME OF CELEBRATION TO COME TOGETHER WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND CONNECT ON THE YEAR THAT HAS GONE BY. IT IS AN EXCITING TIME WERE YOU CAN CONNECT AS A COUNTRY AND FAMILY. FOR ME, IT IS A LOT TO DO WITH MY FAMILY. IT COMES AT A TIME THAT IS PERFECT FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVE JUST COME OUT OF A SUPER RUGBY ENVIRONMENT AND VERY HIGH PRESSURE, HIGH STRESS ENVIRONMENT. FOR ME IT IS GETTING HOME AND CONNECTING WITH MUM, DAD AND MY PARTNER. SINCE THE LAST TIME IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR FOR ME. MY FATHER BATTLED CANCER FOR NINE MONTHS AND IT GOT HIM IN THE END. I THINK THERE IS A BIT OF A CHIP ON MY SHOULDER GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR AROUND WANTING TO DO MY DAD PROUD AND FOR WHAT 2023 HOLDS AS A RUGBY PLAYER, DOESN'T GET ANY BIGGER. MY MUM HAD PLENTY OF KIDS TO FEED GROWING UP. LUCKILY WE WERE ON A FARM WHERE A LOT OF OUR MILK AND EGGS COULD COME OFF THE LAND. IT IS GREAT TO BE HOME AND WE ARE FED WELL. I AM PRETTY BLESSED. MY WIFE'S FAMILY IS VERY BIG AND MINE IS PRETTY SMALL SO WE ALL GET TOGETHER UP IN THE COROMANDEL. MUM LOVES HAVING US AROUND BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN MOVED OUT OF HOME FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, IT IS ALWAYS SPECIAL. WHETHER IT IS FOR JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS OF THE NIGHT, SHE PUTS ON A MASSIVE FEED. BARBECUE, A FEW DRINKS AND LAUGHTER. JUST BEING TOGETHER AND YOU ALWAYS GO TO BED AFTER A GOOD DAY OF BEING TOGETHER FEELING- WITH A FULL HEART AND A FULL BELLY. TO ME, AUCKLAND IS HOME AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT I HOLD DEAR TO ME IN ANY TIME I GET A CHANCE TO REPRESENT AND TO PLAY, IT IS AWESOME. SPRINGBOKS ALWAYS RR GREATEST CHALLENGE. WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE MARTIN DICKIE THAN A TOUGH CHALLENGE AGAINST OLD FOES? TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE A BIG GAME AND IT IS OUR GREATEST TEST BECAUSE THEY KIND OF COUNTER US IN A LOT OF WAYS. THEY ARE BIG AND PLAY A DIFFERENT STYLE OF RUGBY. WE PLAY A LOT MORE SKILL THAN HIGH-SPEED. I VOICE ENJOYED THAT, IT IS THE GREATEST RIVAL WE WE HAVE.. THOUGH HARD THE ALL BLACKS. KNOWING THAT WE HAVE SENT OUT OUR KARAKIA THIS MORNING. (RECITES KARAKIA) TURNING ME NOW IS A MAN WHO WAS PART OF THE SPECIAL CEREMONY WE SAW MOMENTS AGO. HE WAS LEADING THE KARAKIA. HE IS A LOCAL BOY. CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY. YOU AND I WERE IN WELLINGTON ON THE FIRST CEREMONY IS PART OF THIS NATIONAL BROADCASTER IS NOT HOW DOES IT FEEL TO COME HOME AND DO A SIMILAR MAHI HERE? YOU LOOK AROUND AND YOU KNOW EVERYBODY. IT IS ALL LOCAL PEOPLE. OF COURSE THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE ROHE. BUT YOU FEEL THE SPIRIT AND ENERGY COMING FROM THE MOUNTAIN. WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IT IN OUR PROVERBIAL SAYINGS. IT HAS BEEN PART OF OUR LIVES SINCE WE ARE BORN.. TO DELIVER THAT KARAKIA IS SPECIAL. IT IS DIFFERENT THAN WELLINGTON LAST YEAR. PEOPLE KNOW YOU AS THE VOICE AND FACE OF TE KARERE. CAN YOU GIVE US A BIT OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? IT WAS AN OPENING KARAKIA SO IT IS CLEARING PATHWAYS. IT KIND OF ALLOWS THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE GROUP TO DELIVER THEIR KARAKIA AND GO STRAIGHT TO MATARIKI. SO IT IS CLEARING THE PATHWAY IN MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN BALANCE, FEELING COMFORTABLE AND EVERYTHING IS IN GOOD SPIRIT SO WHEN WE DELIVER THE ACTUAL KARAKIA, GOES DIRECTLY TO THEM AND IT IS NOT DEVIATED BY ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE STANDING IN THE WAY NOT BEING BLOCKED BY ANYTHING. THE MESSAGES ARE GETTING THROUGH, THGE KARERE EYE GETTING THROUGH. WHAT DO YOU THINK, THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR CELEBRATING THIS. WHAT YOU THINK OF US AS NEW ZEALANDERS CELEBRATING THIS? I THINK THIS IS WHO WE ARE. 480 YEARS, FOR 180 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN A COUNTRY THAT WE ARE NOT. I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF POSITIVE MESSAGING AROUND AND WE CAN SEE ALL THE TIME. WE CAN LOOK UP AT THE SKY AND IDENTIFY WITH IT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM OR THROUGH YOUR ANCESTORS ARE, AT SOME POINT IN TIME THEY WOULD HAVE REFERENCED MATARIKI, THEY WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT IT. YOU CAN LOOK AT IT WITH US. THAT AS PART OF OUR IDENTITY AND IT CAN MOVE US FORWARD. NEVER MY NEW SELLING, WE ARE AOTEAROA. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN OUR LIVE COVERAGE HERE IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL BACK IN GISBORNE, WE OTHER 1ST TO SEE THE SUN EVERY MORNING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. DID YOU SEE THAT SUN? THAT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE HERE AS WELL. WHAT WERE YOUR WHANAU UP TO THIS MORNING? THE KIDS SOMEHOW MANAGED TO STILL BE ASLEEP. IT IS TIME NOW TO HEAD TO THE FIRST OF OUR REGIONS TO SEE THE UNIQUE WAYS THAT DIFFERENT IWI EXPRESS THEIR CONNECTION TO MATARIKI. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) WHITIREA AS CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT TO NEW ZEALAND AS A NATION, BECAUSE IT WAS A GROUNDBREAKING LAND CASE THAT MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER TOOK TO THE HIGHEST COURTS OF THE LAND AT THE TIME. THIS IS AROUND THE 1870S. JUST POST THE MAORI LAND WARS. THEY HAD GIVEN OVER 500 ACRES FOR THAT LAND BLOCK FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A KURA OR A RELIGIOUS SCHOOL. BUT IT NEVER EVENTUATED. NOT ONLY IS A SIGNIFICANT TO HAVE A HAUTAPU UP THERE, IT IS A REPRESENTATION OF A LOT OF THINGS. THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT TO SLEEP FOR A LONG TIME, NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. WEB AND WORKING A 30 KEY OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. WE STARTED WITH THE KIDS. URBAN TRAINING UP SOME YOUNG PEOPLE. THERE ARE SOME NEPHEWS THAT ARE KEEN TO LEARN ABOUT IT. PREPARING THE KAI. IS BEEN A STRONG FOCAL POINT FOR HOUSE BECAUSE WE NOT ONLY WANT TO REVITALISE OUR REO BUT ALSO RE-INDIGENOUS OUR SPACE, MATARIKI HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THAT. THIS WAS SET UP A FEW YEARS AGO BY OUR KAUMATUA AND IWI LEADERS. IT IS AN OUTLET FOR YOUNG MAORI MEN AND SORT OF A THING FOR US IS WHANAU TO COME TOGETHER. THE BOYS ARE MEETING EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, LEARNING KARAKIA AND THINGS THAT REVOLVE AROUND MATARIKI AS WELL AS THEIR FIRST MATARIKI WHANAGA. THAT'S ALL PARTICIPANTS LEARN ABOUT ASPECTS OF THE STAR COMPASS. THEY ALSO LEARNED ABOUT SIGNIFICANT STORIES THAT RELATE TO THEM AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH MATARIKI. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED, BUT I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN LEARNING ALONGSIDE OUR WHANAU AND OUR CHILDREN, TEACHING THEM ABOUT MATARIKI, LEARNING ABOUT WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT IS SIGNIFICANT TO US AS MAORI AND LEARNING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT STARS AND WE HAVE ALSO BEEN INCORPORATING IT IN OUR LEARNING. IT HAS BEEN A JOURNEY. WE HAVE COME FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS OF NOT KNOWING A LOT TO NOW, EACH YEAR, WEB AND ADDING ONTO IT, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND PROUD TO BE CELEBRATING OUR FIRST HAUTAPU. NOT ONLY WITH OUR WHANAU, BUT THE WIDER IWI. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 100 YEARS SINCE NGATI TOA HAVE HAD PROPER ACCESS TO THE MOUNTAIN. IT MAKES THAT MUCH OF AN IMPACT FOR US. THOSE BOYS KNOW ALL OF THE KARAKIAS. I HAVE SAID YOU HAVE NOW BEEN PROMOTED TO DO IT. THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THAT, GETTING THE HANGI UP ON THE HILL. I'VE IMPARTED RECOGNISING IT AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT TO US AS A TRIBE AND THE WHOLE NATION, TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HOLIDAY THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD A NEW ONE AND 100 YEARS, I THINK IT IS PRETTY AWESOME. I AM FEELING THERE IS A REAL VIBE AROUND MATARIKI. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE WHANAU ENGAGE AND SEE MORE OF OUR PEOPLE GET INVOLVED WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND OLD PEOPLE. WHERE TO FROM HERE? WE WOULD LOVE FOR OUR SPACE AND OUR CHILDREN TO STRENGTHEN OUR REO AND OUR CHILDREN TO BE STRONG. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) IN TERMS OF ASPIRATIONS, FOR THE FUTURE, WHEN WE LIGHT THE FIRE AND DO THE KARAKIA ON THE PEAK, TO ME IT IS A SYMBOLIC GESTURE THAT NGATI TOA ARE BACK. WE ARE HERE, AND WE ARE HERE TO STAY. (ALL PERFORM HAKA) BEAUTIFUL DECEIT WHAT THEY ARE HOSTING THIS YEAR, AND TO SEE THE STARS. IT IS LITERALLY THE OVEN THAT FEEDS THE STARS. UMU IS LIKE HANGI. THAT IS THE OVEN. AND THERE IS THE STEAM RISING UP TO THE STARS. THOSE ARE HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. AS WE WERE BEING TOLD EARLIER THIS MORNING, THOUSANDS OF ACTIVITIES AND CELEBRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. COMING UP - WE HAVE SOME FANTASTIC WAIATA FROM THE HARMONIC RESONATORS, BACK TO WELCOME BACK TO OUR LIVE COVERAGE. THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS THAT WE CELEBRATE. WE HAVE HAD OUR CEREMONY, WE GO INTO TAPU SPACES AND WE CONTEMPLATE, WE REFLECT. AND THEN WE CELEBRATE WITH SOME MUSIC. HERE ARE THE HARMONIC RESONATORS. LASHING THEIR JOURNEY IN THE COUNTRY THROUGH MUSIC. (SPEAKS TE REO) (ALL SING IN TE REO) # PUREA NEI # MAHEA AKE NGA # NGA HERE. # MAHEA AKE NGA # PORARURARU, # MAKERE ANA-A-A # NGA HERE. # PUREA NEI. # DOO-DOO, DOO-DOO, DOO, DOO. # CHA, CHA CHA. # (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS OUR LITTLE RESETTING SET, AND WHENEVER WE PERFORM THIS MEDLEY OF TUNES, THE CROWD GOES REALLY SILENT AND TAKES A LITTLE MOMENT TO REFLECT. IT'S OUR VERSION OF MARINGI NOA, MADE FAMOUS BY HOWARD MORRISON QUARTET, IN OUR BOOKS. THEY SUNG IT WITH THEIR MUM ALSO CALLED THE MATRIARCH. AND WE MEDLEY IT INTO BLUE SMOKE, WHICH IS A TOTAL CLASSIC. WE ACTUALLY SUNG THIS WHEN WE SPREAD MY NANA'S ASHES, SO IT'S A VERY SPECIAL SONG FOR OUR WHANAU. SO WE HOPE YOU ENJOY IT. # MARINGI NOA, # NGA ROIMATA. # MOU KUA WEHEA NEI. # KA TANGI TONU # AHAU KIA KOE. # KA HOKI MAI ANO. # MARINGI NOA # NGA ROIMATA. # MOU KUA WEHEA NEI. (GUITAR PLAYS) # BLUE SMOKE GOES DRIFTING BY # INTO THE DEEP BLUE SKY. # WHEN I THINK OF HOME, # I SADLY SIGH. # OH, I CAN SEE YOU THERE # WITH LOVING TEARS IN YOUR EYES # AS WE FONDLY SAID # OUR LAST GOODBYES. # AND AS I SAILED AWAY # WITH A LONGING TO STAY, # I PROMISED TO BE TRUE # AND TO LOVE ONLY YOU. # BLUE SMOKE GOES DRIFTING BY # INTO THE DEEP BLUE SKY. # MY MEMORIES OF HOME # WILL NEVER # DIE. # (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) OH, THANKS HEAPS, MUM. AND THE LAST SONG WE'LL DO IN OUR LITTLE RESET SET IS WHAT I LIKE TO DO WHEN I'M FEELING DOWN. I TELL YOU WHAT CHEERS ME UP - IT'S SINGING, AND PARTICULARLY, IT'S YODELLING. YOU FELLAS WANNA HEAR A YODEL? (AUDIENCE WHOOPS) OH, WELL THAT'S GREAT NEWS. I ACKNOWLEDGE SOME PEOPLE SAID 'YEAH!' COS I ASKED A QUESTION REALLY ENTHUSIASTICALLY. SOME PEOPLE LOVE YODELLING; SOME PEOPLE THINK IT'LL CURDLE THE MILK IN THEIR COFFEE IN THE MORNING. BUT I CERTAINLY LOVE TO YODEL, SO HERE'S OUR VERSION OF ROCKIN' OVER. YOU CAN HELP US BY SINGING THE 'ROCKING OVER' LINE. SUPER EASY. # AH-AH-AH-AH-AH! # TAKE MY GUITAR FOR A RIDE OUT HERE WHERE THE PLAINS ARE WIDE. # I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING RIGHT OR WRONG. # I'M HEADED FOR A SPOT OUT THERE. # MY PONY KNOWS HE'S HEADED WHERE # TO MY ROCKIN' OVER RIVER HOME. HELP US OUT. # ROCKIN' OVER. OH, ROCKIN' OVER. # I'LL BE SINGING WITH THE RIVER AS I RIDE. # ROCKIN' OVER. OH, ROCKIN' OVER. # LONELY CRYSTAL WATERS DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE. (YODELS) # WELL, DEAR AOTEAROA, WE'RE A'COMIN'. # CAN YOU HEAR THESE GUITARS STRUMMIN'? # SINGING AS A RIVERS ROLL ALONG. # I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY I'D WANDER QUITE SO FAR AWAY # FROM MY ROCKIN' OVER RIVER HOME. # ROCKIN' OVER. OH, ROCKIN' OVER. # I'LL BE SINGIN' WITH THE RIVER AS I RIDE. # ROCKIN' OVER. OH, ROCKIN' OVER. # LONELY CRYSTAL WATERS DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE. (YODELS) OH, BUT THAT'S NOT ALL, FOLKS. NO, NO, NO, NO. EVERYBODY, WELL, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD A YODELLER BEFORE. BUT WHAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD IS YODELLING IN THREE-PART HARMONY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR THE GOVERNOR AND THE GRAND-DADDY OF COUNTRY MUSIC. (APPLAUSE) YODELLING IN THREE-PART FOR YOU FELLAS HERE TODAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. HAPPY MATARIKI EVERYBODY. ONE, TWO... TAHI, RUA, TORU. (SINGERS YODEL IN HARMONY) YEE-HOO! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WELCOME BACK TO OUR LIVE COVERAGE OF THE NATIONAL BROADCAST. MANAWATIA A MATARIKI. WE ARE ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO RETURN TO THEIR WHANAU WHEREVER, AND WHOEVER THAT MAY BE. WE WANT THE HOLIDAY TO BE A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO JOURNEY BACK HOME, CELEBRATE, AND HAVE A FEAST. PART OF THAT JOURNEY HOME IS TO RECONNECT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. THE VARIOUS STARS INVITE YOU TO RETURN TO WHERE YOU ARE FROM AND LOOK TO YOUR MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, OCEAN. IT ALSO REMINDS US OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PLACES THAT WE CALL HOME. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAVE A RUNNING A COMPETITION TO SEE WHO YOU WOULD BRING HOME FOR MY 30 MATARIKI. YOU HAD TO CREATE A VIDEO TO EXPLAIN WHO YOU WOULD BRING HOME, AND BE ON TO WIN A $1500 VOUCHER. WE HAVE 3 TO GIVE AWAY. WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS LATER THIS MORNING. WE HAVE SOME OF THE FINALISTS WHO DESERVE A VERY SPECIAL MENTION. HERE ARE SOME OF THE VIDEOS. TO WELCOME HER GRANDFATHER TO OUR HOME IN NEW ZEALAND. THE REASON WHY WANT TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE I WANT TO FIND MY AUNTIE AND UNCLE DOWN HERE FOR A BONFIRE. IT IS SOMETHING REALLY COOL. THEY LIVE IN MELBOURNE. I'LL NOT SEE THEM VERY OFTEN. IT WILL BE VERY NICE TO SEE THEM. THAT IS WHY I WANT TO GET THEM DOWN HERE. MORENA. THEY SAY HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS. SOMETIMES LIVING IN THE BIG SMOKE IN THE CONCRETE JUNGLE CAN GET A BIT TIRESOME. THE ONLY WAY TO RESET AND RESTART... LAST BUT NOT LEAST, FILL THAT PUKU. THE KAI ONLY HOME CAN PROVIDE. KAI ONLY LAST FOR MOMENTS, BUT FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND NURTURING OUR CHILDREN, THOSE MEMORIES WILL LAST FOREVER. BYE. THIS IS FUN. OUR NEXT GENERATION WILL FLOURISH. THE CURRENT GENERATION MUST NOURISH. KIA ORA. FOR ME, MATARIKI IS NOT A PLACE. IT IS PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP MY HOME. A BIG PART OF THAT IS MY COUSIN BIANCA. MANY REASONS. WHO I WOULD TAKE HOME WOULD BE MY COUSIN BIANCA. WE'RE DOWN HERE, AND I WANT TO BRING HER AND HER WHANAU BACK TO TAUPO TO VISIT HER BROTHER, JULIAN O'SHEA. HE PASSED AWAY IN 1988 AT THE AGE OF EIGHT MONTHS. HE IS BURIED THERE OVERLOOKING THE LAKE. HE DOES NOT HAVE A HEADSTONE OR AN UNVEILING. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE BIANCA AND HER FAMILY HOME TO TAUPO TO GIVE JULIAN THE UNVEILING THAT HE DESERVES, THE UNVEILING THAT BIANCA NEEDS, AND LET THAT HEALING JOURNEY BEGAN. JUST TO HONOUR HER BROTHER. BECAUSE THERE ARE FIVE CHILDREN, AND HER AND HER HUSBAND AND THE COST OF TRAVELLING UP IS HUGE, I AM CURRENTLY FUNDRAISING AT THE MOMENT TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE HEADSTONE ITSELF. AND THIS WILL JUST BE A REALLY GREAT HELP IN GETTING HER HOME. I BELIEVE MATARIKI DOES CALL YOU HOME. I THINK IT IS THE TIME TO START THIS. G'DAY. I AM ENTERING THIS COMPETITION BECAUSE I HAD SOME PEOPLE COME OVER JUST BEFORE COVID, AND HE DID SOME WORK AND WAS DUE TO GO HOME, BUT THEN COVID HIT, SO WE HAD TO PUT HIM AND HIS MATE IN THE PUB. WE WENT THERE, NO ONE WAS THERE, SO THAT WAS A BIT OF A FUNNY STORY. HE HAS GONE HOME. IT WOULD BE COOL TO GET HIM BACK OUT TO HAVE A BIT OF A BOOZE UP FOR A WHILE. I THINK HE WOULD REALLY ENJOY IT. MATARIKI BECAUSE YOU HOME. IT IS THAT FEELING OF MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. SINGING SO LOUD AT SCHOOL THAT OUR VOICES WOULD ECHO ALL THE WAY BACK TO OUR HOME. I WAS PLEASED ENOUGH TO BE BORN INTO THIS WORLD NOT ALONE BUT WITH MY TWIN BROTHER. IT REMINDS ME OF THE STARS WAITI AND WAITA. FRESHWATER AND SALTWATER. TO GROW IN THE SKY LIKE THE BIRDS IN THE TREES OR TO GROW IN THE GROUND WITH THE KUMARA. BID BOTH GO HAND-IN-HAND, TWO VERY DIFFERENT STARS, BUT VERY IMPORTANT STANDS. THE POHUTUKAWA, THE OLDER STAR, IS MY FAVOURITE. IT CARRIES THE MEMORIES OF OUR LOVED ONES THAT HAVE PASSED ON. WHEN MY NANNA NOTICED ME ADMIRING THE POHUTUKAWA TREE SHE TOLD ME THAT IS WHAT IT IS NAMED AFTER. MY MIDDLE NAME MEANS TO BLOSSOM AND GROW LIKE A FLOWER. MY DEAREST NANNA, I WILL LOOK TO THE STARS TO SEE YOUR SMILE, AND I WILL LISTEN TO THE GENTLE BREEZE TO HEAR YOUR VOICE. I WILL SING PROUDLY WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGH AS I HEAR YOU WHISPER DO YOUR BESTEST. WHAT A DIVERSE RANGE OF ENTRIES. LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT KIWI ENDING. I LOVE IT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ENTERING THE COMPETITION, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS ABOUT YOU DEFINING WHAT MATARIKI MEANS TO YOU. WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS LATER THIS MORNING. BEFORE THEN, WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE COMING UP AS WE CELEBRATE MATARIKI AND THE SECOND YEAR OF OUR NATIONAL PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. IT IS A DAY FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS WHEREVER YOU ARE. MANAWATIA A MATARIKI. IT IS IN A STATION TO ALL NEW ZEALANDERS TO UNDERSTAND THE OLD TRADITIONS AND BE PART OF CREATING NEW ONES. THERE ARE HEAPS OF WAYS TO CELEBRATE AT HOME. YOU CAN TAKE TIME TO REMEMBER THE LOVED ONES THAT HAVE PASSED AND EXPERIENCE THE HEALING THAT BRINGS YOU. OR YOU COULD DO WHAT STACEY AND I LOVE TO DO - HAVE A MIDWINTER FEAST. UTTERLY KEY IS A TIME TO SHARE FOOD THAT HAS BEEN HARVESTED AND STORED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND WHANAU. OR MAYBE TAKE A MOMENT TO WRITE DOWN YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS WILL BE YEAR AHEAD. NOT ONLY FOR YOURSELF, BUT FOR YOUR WHANAU AND YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. WE REALLY NEED A GOOD TIME AHEAD FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT. THESE ARE ALL PART OF THE CONCEPTS OF MATARIKI. WE HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING HERE, AND THERE ARE MORE CELEBRATIONS TO COME, INCLUDING THE OFFICIAL ADDRESS. SO STAY WITH US. (RECITES KARAKIA) MANAWATIA A MATARIKI WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE ENJOYING THIS NATIONAL BROADCAST AS WELL. WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM ROTORUA. AND VERY SOON WE WILL HAVE THE OFFICIAL ADDRESS. WE WILL FIRST HEAR FROM THE KAUMATUA AND THEN THE MAYOR OF ROTORUA. AND THEN WE WILL FINISH WITH THE HONOURABLE WILLO JEAN PRIME WHO IS THE CONSERVATION MINISTER OF YOUTH. I BELIEVE THEY ARE STANDING BY SO LET'S HEAD IN THERE NOW. MANAWATIA A MATARIKI. HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY NEW YEAR. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO A FEW PROCEEDINGS. FIRSTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ONTO THE STAGE MONTE MORRISON. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) (RECITES KARAKIA) (ALL CHANT) (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) (ALL SING IN TE REO) AND NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TO THE STAGE OUR MAYOR. WELCOME, TANIA TAP STILL. TO THE NATION. TO THE FOREMAN'S THAT HAVE ARRIVED HERE IN THE CANOE. WELCOME. WE GREET YOU ALL. AS MAYOR, IT IS GREAT PLEASURE THAT WE WELCOME YOU HEAD TO OUR BEAUTIFUL DISTRICT AND TO OUR SPECIAL MOUNTAIN. TO ACKNOWLEDGE MATARIKI, THE MAORI NEW YEAR. THE STARS DO NOT CHOOSE WHO THEY SHINE ON, THEY SHINE ON US ALL. AND THAT IS WHY THIS NATIONAL HOLIDAY IS FOR EVERYONE. I WELCOME THOSE WHO GATHER HERE TODAY AND WHO ARE STREAMING IN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS MORNINGS CEREMONIAL. FIRSTLY, LET US ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEADERS WHO HELPED US ESTABLISH AND RECOGNISE THIS AS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. I ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE MINISTER PRIME, HENARE AND MADE DEPUTY MAYOR. AS THE DAWN BROKE, THERE WERE TRADITIONAL CEREMONIES TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BY ACKNOWLEDGING MATARIKI WE ARE GIVING RECOGNITION TO THE ROLE OF MATAURANGA MAORI. SO TODAY WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE GENEROSITY OF THOSE WHO HAVE SHARED IT WITH US. TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUES AND ALSO THE LESSONS THAT IT TEACHES US. MANY CULTURES AND RELIGIONS ACROSS THE WORLD HAVE LOOKED TO THE STARS TO SHARE THEIR STORIES, TO REMEMBER LOVED ONES AND ALSO TO SEEK GUIDANCE FOR THE FUTURE. TODAY IS A SPECIAL TIME FOR OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COMMUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT AND CELEBRATE THE EYES OF THE GOD MATARIKI. WHILE WE CELEBRATE MANY DAYS WITHIN A YEAR, THIS PROVIDES US AN OPPORTUNITY IN TIME TO LISTEN TO LEARN, AND TO APPLY THOSE PRACTICAL ASPECTS TO OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. OUR CHALLENGES NOT ONLY TO CELEBRATE TODAY, BUT TO GIVE EFFECT TO IT BY LEARNING HOW TO RE-INTEGRATE AND ESTABLISH TRADITIONAL PRACTICES. OUR ANCESTORS WOULD HAVE LOOKED TO THE STARS FOR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION AND WE CAN TOO. BECAUSE MATARIKI TEACHERS US TO LISTEN AND TO TAKE NOTE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THE NATURE AROUND US, AND WHAT IT IS TELLING US. THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED, SO WHILE WE CELEBRATE TODAY, I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT MATARIKI ALSO TEACHES US THAT IT IS OKAY TO GRIEVE. IT REMINDS US THAT THIS IS PART OF NATURE AND LIFE. AND ACCEPTING WHAT HAS GONE BY ALLOWS US TO FIND A WAY TO START AGAIN. LOOKING TO THE STARS GROUNDS US. THERE IS A SAYING LET ONE LEG BE IN THE SKY. MAKE SURE THE OTHER LEADERS ON THE GROUND. IN THIS OPPORTUNITY REMAINS US TO STAY GROUNDED, TO LOOK TO THE STARS, TO REFLECT, TO REMEMBER. IN THIS OPPORTUNITY IS WITH US EVERY DAY. SO WHILE MATARIKI HAS ONLY RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION RECENTLY, HERE, OUR LOCAL IWI HAVE RECOGNISED THIS FOR MANY GENERATIONS. SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GATHER HERE IN THE MAORI CULTURAL CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND. THIS WAS A SITE THAT WAS TRADITIONALLY UTILISED TO CONSULT WITH THE STARS. SO AS WE LOOK OUT ON LAKE ROTORUA, THERE IS ALSO A PLACE THAT CARRIES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NAME MATARIKI SO I WELCOME EVERYONE TO CELEBRATE TOGETHER HERE. THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICES ASSOCIATED WITH IT MAY HAVE EVOLVED OVER TIME BUT WHAT WE VALUE STAYS THE SAME. REMEMBRANCE, UNITY, COMING TOGETHER, AND IMPORTANTLY SHARING. MATARIKI IS NOT ONLY FOR MAORI. AS I SAID, THEY DO NOT CHOOSE WHO THEY SHINE ON, THEY SHINE ON US ALL. WHETHER IT IS CHILDREN IN SCHOOL, OUR COLLEAGUES IN WORK, OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR COUNTRY, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS SPECIAL TIME AND TO CELEBRATE WITH YOUR LOVED ONES. FOR THE BETTERMENT OF EVERYONE. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO THE MANY HANDS, MINDS AND HEARTS THAT HAVE ALLOWED US TO LEARN AND TO CELEBRATE MATARIKI. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) (ALL SING IN TE REO) YOU KNOW YOU ARE HERE WHEN YOU HEAR THE CONCERT SONGS. NAU MAI KI TE CULTURAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. TENA KOUTOU. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) SIR POU TEMARA. TENA KOE. AUE. E TE IWI MAORI, MANAWATIA A MATARIKI. TENA TATOU KATOA. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) YOUR WORSHIP... TANIA TAPSELL, MAYOR OF ROTORUA. THE HONOURABLE WILLOW-JEAN PRIME, UNDER WHOSE PORTFOLIO MATARIKI FALLS. TENA KOE, E TE MINITA, AND YOUR HUSBAND WHO STILL OWES ME. I MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN MANY THINGS BUT I DO NOT FORGET ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE NOT HANDED IN ON TIME. E TE HOA, E TE MINITA PEENI, AND THE PORTFOLIOS THAT FALL UNDER YOUR MANA. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MIHI HE HAD BECOME PROMINENT RECENTLY. THERE ARE EQUALLY EXCITING PEOPLE HAPPENING IN AOTEAROA. THEY RAN OVER A WONDERFUL SYMPOSIUM BEGINNING ON TUESDAY AND ENDED YESTERDAY, I THINK. DISTINGUISHED GUESTS WHOSE NAMES I MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN, WELCOME TO MATARIKI MORNING. THIS MORNING WE CELEBRATED THE RISING OF MATARIKI AND THE HERALDING OF THE NEW YEAR WITH THE HAUTAPU CEREMONY. IN MAORI CUSTOMARY PRACTICE THAT HAS BEEN REVIVED SINCE THE MATARIKI HOLIDAY THAT BEGAN LAST YEAR. TODAY, AND IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN CELEBRATING THE RISING OF MATARIKI. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT ON THE HILLTOPS AND THE MARAE AND IN THEIR HOMES - NEW ZEALAND HAS CAUGHT UP NOW AND THE CELEBRATION OF MATARIKI BECAUSE IT GROWS FROM THE SOIL OF THIS COUNTRY. AND WE HAVE CELEBRATED MATARIKI WITH CEREMONY. AND CEREMONY IS IMPORTANT. CEREMONY MAKES US BELIEVE AND SHARPENS AND FOCUSES OUR MIND ON THE ISSUE THAT CEREMONY AS PART OF. SO WHY IS CEREMONY IMPORTANT? CEREMONY REFLECTS OUR BELIEFS, OUR HOPES, OUR CULTURE, OUR TRADITIONS, OUR KNOWLEDGE AND OUR SPIRITUALITY OF THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND. CEREMONY BINDS THE COLLECTIVE TOGETHER. FOCUSING EVERYONE'S INTENTIONS ON A COMMON CAUSE. MATARIKI IS A COMMON CAUSE. CEREMONY IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH A LANDSCAPE AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, AND IN THAT SENSE, IN THAT CONTEXT, CEREMONY IS ENACTED AT A VENUE THAT HAS BEEN CAREFULLY THOUGHT ABOUT, CONSIDERED AND CHOSEN. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE AT THIS BEAUTIFUL VENUE. FINALLY, CEREMONY IS A REFLECTION OF WHAT A SOCIETY DEEMS TO BE IMPORTANT. I FORWARD TO THE PROPOSITION AND I'M ALLOWED TO BECAUSE I'M AN OPERATING PROFESSOR I FORWARD THE PROPOSITION THAT WE OUGHT TO EXAMINE WHAT A NATION CHOOSES TO CELEBRATE AND THE CEREMONY THAT UNDERPINS THAT CELEBRATION. HERE THIS MORNING, I REMEMBER MILROY. SHE WOULD SAY PRONOUNCE MY MAUNGA PROPERLY. THIS IS THE HAUTAPU CEREMONY THAT WAS CONDUCTED HERE. IT WAS CENTRED AROUND AN UMU KOHUKOHU WHETU AND WE OFFERED FOOD TO THE STARS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EARTH, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GUY, CORRECTION: ASSOCIATED WITH THE SKY WE OFFERED FOOD TO THE STARS NEED TO DO THE WINDS AND TO THE RAINS AND THE BLESSINGS OF GOOD WEATHER AND GOOD FORTUNE. WE RECORD THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT US SINCE THE LAST RISING OF MATARIKI. AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRIBUTION THAT THEY MADE. THEN WE TOOK A MOMENT TO CONSIDER OUR HOPES, OUR DREAMS, OUR WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR, AND HAVING CONSIDERED OUR LIST OF WISHES, WE OFFERED THEM TO THE STARS. THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO DO. AND FINALLY, WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE CENTRAL STAR WITHIN THE CLUSTER WHICH ALSO CARRIES THE NAME MATARIKI. THE STAR IS CONNECTED TO WELL-BEING, TWO-PIECE, AND TO HAPPINESS. IT CELEBRATES THE PRESENT AND WE MUST CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALIVE. THAT WE ARE HERE CELEBRATING AND THE FUTURE THAT WE LOOK TO. IT INSPIRES US TO CONNECT TO THE NATURAL WORLD AND TO HONOUR AND TO LOOK AFTER IT (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) IT REMINDS US TO SPEND MEANINGFUL AND QUALITY TIME WITH OUR FAMILIES, TO RECONNECT, TO REST AND TO REFLECT ON VALUES LIKE SHARING, CARING AND WELL-BEING. AND IS A REFLECTION OF OUR ORIGINS, IDENTITY AND WHO WE HOPE TO BE IN THE FUTURE. ALL THESE PRINCIPLES WERE ENCAPSULATED IN THE HAUTAPU CEREMONY THAT WE WERE PART OF THIS MORNING. THIS IS THE IMPORTANCE OF CEREMONY. THIS IS THE IMPORTANCE OF CELEBRATION. AND THIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS THE IMPORTANCE OF MATARIKI. FINALLY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS MORNING'S EVENT WAS FURTHER ENHANCED BY THE INCLUSION OF WOMEN IN THE CEREMONY. (APPLAUSE) THEY PERFORMED ALONGSIDE THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS. THEY TOOK PART IN KARAKIA TO TALK TO THE STARS AND TO OPEN THE NEW YEAR. YOU COULD FEEL THE ALOHA. YOU COULD FEEL THE FEELING, THE TENDERNESS, THE DEVOTION. THE APPEALS THAT THEY MADE TO THE FEMALE STARS OF THE FAMILY OF MATARIKI. YOU COULD FEEL IT. I AM KNOWN FOR MY IRON WILL AND MY STAUNCHNESS. AND COMES FROM A GERMAN WHAKAPAPA. AND YET THE FIRST FEMALE WHO DID THE KARAKIA SENT TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY CHEEKS, AND I WONDERED WHETHER I SHOULD WIPE MY TEARS AND I SAW HER LATER ON AND OF THE WORLD SEES MY TEARS I'M GOING TO BLAME YOU AND I'M GOING TO TELL THE WORLD. IT'S A NICE THING TO CELEBRATE. I WAS SITTING WITH A CERTAIN MINISTER AND THE CERTAIN MINISTER SAID TO ME, YOU HAVE ALLOWED WOMEN TO KARAKIA ON YOUR MOST TAPU MOUNTAIN. WILL YOU ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK ON YOUR MARAE? I WILL ASK MONTY. (LAUGHTER) THERE IS THE ILL-ADVISED OPINION THAT SUGGEST KARAKIA ARE THE DOMAIN OF MEN. THEY HAVE ALWAYS SAID, ' I'VE NEVER ASPIRED TO THAT ' I HAVE ALWAYS CHALLENGE THAT ASSUMPTION. WE HAVE A HISTORY WHERE WOMEN WERE THE SPIRITUAL LEADERS AND WHERE WOMEN WITH A WARRIOR LEADERS. TODAY CEREMONY CELEBRATES AND HERALDS THE RETURN OF THE WAHINE TO THE CEREMONY, BRINGING BALANCE, BRINGING STRENGTH, BRINGING DEPTH AND BRINGING PROMISE FOR TOMORROW. REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU CHOOSE TO CELEBRATE MATARIKI, WHETHER IT IS ON A HILLTOP, OR AS PART OF AN ELABORATE FORMAL CEREMONY OR SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE IN YOUR HOME THAT INCLUDES FAMILY AND FRIENDS, I HOPE THE TENETS OF THE HAUTAPU CEREMONY RESONATE WITH YOU AND RESONATE WITH NEW ZEALAND. AOTEAROA, MANAWATIA A MATARIKI. (APPLAUSE) (ALL SING IN RE REO MAORI) (CONTINUE SINGING IN TE REO MAORI) TANE KOE, SIR. BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, FOLLOWING THE NEXT JUST BECAUSE A SONG, WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE CUTTING OF A CAKE, AND THAT WILL END OUR CEREMONY TODAY. IT'S A HOLIDAY TODAY... SEE, ALWAYS WORKING. OUR FINAL SPEAKER TODAY, PLEASE GIVE A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE, THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND HERITAGE. (SPEAKS TE REO) IT IS AN HONOUR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TODAY ON TOP OF THIS SACRED MAUNGA. CELEBRATING MATARIKI WITH EVERYONE. THOSE IN PERSON, IN SPIRIT, ONLINE, KAINGA RIGHT ACROSS AOTEAROA. I WANT ACKNOWLEDGE NGATI WHAKAUE FOR THEIR MANAAKITANGA. LAST YEAR, WE CELEBRATED THE INAUGURAL CELEBRATION OF MATARIKI. OVER HALF OF NEW ZEALANDERS CELEBRATED IN SOME WAY. TODAY, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES AOTEAROA HAVE MADE IN EMBRACING MATAURANGA MAORI. STRIDES HAVE BEEN SEEN IN OUR APPROACH TO A PUBLIC HOLIDAY THAT IS UNIQUE AROUND THE WORLD. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MAKING MATARIKI A PUBLIC HOLIDAY ARE GROUNDED IN MATAURANGA MATARIKI. THE CROWN LET ITSELF BE GUIDED BY THE DEEP KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF A GROUP OF EXPERTS TO DESIGN AND DELIVER A PUBLIC HOLIDAY FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS, ONE WE CAN SAY IS FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. WHEN I THINK ABOUT MATARIKI, IT IS NOT ABOUT FOLLOWING RULES OR REGIMENTED TRADITIONS, BUT ABOUT EMBRACING THE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF MATARIKI. REMEMBRANCE, CELEBRATING THE PRESENT, AND LOOKING TO THE FUTURE. VALUES CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS AROHA AND TAIO. RESPECTING PEOPLE AND OUR ENVIRONMENT. PEOPLE AROUND THE MOTU CELEBRATES DIFFERENTLY. NEW ZEALANDERS IN OTHER PARTS RECOGNISE THE RISING OF PUANGA IN THE SKY. OUR NEIGHBOURS IN THE PACIFIC FLY KITES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PLACE OF NAVIGATION IN MATARIKI. ACROSS THE WORLD, THE MATARIKI CLUSTER IS SEEN AS A KEY INDICATOR OF TIME PASSING. AN SCANDINAVIAN AND CELTIC HISTORIES. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO WHAT FEELS RIGHT FOR YOU. AND TO DOWNLOAD OUR PUKAPUKA WE RELEASED RECENTLY. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLLOW THE CALL HOME WHERE EVER THAT MAY BE FOR YOU. I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A MINISTER OF THE CROWN AND A WAHINE MAORI. I CAN KNOWLEDGE THOSE WE LOST IN THE LAST YEAR. I OFFER GRATITUDE FOR WHAT WE HAVE, AND I AM AT MY HOPES FOR THE FUTURE. AS OUR CHILDREN GROW OLDER, THEY COME TOGETHER ON MATARIKI WITH THEIR WHANAU, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY. MANY OF US HAVE CELEBRATED THIS FOR MUCH LONGER THEN THIS YEAR AND LAST. FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO GATHER AS THE CLUSTER REAPPEARS IN THE MORNING SKY, YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING MATARIKI POSSIBLE FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. I THANK YOU. FOR GENERATION CELEBRATING THIS AS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY, WE WILL CELEBRATE HAVING KAI TOGETHER, SHARE OUR MATAURANGA FURTHER. I HOPE 100% OF NEW ZEALANDERS WILL THEN CELEBRATE MATARIKI. AND WE WILL CELEBRATE A NATION WITH INGIGENEITY AT ITS CORE, (SPEAKS TE REO) MANAWATIA A MATARIKI. THERE WE HAVE IT, AN OFFICIAL MATARIKI ADDRESS FROM WILLOW-JEAN PRIME, MINISTER OF ARTS AND CULTURE. I WANT TO SUPPORT WHAT SIR POU TEMARA SAID, THAT THE POWER OF WOMEN WAS ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE HAUTAPU THIS MORNING. THE WAIATA WAS RELEVANT ALSO, IT SAYS WHO DO WE LOOK TO WHO ARE OUR NEW EXPERTS, AND TODAY WE SAW THAT. MANAWATIA A MATARIKI, CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE AS WE ARE IN ROTORUA. (GROUP SINGS IN TE REO MAORI) (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) WE HONOUR THOSE WHO WE HAVE LOST. WE CELEBRATE THE PAST. WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND THE PROMISE OF A NEW YEAR. KIA ORA ANO. IT IS A PLEASURE AND A PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT. CELEBRATE MATARIKI WHEREVER YOU ARE. WE HOPE YOU WILL EMBRACE THE WISDOM OF THE AGES AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL WAIATA. IT IS A WORLD FIRST AFTER ALL. WE ARE NOW THE WORLD'S FIRST NATION TO GIVE AN INDIGENOUS CELEBRATION RECOGNISED AS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY FOR THE WHOLE NATION. LET CELEBRATE THIS NEW ERA AND OUR ILLUSION. THERE SOME GREAT CELEBRATIONS GOING ON ALL ACROSS THE MOTU. WE CAUGHT UP WITH A PERSON WHO HAD SOME BEAUTIFUL INSIDES WITH US. (WOMEN SING KARANGA) (WOMEN CONTINUE KARAKIA) (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) (MAN PERFORMS KARAKIA) (GROUP PERFORMS WAIATA) WELCOME BACK TO OUR NATIONAL BROADCAST. MANU'A MATARIKI FROM ROTORUA. *MANAWATIA A MATARIKI. MATARIKI IS ALSO A TIME TO TAKE STOCK OF THE YEAR PAST, AND ALSO A TIME TO LOOK FORWARDS AND OUTWARDS. IT IS A TIME TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, YOUR WHANAU AND THE WORLD. HOW CAN YOU CELEBRATE MATARIKI? GOING HOME TO BE WITH YOUR FAMILY IS A GOOD START. OPEN YOUR DOORS AND HEARTS, AND MAKE MATARIKI A DAY FOR SHARING AND CARING. IN FACT, STACEY HAS ONE OF THE KAIKARAKIA STANDING BY. NAU MAI TO THE NATIONAL MATARIKI BROADCAST. WE EXPERIENCE THE HAUTAPU CEREMONY. WE TALK ABOUT THAT MATARIKI BRINGS YOU HOME AND I HAVE COME ALL THE WAY HOME FROM BRISBANE. SEVEN YEARS AWAY. THAT WAS QUITE A SPECTACULAR WAY TO COME HOME. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A BIT OF A SIGN THAT YOU ARE STILL VERY LOVED AND A PRECIOUS MEMBER OF THE IWI. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO PREPARE FOR THE HAUTAPU? OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, WE HAVE HAD THREE WANANGA. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING JOURNEY. I HAVE BEEN COMING BACK AND FORTH FROM AUSTRALIA WHICH HAS BEEN AWESOME FOR ME. SHE GETS TO LEAVE HER KIDS AT HOME. PERFECT SCENARIO. TELL ME ABOUT THEM WOMEN STANDING IN THE HAUTAPU CEREMONY AND THAT WE HAVE RECLAIMED THIS. ABSOLUTELY. AND NOW HISTORY AND AS WE GREW UP, IT WAS ALWAYS TANE. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE HERE DOING THIS. IT'S USUALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR WAHINE. WE HAVE BOYS BEEN THIS WAY BUT NOW WE HAVE RECLAIMED. YOU ARE AN AMAZING EXAMPLES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PART OF OUR EXPERIENCE AT NGONGOTAHA. MUSIC PLAYS A BIG PART OF OUR TOGETHERNESS. WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO CELEBRATE WITH A WHANAU BAND WHO MERGES COUNTRY MUSIC WITH REO MAORI. # AOTEAROA. # TE IWI E E KARANGA E TE IWI E # KUA EKE MAI NEI # KI RUNGA TE MARAE E # MAURIA MAI # E NGA MATE O TE MOTU E # ME NGA TINI ROIMATA # E MARINGI WHANUI E # TITIRO E NGA IWI # E NGA MAHI O TE MOTU # E HORA ATU NEI E # RUANA TE WHENUA, # WHATIWHATI TE MOANA # AUE TE AROHA TE MAMAE I AHAU E. ALL RIGHT, GOVERNOR, WHAT YOU GOT FOR US? WHAT YOU GOT? WHAT YOU GOT? (ELECTRIC GUITAR SOLO PLAYS) ALL RIGHT, DADDIO, WHAT YOU GOT FOR THEM? WHAT YOU GOT? (ACOUSTIC GUITAR SOLO) # AOTEAROA. # E KARANGA E TE IWI E # KUA EKE MAI NEI # KI RUNGA TE MARAE E # MAURIA MAI # E NGA MATE O TE MOTU E # ME NGA TINI ROIMATA # E MARINGI WHANUI E # TITIRO E NGA IWI # E NGA MAHI O TE MOTU # E HORA ATU NEI E # RUANA TE WHENUA, # WHATIWHATI TE MOANA # AUE TE AROHA TE MAMAE I AHAU E. # ANA TE WHENUA WHATIWHATI, HEI! # (APPLAUSE) OH, YEE-HAW, ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR TO CELEBRATE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND OUR FAVOURITE WAY TO CELEBRATE IS A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED SINGALONG. THIS ONE WAS INSPIRED BY THE CONSTELLATIONS. WE BOOKEND IT WITH NEW ZEALAND'S MOST WELL-KNOWN MAORI WAIATA, TUTIRA MAI NGA IWI. ARE Y'ALL READY? TAHI, RUA, TORU, WHA. # TUTIRA MAI NGA IWI # TATOU TATOU E # TUTIRA MAI NGA IWI # TATOU TATOU E # WHAIA TE MARAMATANGA # ME TE AROHA # E NGA IWI! # KIA KO TAPATAHI # KIA KOTAHI RA # TATOU TATOU E # MAKU E KAUTE # HIKOITANGA # MAKU E KAUTE # HIKOITANGA # E AUE # E KA MATE AU. # E HINE HOKI MAI RA ALL RIGHT, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT, NEW ZEALAND, LET'S GO. # E PAPA WAIARI # TOKU NEI MAHI # HE TUKU ROIMATA E. # E AUE # E KA MATE AU. # E HINE HOKI MAI RA. # ME HE MANU RERE. # AHAU E # KUA RERE KI TO MOENGA # KI TE AWHI TO TINANA # AUE, AUE # E TE TAU, TAHURI MAI # HE PURU TAITAMA HOKI! # HE PURU TAITAMA # HE PURU TUKITUKI # HE PURU TAITAMA E. # TIHEI MAURI ORA E. # E NOHO TUHEITIA TE HIRI O WAIKATO # E HURI TO KANOHI KI TE HAU-A-URU # NGA TAI E NGUNGURU I WAHO O TE AKAU # AUE, HEI AUE. # TO PIKITANGA KO TE AO O TE RANGI # TO HEKETANGA KO KARIOI MAUNGA # TO HOENGA WAKA KO WHAINGAROA # AUE, HEI AUE. # TOMO MAI E TAMA MA KI ROTO # I NGA RINGA E TUWHERA ATU NEI # KI NGA MOREHU O TE KIWI E, # KI NGA TAMA TOA O TENEI RIRI NUI. # HOKI MAI, HOKI MAI # KI TE WA KAINGA, # E TUTUKI TE TUMANAKO, # KEI TE KAPAKAPA MAI TE HAKI, TE HAKI # INGARANGI RUNGA TIAMANA E. # TUTIRA MAI NGA IWI # TATOU TATOU E # TUTIRA MAI NGA IWI # TATOU TATOU E (YODELS) # ME TA AROHA E NGA IWI. # KIA KO TAPATAHI. # KIA KOTAHI RA. # TATOU TATOU E. (APPLAUSE) WHAT A GREAT CROWD. WE ARE GOING TO FINISH THIS BRACKET WITH TWO OF OUR FAVOURITE SONGS FROM TWO OF OUR FAVOURITE TEACHERS. WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO PLAY WITH HONOUR GOLDSMITH BEFORE. YOU MIGHT HEAR A FEW OF HIS SONGS TODAY/ # WHITI TE MARAMA I TE PO # TIAHO IHO MAI KOE # HEI KARU MO TE MATA O TE PO # TO ANA TE RA KI TE MOE E # TIAHO IHO MAI KOE # HEI KARU MO TE MATA O TE PO # KI TE KORE KOE TE KARU O TE PO # POURI ANA TAKU ARA E # HOKI ANA AHAU KI TE MOE E # TIAHO IHO MAI KOE # HEI KARU MO TE MATA O TE PO # WHITIWHITI ANA E # TE MARAMA I TE PO. # WHITIWHITI ANA E # TE MARAMA I TE PO. # WHITIWHITI ANA E # TE MARAMA I TE PO. # WHITIWHITI ANA E # TE MARAMA I TE PO. # AUE RONA # E-E-E TAKOTO ANA AU # KI TE MOENGA URIURI # TU AKE AU # TITIRO KI TE ATARAU # KEI RUNGA RA # TE MARAMA E WHITI ANA # KEI ARA RONA # KEI ROTO RA PIRI KI TE TAHA # PIRI KI TE NGAIO # AUE, AU E # RONA E # AUE, KOTAHI! WHAT YOU GOT, GOVERNOR? (GUITAR SOLO) (CONTINUES IN TE REO) # AUE, AU E # RONA E NAU MAI, HOKI MAI. WELCOME BACK TO OUR NATIONAL BROADCAST FROM THE PICTURESQUE RONGOTAHA IN ROTORUA. WE ARE ON THE SKYLINE, AND PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF THIS NATIONAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY. WE HAVE HAD A HAUTAPU CEREMONY, AND IT IS NICE TO HAVE THE BALANCE, BEING TOGETHER AND HAVING FUN. THEY ARE COMING DOWN-TO-EARTH ON THE LUGE. WE HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO JOURNEY HOME TO CELEBRATE WITH WHANAU AND FRIENDS, THE THEME IS THAT MATARIKI BECAUSE YOU HOME. EVEN JUST BRINGING KAI INTO OUR HOMES AS A MATARIKI TRADITION. FEASTING TOGETHER IS PERFECT. IT IS NOT WHAT YOU EAT, BUT WHO YOU ARE WITH. GIVE THANKS FOR THE YEAR THAT HAS GONE, AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE YEAR AHEAD. THINK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SINCE LAST MATARIKI. AND THOSE WE HAVE LOST. IT IS ABOUT DOING THINGS THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, SO TO HELP PEOPLE RETURN TO THEIR WHANAU, WE RAN A COMPETITION. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE ASKED YOU TO MAKE 90 SECOND VIDEO, EXPANDING WHO YOU WOULD BRING HOME FOR MATARIKI AND WHY. THE WINNING ENTRIES ONE A $1500 VOUCHER FOR TRAVEL. THE TIME HAS COME TO REVEAL THE THREE WINNERS. THEY ARE CUTE, HEARTFELT. (RESTFUL MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (TENDER MUSIC) TENA KOUTOU. I WANT MY NANNIES TO COME BACK, SO WE CAN WATCH MATARIKI FROM THE MAUNGA. I WANT MY NANNIES TO COME BACK HOME, (SPEAKS TE REO) I WANT TO BRING MY NAN BACK TO OUR WHENUA, TO THE MOANA AND NGAHERE. I WANT THEM TO COME BACK AND SING THIS WAIATA WITH ME. # MATARIKI (SING IN TE REO) # WAIPUNARANGI MANAWATIA A MATARIKI. HOW CUTE WERE THOSE KIDS? I LOVED ALL OF THOSE WINNERS, AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN OUR WINNERS. CONGRATULATIONS. JUST YOU KNOW, WE WILL SEND THOSE $1500 VOUCHERS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WE WILL BE IN TOUCH. AS THIS IS A NATIONAL CELEBRATION, WE HAD TO ANOTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY. JACK THATCHER AS A WAKA NAVIGATOR, AND WORKS AND WELCOME BAY. WE HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING MATARIKI FOR 30 YEARS NOW IN A MORE MODERN ERROR. WE STARTED HERE AT THE KURA KAUPAPA. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANTED, BUT I KNEW MY TRAINING TO BECOME A CELESTIAL NAVIGATOR. THE WHANAU HERE THOUGHT, I COULD TALK TO THEM. WE GET UP ON THE MAUNGA, I WENT, UM... I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MATARIKI. THE CHILDREN'S WAIATA HAS MORE MATAURANGA THEN WHAT IS IN MY HEAD. (CHILDREN SING WAIATA) AND SO I FOLLOWED TWO PATHWAYS. ONE WAS FOR MATAURANGA MATARIKI, AND THE OTHER WAS MATAURANGA WAKA TIPUNA. I FOLLOWED THOSE, BUT THE CENTRAL ASPECT OF THIS ALL WAS THAT IT CAME TOGETHER FOR ME HERE. FROM OUR PEOPLE, IT IS REALLY COOL. THEY ARE THIRSTY, HUNGRY FOR THE MATAURANGA. THEY PLANNED THE WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR AROUND OUR MARAMATAKA. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHY MATARIKI IS SO SIGNIFICANT, THERE ARE PATHWAYS TO GAIN MORE KNOWLEDGE. SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH OUR COMMUNITY. THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME, SHARING WHAT WE LEARN. IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED TO SHARE, THEN YOU ARE HOARDING SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU. IT COMES FROM OUR TIPUNA, THEY SHARED STORIES WITH THEIR MOKOPUNA. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING BUT CONTINUE THAT TRADITION. I THINK IT WAS SPREAD OUT TO THE WORLD. OR SPREAD OUT TO FAMILIES. IT IS AWESOME HOW DR RANGI MATAAMUA HAS MADE IT A NATIONAL THING. WHERE THE WHOLE COUNTRY NOW WANTS TO BE- WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT OUR TIKANGA. WE ARE A VERY DIVERSE PEOPLE. MAORI, AND WE HAVE OUR OWN TIKANGA IN REGARDS TO THE MATARIKI KORERO. EACH ONE OF US HAD A DIFFERENT KORERO, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS AWESOME. AND WE GET TO LEARN WHAT EVERYONE ELSE BELIEVES. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AS A GROWTH AND WHO WANTS TO LEARN MORE. IT WOULD HAVE FIRSTLY BEEN KURA KAUPAPA AND KOHANGA REO, AND THEN SUDDENLY OUR MAINSTREAM SCHOOLS HAVE NOW A HUGE INTEREST IN KNOWING MORE. KA PAI, TAMARIKI MA. WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATED ABOUT THAT WAS THAT HE IS AN EXPERT, BUT HIS HUMILITY AND SAYING THAT IT DIDN'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT MATARIKI, AND IT IS A GENERATIONAL THING. WE HAVEN'T BEEN PRIVILEGED ABOUT THAT. BUT TAMARIKI WILL ALWAYS KNOW IT WILL BE CELEBRATED. AND IS A BEAUTIFUL THING. BECAUSE THIS IS A CELEBRATION, THERE IS STILL A LOT MORE MUSIC TO COME AS WE CONTINUE OUR MATARIKI FESTIVITIES - ALL: Hooray! - Hip hip! - Hooray! - Happy birthday, mate. - It's your bowel screening test. I've done mine. - WOMEN: Me too! - Uso, you've got this! # Pull the stick from the test. # Put it in the poo. Just follow the pictures... - Koro. You can 'poo' it! - # Put it in the pottle. Put on the date. # Don't delay or procrastinate. (ALL CHEER) # Early detection can save the day. # NAU MAI HOKI MAI. I HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE THIS MORNING REFLECTING ON HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO BE IN ROTORUA THIS MORNING. JOINING US NOW IS ONE OF THE LOCALS. HAND ON HEART, HONESTLY THIS MORNING WAS VERY MOVING. WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO HOST THIS EVENT? IS ALWAYS AN HONOUR TO CELEBRATE MAORI AND BEING A NEW ZEALANDER. WE ARE HONOURED AS TE ARAWA TO HOST A PRESTIGIOUS EVENT. TELL ME ABOUT THE LOGISTICS INVOLVED. IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENT. THE MAIN THING WAS TO SHOW THE MANAAKITANGA. AND SHOW THAT THE EQUALITY ACROSS ALL SPECTRUMS WAS MET AND HOPEFULLY THAT WAS HELD TODAY. THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS EVENT IS THAT IT IS STARTING TO GROW IN TERMS OF ITS STATURE. IDSA THERE WILL BE OTHER REGIONS LIKE MINE THAT WILL BE KEEN TO HOST THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JUMP ON THE WAKA AND CELEBRATE SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE TO US AS NEW ZEALANDERS AND AS MAORI AS WELL. IT IS TIME TO REFLECT. SIR POU TEMARA IS TIME TO LOOK TO THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. WHAT BETTER TIME TO DO THIS WHEN IT IS THE COLD MONTHS. TIME TO WANANGA. THANK YOU FOR JOINING FOR US ON A NATIONAL BROADCAST. A HEARTFELT MIHI FOR HOSTING THIS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE MATARIKI FROM NGONGOTAHA BUT NOW IT IS TIME FOR A MUSICAL INTERLUDE. # KAORE E WHITI TE RA. # HE MATAO KA WEHE IA # KAORE E WHITI TE RA. # HE WHARE TU TAHANGA # IA WA KA WEHE IA. # KEI HEA AI E NGARO RA? # A, PEA KA NOHO ATU. # KAORE E WHITI TE RA. # HE WHARE TU TAHANGA # IA WA KA WEHE IA. # KOIRA, KOIRA, KOIRA, KOIRA, - ALL: # KOIRA, KOIRA, KOIRA, KOIRA, # KOIRA, KOIRA, KOIRA, KOIRA, # KOIRA, KOIRA. - # ME WHAKARERE RA IA. # KAORE E WHITI TE RA. (GUITAR SOLO) # AIN'T NO SUNSHINE WHEN SHE'S GONE # IT'S NOT WARM WHEN SHE'S AWAY - # AIN'T NO SUNSHINE WHEN SHE'S GONE - # AND SHE'S ALWAYS GONE TOO LONG - # ANYTIME SHE GOES AWAY # IA WA KA WEHE IA. # ANYTIME SHE GOES AWAY (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) - OH, FANTASTIC. THANKS, EVERYONE. SO WE'RE JUST GONNA REFLECT A LITTLE BIT. THIS SONG IS WRITTEN IN 1936 BY PIRI POUTAPU. HE WAS A MASTER CARVER AND HE WAS ASKED BY TE PUEA HERANGI TO CARVE SEVEN WAKA TO COMMEMORATE THE SEVEN WAKA THAT COME TO NEW ZEALAND. AND HE WROTE THIS SONG TO GO ALONG WITH THAT. THEY WENT ON A BIG HAERENGA UP TO WAITANGI. AND THE FIRST VERSE OF THE SONG THAT'S NOT OFTEN PERFORMED, WE'LL PUT IT IN OUR SET EVENTUALLY, BUT THE FIRST SET OF THIS SONG TALKS ABOUT RURAL WAIKATO MAORI, TIMES ARE GETTING BETTER. AND I THINK AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS A REAL RENAISSANCE IN MAORITANGA OF PEOPLE HONOURING THE TREATY, OF PEOPLE GOING TO WAITANGI. AND IT'S JUST REALLY AWESOME TO REFLECT ON THAT TIME AND HOW FAR WE'VE COME SINCE THEN. SO HERE'S OUR VERSION OF TOIA MAI TE WAKA NEI. ONE, TWO. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. (UPBEAT GUITAR INTRO) - # TOIA MAI TE WAKA NEI # KUMEA MAI TE WAKA NEI # KI TE TAKOTORANGA I TAKOTO AI # TIRITI TE MANA MOTUHAKE # TE TANGI A TE MANU E # PIPIWHARAUROA # KUI, KUI, KUI! # WHITI, WHITI ORA! # HUI E TAIKI E! # TOIA MAI TE WAKA NEI # KUMEA MAI TE WAKA NEI # KI TE TAKOTORANGA I TAKOTO AI # TIRITI TE MANA MOTUHAKE # TE TANGI A TE MANU E # PIPIWHARAUROA # KUI, KUI, KUI! # WHITI, WHITI ORA! # HUI E TAIKI E! # KUI, KUI, KUI! # WHITI, WHITI ORA! # HUI E # HUI E # HUI E TAIKI E! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WELL, MATARIKI'S A TIME FOR REFLECTING, AND MATARIKI'S A TIME FOR LOT'S OF THINGS, LADIES AND GENTLEMENT. SO MYSELF AND A FRIEND, JUSTIN KEREAMA FROM RUATOKI, WE WROTE THIS LITTLE- OH, CHUR, CHUR! (APPLAUSE) WE WROTE THIS SONG TOGETHER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AT MATARIKI FOR MY SCHOOL KIDS AND THE SCHOOL KIDS IN TAURANGA, AND VICARIOUSLY THE SCHOOL KIDS IN AOTEAROA. AND THE BAND TWISTED MY ARM TO DO IT TODAY. (LAUGHS) SO I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY IT AT HOME. HERE'S OUR SONG, 'MATARIKI'. ONE, TWO. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. (CHEERFUL GUITAR INTRO) # MATARIKI. # MATARIKI. # KO TENEI TE WA WHAKANUIA MATARIKI. # KIA HAKARI. # KIA HAKARI. # KIA ROTAROTA. # KIA ROTAROTA. # KIA MAREWA. # KIA MAREWA. # KIA KARAKIA. # KIA KARAKIA. # KIA MAHANA. # KIA MAHANA. # KI TE KAINGA. # KI TE KAINGA. # KO TENEI TE WA WHAKANUIA MATARIKI. # MATARIKI. # MATARIKI. # KO TENEI TE WA WHAKANUIA MATARIKI. # KIA ARO ATU RA. # KIA ARO ATU RA. # KI OKU TIPUNA. # KI OKU TIPUNA. # KIA WAWATA. # KIA WAWATA. # KI NGA MOEMOEA. # KI NGA MOEMOEA. # KIA MAHANA. # KIA MAHANA. # KI TE KAINGA. # KI TE KAINGA. # KO TENEI TE WA WHAKANUIA MATARIKI. # MATARIKI. # MATARIKI. # KO TENEI TE WA WHAKANUIA MATARIKI. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) OH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THE THING I LOVE ABOUT MATARIKI TIME IS THAT YOU JUST GET TOGETHER WITH YOUR WHANAU WHEN IT'S COLD, EH? YOU HUDDLE TOGETHER. AND THAT LAST SONG WAS FOR THE KIDS, THIS ONE'S FOR THE KUIAS AND THE KOROUAS OUT THERE. HERE'S SOME OLD SCHOOL, WARTIME-ERA SINGALONGS THAT WE LIKE TO DO. AND IT FEATURES ALL THE REST OF THE BAND, STARTING WITH DADDY-O IN THE GUITAR. YOU READY, DAD? TAHI, RUA, TORU, WHA! # HOKIHOKI TONU MAI TE WAIRUA O TE TAU KI TE AWHI REINGA KI TENEI KIRI E GOOD STUFF, DADDY-O. # KI TENEI KIRI E. HERE'S AUNTY ON THE BASS. HERE SHE IS. # KUA RONGORONGO HOKI AHAU # E HAERE ANA KOE, E TAKU TAU # WHAKAWHITI ANA TE MOANA NUI # A KIWA E # KA PATUPATU AKE TAKU MANAWA # KA WHAKARANGIRUA I AKU MAHARA # AUE TAMA, KO TAKU AROHA # KORE RAWA E MUTU E. ALL RIGHT, WHAT YOU GOT, MR MAC? # TAHI NEI TARU KINO # MAHI WHAI-A-IPO # KEI TE WEHENGA # AROHA KAU ANA # HAERE MAI RA # KI AHAU NEI RA # TE AROHA TINO NUI # HAERE MAI DOWN ON THE END. GOVERNER, WHAT YOU GOT, BUDDY? # PA MAI # TO REO AROHA # KI TE PA # O AOTEAROA # E NGA IWI # O AOTEAROA # HAERE MAI, HAERE MAI. # TITIRO KI NGA HOIA # KUA WEHE NEI # AUE TE AROHA # ME TE MAMAE # E NGA IWI # O AOTEAROA # HAERE MAI, HAERE MAI. # PO ATARAU # E MOEA IHO NEI # E HAERE ANA # KOE KI PAMAMAO # HAERE RA # KA HOKI MAI ANO # KI I TE TAU # E TANGI ATU NEI # WHEN YOU RETURN, # YOU'LL FIND ME WAITING HERE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WE HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING OUR EXTENSIVE COVERAGE COMING FROM YOU LIVE IN TE ARAWA TERRITORY. BEING A GUEST HERE HAS BEEN OUR PRIVILEGE AND HONOUR TO BRING YOU THIS COVERAGE ACROSS ALL CHANNELS, STACEY MORRISON HAS ANOTHER SPECIAL GUEST. KIA ORA ANO. WELCOME BACK TO OUR NATIONAL BROADCAST, AND WE ARE VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE JOINED BY OUR MINISTER. WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL ADDRESS THIS MORNING, AND THE MINISTER FOR CONSERVATION AND YOUTH, TENA KOE. HOW HAS THE HAUTAPU EXPERIENCE BEEN FOR YOU TODAY? THIS WAS A VERY SPECIAL EXPERIENCE FOR ME IT IS MY FIRST HAUTAPU CEREMONY I HAVE BEEN PART OF. IT WAS AN HONOUR AND PRIVILEGE TO SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO THE KARAKIA GIVEN TO THE STARS, AND TO CONTEMPLATE THINGS. AS A MINISTER FOR YOUTH, HOW SPECIAL IS IT TO SEE THAT ALL OF OUR NATION'S YOUTH ENGAGE WITH MATARIKI? I THINK THERE ARE SO MUCH WELL-BEING AND BEING CONNECTED TO OUR MATAURANGA AND OUR TRADITIONS, TO SEE EVERYONE EMBRACING THAT, ESPECIALLY OUR RANGATAHI, IS A TRULY SPECIAL THING. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PUT A PENSION FOR NORTHLAND TO HAVE THIS BROADCAST NEXT? I THINK THEY COULD COME UP AND DO PUANGA, AND THEN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE WOMEN WITH THE KARAKIA AS WELL. IT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT, WHICH WAS NOT LOST ON ME, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BRINGING WOMEN INTO THE KARAKIA THIS MORNING. IT WAS A FIRST THAT MANY HAVE SEEN, AND THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHT AND HUMILITY TO SAY THIS IS YOUR FIRST HAUTAPU AS WELL. MANAWATIA A MATARIKI. THANK YOU STACEY, AND LOVELY TO SEE THE MINISTER HERE IN ROTORUA. LET'S CHECK OUT WHAT ELSE HAS BEEN HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE ARE HEADING TO RUAPEHU. WE DESCEND FROM PAIRANGI, WHO IS THE ATUA OF THE MILKY WAY. THIS IS A STAR, SO WE DESCEND FROM PAIRANGI, WHO DESCENDED ON A CELESTIAL BIRD. AND LANDED UPON RUAPEHU. AS THAT ENERGY LANDED, OUT OF IT CAME FORTH THREE ENERGIES. LATER ON IN TIME, THREE TIPUNA CARRY THOSE NAMES, AND FROM THERE WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF NGATI RANGI, THE SKY PEOPLE. RUATIPUA AS THE DARK ABYSS FROM WHERE ALL I'VE EMERGED. *LIFE EMRGED. THE UNIVERSE WAS BORN FROM OUT OF RUATIPUA. THOSE OUR CONNECTIONS TO THE STARS. FOR US, WE FOCUS ON... ON THE COAST, IT IS PUANGA. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE PUANGA TRIBES, WE STILL SEE MATARIKI, BUT IT IS DIFFERENT FOR US BECAUSE OF THE PREVAILING WINDS BEING WESTERLY. IT GIVES US A BETTER BREED FOR OUR WEATHER. AS YOU COME TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS, YOU SEE PUANGA AND MATARIKI. WE WE HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH RESEARCH TO LOOK AT THE STARS, SO PEOPLE BECOME FIXED IN THEIR POSITIONS, BUT AS WE ARE ALL LEARNING MORE, AND MORE IS BEING REVEALED FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS AND FROM WAIATA AND KARAKIA, ALL OF THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE ARE COMING TOGETHER AGAIN. UP AT THE FARM, THERE ARE STONES IN CERTAIN PLACES WHICH HAVE BEEN THERE FOR CENTURIES. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE THE GUARDIANS OF THOSE SPECIAL PLACES. WE DO OUR KARAKIA THERE, BECAUSE THE STONES ON THE GROUND ARE IN THE SHAPE OF CLUSTERS THAT THEY WOULD BE IN WINTER. (PERFORMS KARAKIA) WE STAYED IN THE WHOLE NIGHT. AND HAS HONED US TO LOOK AT THE STARS. AND REMEMBERING THAT IT'S NOT JUST STARS. WHEN WE HAVE OUR WANANGA - IT IS TREES, BIRDS AND FISH. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT WE HAVE THE BALANCE BETWEEN LOOKING AT THE RISING AND SETTING STARS, THE MOON AND THE SUN AND THE PLANETS AS WELL AS UNDERSTANDING, THIS HEAPS OF THIS AND THAT AND WHO KNOWS THOSE BIRDS? THEY ARE DOING THIS AND THAT. ENSURING THAT WE CAN LINK EVERYTHING TO THEN HELP US. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING WANANGA FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS. WE ARE GOING TO START SHARING WITH OUR PEOPLE SOME SUGGESTED WAYS OF DOING THE CEREMONY. THE FIRST COMPONENT IS RECOGNITION OF PUANGA AND WE RETURNED BACK TO OUR CREATION STORY. (WOMAN PERFORMS KARAKIA) THEN THE SECOND PART - WE INVOKE ATU TAHI TO INSTRUCT WHEN OUR LOVED ONES BECOME STARS. (MAN SAYS KARAKIA) AND THEN AS THEY BECOME STARS, WE THEN RECITE OUR WHAKAPAPA AND ESTABLISH KAWA. AND THE THIRD COMPONENT, WE THEN LEFT THEIR HANGI OUT OF THE UMU. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) THIS IS WHERE WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO OUR TUPUNA. THAT PART OF THE KARAKIA, WE PUT OUR TURUTURU INTO THE GROUND AND WE BIND THOSE RAKAU TOGETHER AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR TUPUNA AND A COMMITMENT TO OUR WANANGA. WE WELCOME AS HE COMES ON HIS WAKA. EACH CREATES HIS OWN ITERATION OF THE CEREMONY. WE HAVE A LOT TO LEARN FROM IN THE WAY THAT THEY DO THEIR CEREMONIES. WE HAVE A LOT MORE ACTIONS WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE KARAKIA PEOPLE BUT CAN CONTRIBUTE. THAT WILL BE PRETTY AMAZING. RUAPEHU MAUNGA, TENA KOE. HERE FROM NGONGOTAHA MAUNGA, WE ARE CELEBRATING ALL THE WAYS IWI ARE CELEBRATING PUANGA AND MATARIKI. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RESETTING AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR BUT THEY ARE ALL BUSY AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. WE ARE SO, SO GRATEFUL. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU TUNING IN. - Hey, Toyota. Got something that's not... new? - Yeah! Have you seen what's on Toyota.co.nz? - What are the chances you actually have what I'm looking for? - Pretty good! - Will it have any quirks? - Only if that's what you're into. - Uh, how do I know if it's any good? - Well, you are buying from Toyota, so there's that. - But I need something that comes with a warranty. - Well, Signature Class and Toyota Certified vehicles do. - That's a relief. WELCOME BACK TO OUR LIVE BROADCAST. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE HAUTAPU THE VERY TAPU CEREMONY THAT WE HAD TODAY. THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE LUGE HERE. WE CAN'T STAY IN THAT SUPER TAPU SPACE ALL THE TIME. IT'S A PERFECT WAY TO CELEBRATE, SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE KICKED OFF YOUR LONG WEEKEND IN A BEAUTIFUL WAY WITH THIS MATARIKI BROADCAST. AND SUPPOSED TO BE A PUBLIC HOLIDAY BUT CERTAINLY NOT THESE PEOPLE AT THE SKYLINE. THE VERY EARLY TIMES THAT WE HAVE KARAKIA IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S A SACRED TIME. WE BELIEVE THE DEITIES ARE AT THEIR STRONGEST. SOME OF THE SHOTS ARE ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. LET'S HEAD BACK TO THE MUSIC. TAHI, RUA, TORU, WHA! (JOLLY MELODY PLAYS) # KAITARAIWA, # HIPAE TO MERI. # KIA KI TE A TANA KANOHI. # KAUA E AU PORO TE MONI. # KAITARAIWA, # HIPAE TO MERI. # KAITARAIWA, # HURI ANO KOA. # DOO-DOO-DOO-DOO. # DOO, DOO, DOO-DOO-DOO. # KAUA E WA RE KI TE PUTEA. # DOO-DOO-DOO-DOO. DOO-DOO-DOO-DOO-DOO. # E HIAHIA KIA KORE RA MAUA. # KAITARAIWA, # HURI ANO KOA. # DOO, DOO-DOO-DOO. OH, HERE WE COME. # KAITARAIWA, # KI TE KAINGA. # TE A WA NEI KA KAU TAHI RA. # KA TU PEA HEI IPO I TE ATUA. # KAITARAIWA, # KI TE KAINGA. ALL RIGHT, WHAT YOU COOKED UP FOR US TODAY, GOVERNOR? WHAT YOU GOT, MATE? (ELECTRIC GUITAR SOLO PLAYS) WHOO-HOO-HOO-HOO! OH YEAH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR THE GRANDADDY OF COUNTRY MUSIC, HERE HE COMES. (ACOUSTIC GUITAR SOLO PLAYS) (WHISTLES TUNEFULLY) (LAUGHS) (APPLAUSE) # CAB DRIVER, DRIVE BY MARY'S PLACE. # JUST WANNA SEE HER PRETTY FACE. # WELL, DON'T STOP THE METRE, LET IT RACE. # CAB DRIVER, # DRIVE BY MARY'S PLACE. HERE WE GO. # CAB DRIVER, # BETTER TAKE ME HOME. # I GUESS THAT I WAS MEANT TO BE ALONE. # I HOPE GOD SEND ME A LOVER OF MY OWN. # CAB DRIVER, # YOU BETTER TAKE ME HOME. # CAB DRIVER, # YOU BETTER TAKE ME HOME. # KATARAIWA, # KI TE KAINGA. # (APPLAUSE) OH, AWESOME. KIA ORA, EVERYBODY. THIS IS OUR GOING HOME SET. THAT FELLA TRIED TO GO HOME, I SUPPOSE, EH? GO BACK HOME TO HIS MUMSY, BUT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT THERE. SO, ONE GOING HOME SONG THAT WE INCLUDE IN EVERY SET, ACTUALLY, IS A SONG WRITTEN IN PAKIPAKI, ACTUALLY. AND IT WAS WRITTEN TO COMMEMORATE THE RETURN OF THE TE MAORI EXHIBITION. AND THAT EXHIBITION WENT AROUND THE WORLD, AND WENT PARTICULARLY OVER AMERICA, AND ALL THESE KAUMATUA HEADED OVER WITH IT, DID THESE DAWN OPENINGS FOR IT, AS WE DO HERE. AND AMERICA WAS LIKE, 'WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?' AND THEY WERE REALLY BLOWN AWAY AND MOVED BY THOSE ARTIFACTS THAT WERE SO SPECIAL TO THE PEOPLE HERE. AND THEY CAUGHT THE VIBE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYONE WANTED THAT EXHIBITION, AND THIS SONG WAS WRITTEN TO COMMEMORATE THE RETURN OF THOSE TAONGA, BUT THE THING THAT STANDS IN MY MIND IS THAT THAT WAS A TIME IN NEW ZEALAND'S HISTORY WHEN WE AS PAKEHA NEW ZEALANDERS WENT, 'OK, THE WHOLE WORLD IS ABSOLUTELY FASCINATED BY MAORI CULTURE, 'AND MAYBE IT'S ABOUT TIME WE BECAME SO TOO. (LAUGHS) SO HERE'S OUR VERSION. WAIATA MAI, WHANAU. OF TE HOKINGA MAI. (ENERGETIC GUITAR PLAYS) # TE HOKINGA MAI, # TENA KOUTOU. # TANGI ANA TE NGAKAU # KI TE AROHA. # TU TONA RA # TE MANA TE IHI # O NGA TIPUNA # KUA WEHEA ATU RA. # MAURAI MAI... # HI-HA. # ...TE MAURI TANGATA... # HI-HA. # ...HEI ORANGA # ...TE MAURI TANGATA... # HI-HA. # ...HEI ORANGA # MO TE MOREHU # TANGI MOKAI NEI. # E RAPU ANA # I TE ARA TIKA, # MO TATOU KATOA. # E RAPU ANA # I TE ARA TIKA, # MO TATOU # KATOA. # TE HOKINGA MAI. # TU TANGATA TONU. # # POKAREKARE ANA. # NGA WAI O WAIAPU. # WHITI ATU KOE HINE. # MARINO ANA E. # E HINE E. # HOKI MAIRA. # KA MATE AHAU # KI TE AROHA E. # KA MATE AHAU. # KI TE AROHA # E. (APPLAUSE) OH, THANKS SO MUCH, MUM! OH, IMAGINE IF THAT WAS YOUR LULLABIES AT NIGHT. LUCKY BOY, LUCKY BOY. ANYWAY. THIS LAST SONG WE'RE GONNA DO IN THIS SET IS WHAT WE HOPE BECOMES NEW ZEALAND'S UNOFFICIAL NATIONAL ANTHEM. MAYBE NOT THE ONE THEY SING AT THE RUGBY GAMES, BUT THE ONE THEY SING AT THE AFTER PARTIES AND WE'RE GONNA PERFORM IT AND TEACH YOU, NEW ZEALAND. WE'RE GONNA TEACH YOU FELLAS. REPEAT AFTER US. ARE YOU READY? # NGA ARA # KAWEA # AU KI TE # KAINGA. # AOTEAROA # KI NGA MAUNGA # KAWEA # E NGA ARA. (GUITAR PLAYS) YOO! # HE HIRANGA # TE WHENUA # ME NGA MAUNGA # RERE AI NGA AWA. # ORA TUROA # AKE I NGA TI # RARO I NGA MAUNGA # ME HE HAUANGI. # NGA ARA # KAWEA # AU KI TE # KAINGA. # AOTEAROA # KI NGA MAUNGA # KAWEA # E NGA ARA. ALL RIGHT, TAKE IT AWAY, DADDY. # ALL MY MEMORIES # GATHER 'ROUND HER. # MINER'S LADY # STRANGER TO BLUE WATER. # DARK AND DUSTY, # PAINTED ON THE SKY. # MISTY TASTE OF MOONSHINE, # TEARDROPS IN MY EYES. # COUNTRY ROADS, # TAKE ME HOME. # TO THE PLACE # I BELONG. # AOTEAROA, # MOUNTAIN MAMA. # TAKE ME HOME, # COUNTRY ROADS. # KA RONGO AU I TANA KARANGA HOKI MAI. # HOKI MAHARA KI TE KAINGA RA KEI TAWHITI. # KA WHAKAARO AU, TE AHUA NEI # ME HOKI KE AHAU # INANAHI. # NGA ARA # KAWEA # AU KI TE # KAINGA. # AOTEAROA. # KI NGA MAUNGA # KAWEA # I NGA ARA ALL RIGHT, YOU READY NEW ZEALAND? HERE WE GO. # NGA ARA # KAWEA # AU KI TE # KAINGA. # AOTEAROA. # KI NGA MAUNGA # KAWEA # E NGA ARA. # KIA ORA! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) AWESOME STUFF FROM THE HARMONIC RESONATORS, I WAS WATCHING STACEY DURING THE PERFORMANCE, AND THEY SEEMED TO RESONATE WITH YOU. THEY DID IN A VERY HARMONIC WAY. COUNTRY ROADS WITH SOME MAORI IN IT. AND ALL ABOUT WHAT IT IS TO BE A MODERN NEW ZEALANDER. SOME OF THOSE BAND IS MAORI, SOME PAKEHA, AND SOME NEW NEW ZEALANDERS. THEY ARE ALL ABOUT WHAT IT IS TO EMBRACE OUR CULTURE. HERE WE ARE IN ROTORUA, AND WE HAVE HAD AN INCREDIBLE MORNING. ONE OF MY MOST FAVOURITE PARTS IN TERMS OF MUSIC, WAS SEEING A KUIA FROM TE ARAWA SINGING ALONG TO THE ANTHEMS. THANK YOU TO STACEY AND YOUR PEOPLE OF TE ARAWA FOR HOSTING THIS EVENT. IT HAS BEEN STUNNING. WE SAW THE HAUTAPU CEREMONY THIS MORNING, LED BY SIR POU TEMARA, AND THEY WERE HERE IN THEIR DROVES WITH THIS KAUPAPA. AND THEY BROUGHT BACK WAHINE FOR THE KARAKIA. THEY BROUGHT BACK WOMEN HOLDING THESE SACRED SPACES, AND SOME FELT EMOTIONAL. WE WERE SO VERY PROUD TO SEE YOU ALL STANDING THERE. THE BIG QUESTION IS WHO WILL HOST THE NEXT ONE? THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A FEW BIDS IN MY TEXT MESSAGES. WE WERE AT TE PAPA LAST YEAR, MAYBE THE MOVEMENT BEGINS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD COME TO GISBORNE, OR WHEREVER YOU WOULD LIKE US TO BE. WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE ALL OVER AOTEAROA GATHERING TO SALIVATE MATARIKI, GATHERING TO CELEBRATE MATARIKI. MANAWATIA A MATARIKI. (GROUP SINGS WAIATA) CAPTIONS BY KATE HARRIS, SAM BAKER, COURTNEY SOLE, AND JULIE TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023. (WAIATA CONTINUES) (UPBEAT MUSIC)

Manawatia a Matariki 2023

Join hosts Stacey Morrison and Mātai Smith for live coverage of the Matariki festivities from Rotorua, beginning at dawn with a traditional Hautapu ceremony.

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