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Tauranga has plenty of amazing events on offer. To ensure these events are delivered efficiently and safely for participants, the public, residents and businesses, the following road closures will be in place:

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Matariki Tauranga Moana 2019: E haere ake nei – coming up!

Rāmere 14 Pipiri ki Rāpare 20 Pipiri
Friday 14 June to Thursday 20 June

There is plenty for everyone to celebrate Matariki, the Māori New Year, in Tauranga Moana. Here’s what’s coming up in the seven days ahead:

Matariki fun for the whole whānau

  • 14 Pipiri: Night walk at Aongatete Forest Project – a night walk to discover nocturnal forest creatures and Matariki night skies. Info
  • 15 Pipiri: Matariki ki Mauao market day – a day for the whole whānau at the base of Mauao with food stalls, entertainment, tree planting, games and more for all ages. Info
    More about the Matariki ki Mauao programme of events here
  • 16 Pipiri: Matariki kauri walk at Tuahu Track (Mamaku Forest) – a guided talk and walk to meet the ancient watcher in the Kaimai: our kauri. Info
  • 16 Pipiri: Puketoki Reserve Matariki glowworm walk (sold out) – an early evening walk next to the Te Puna stream searching for glow worms and doing some Matariki story telling. Info
  • 18 Pipiri: Pō Pūrākau ki Te Papa – dress in your PJs and join us at the library for a magical fun-filled whānau night of story-telling. Info

For the tamariki (kids)

  • 15 Pipiri: Matariki e-Sewing session – learn about electrical circuits, and sew a stuffed toy star that lights up. Info
  • 15 Pipiri: Matariki Toi Rāhoroi – a fun and creative craft session on the theme of Matariki. Info
  • Whanake ake Matariki with Aroha – a fun filled half-hour of Matariki-themed stories and waiata for preschool children.
    • 18 Pipiri: Te Ao Mārama ki Te Papa (Tauranga City Library) Info
    • 19 Pipiri: Te Ao Mārama ki Tūtarawānanga (Greerton Library) Info 
    • 20 Pipiri: Te Ao Mārama ki Mauao (Mount Maunganui Library) Info
  • 19 Pipiri: Te Reo Wainene o Tua – storytelling time in te reo Māori! Info

Workshops and learning for adults

  • 16 Pipiri: Workshop: Ngā Mahi Tākaro – a workshop for adults in contemporary harakeke (flax) toy making. Info
  • 16 Pipiri: Workshop: a Muka Experience – learn a non-traditional method of extracting muka (flax fibres), used to weave korowai or piupiu. Info

Exhibitions

  • 18 ki 20 Pipiri: Mataraunui Tohu o te Kura – an exhibition, workshops and lectures about the repatriation and preservation of artefacts, whariki and tukutuku in marae, and old photo portraits, at the Whareroa Marae. Info

Open all week:

  • Ruahine by Michelle Estall – an exhibition of artwork based around contemporary Māori Ruahine, inspired by the writing of Te Iwa Makere Tamaki. Info
  • Mātātoa – Mumu Returns – an exhibition of Taonga Pūoro artist Mumu (Will Moore). Info
  • Te Whānau o Matariki – an Incubator Gallery group exhibition by established and emerging artists gathered as a family under the Matariki star. Info
  • Matariki Hao Tāngata – a retrospective of black and white photography from Kapua Joy Bennett, at the central library. Info

Go to www.mymatariki.co.nz for the full Matariki Tauranga Moana 2019 programme.

Posted: Jun 13, 2019,

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