Matariki at the Museum

9 July 2022

10am to 4pm

Free entry

This year's Matariki programme at Waikato Museum celebrates wellbeing from the perspective of te ao Maaori (the Maaori world view).

As the rising stars announce the arrival of the new year, this is a time to reflect, to plan, to honour those that have departed, and to attend to our wellbeing in a holistic way.

Programme:

10am - 10.15am

Mihi - opening karakia

10:15am - 12:15pm

Raranga Aroha

Learn how to make a whetu (star) ornament or kete koha (gift basket) with weaving group Te Roopu Aroha ki te Raranga

10:15am - 10:45am

The Healing Vibration of Taonga Puoro

Elizabeth Gray introduces the power of traditional Maaori musical instruments

10:15am - 12:15pm

The Colour of Stars

Pompom making for tamariki with crochet artists Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole

10:30am - 12pm

Children’s crafts

With Tui Tamara Kirkwood 

10:30am - 11:30am 

Koorero Rongoaa

David Kukutai Jones offers an introduction to traditional rongoaa (Maaori medicine): As the forest yields an abundance of healing plants, so do the mountains and rivers, oceans and air, and also the many realms of existence beyond our physical senses themselves.

11am - 12:45pm

Ihirangaranga

Painting to the vibration of sound with Regan Balzer, Horomono Horo, and guests

1pm - 2pm

Koorero Toi: Toi is Rongoaa

A panel discussion with artists Margaret Aull, Eugene Kara, Lissy and Rudi Robinson Cole, Regan Balzer, Dorothy Waetford and others featured in the exhibition Toi is Rongoaa

1pm - 2pm

Children’s crafts

With Tui Tamara Kirkwood 

1:15pm - 3:30pm

Raranga Aroha

Learn how to make a whetu (star) ornament or kete koha (gift basket) with weaving group Te Roopu Aroha ki te Raranga

2pm - 3pm

Slipstream

The healing powers of clay mirimiri (traditional massage) with Dorothy Waetford

2pm - 3pm

Puurakau

The power of storytelling with Maria Huata

4pm

Karakia – closing prayer