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
