{"id":2034533,"date":"2026-07-09T08:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2034533"},"modified":"2026-07-09T08:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:54:28","slug":"new-zealand-celebrates-matariki-maori-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2034533","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Celebrates Matariki \u2014 M\u0101ori New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matariki is the Maori name for a cluster of seven stars known as Pleiades or Seven Sisters in Western culture. | Picture: Auckland Council Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tomorrow, July 10, New Zealand celebrates Matariki Day<\/a>, a public holiday since June 2022.<\/strong> Matariki is the M\u0101ori name for a cluster of seven stars that appears in the early morning sky in New Zealand during midwinter. The constellation of these seven stars is known as Pleiades or Seven Sisters in Western culture, but is known as Matariki by the M\u0101ori, New Zealand\u2019s indigenous Polynesian population. In M\u0101ori culture, Matariki is typically celebrated for a period of days during the last quarter of the moon of the lunar month Pipiri (around June-July).<\/p>\n