Our first HNZPT Matariki podcast episode features interviews with five Māori Heritage New Zealand staff who share their wide-ranging thoughts and experiences about Matariki.
Kaitohutohu Whanake Niki Partsch interviews:
- Tharron Bloomfield - growing, harvesting and eating taputini; a variety of kumara that were originally cultivated by Māori.
- Millie Harris - Matariki representing a way of life that she grew up with.
- Kellee-Rei Harris - Matariki as way to reconnect with her culture and her whakapapa roots in Te Tai Tokerau after an urban upbringing.
- Nigel Harris – kai gathering and cooking preparations for a magnificent Matariki feast at Te Whare Waiututu Kate Sheppard House.
- Matene Simon - the revival of the ancient Matariki ceremony, Te Hautapu Umukohukohu Whetū, at Taurua Marae Rotoiti in 2021.
