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Taatai-o-Matariki

Tuesday, 25th June 2024, 11:00 am - Saturday, 3rd August 2024, 11:00 am

Join us in celebrating Matariki this year with our exhibition Taatai-o-Matariki!

Hosted in our Nancy Caiger Gallery, Taatai-o-Matariki aims to inspire the community in a celebration of the Maaori new year, bringing whanau and friends together. The exhibition will feature seven works by seven special artists, each encompassing one of the whetuu (stars) within the Tainui Matariki constellation:

  • Matariki (connected with reflection, hope, the environment, health and wellbeing, and the gathering of people)
  • Tupu-ā-rangi (connected with everything that grows within the sky e.g. fruits, berries, birds)
  • Tupu-ā-nuku (connected with everything that grows within the earth e.g. kumara)
  • Waitī (connected with all fresh water bodies and the food sources within it e.g. eels)
  • Waitā (connected with the oceans and food sources within it e.g. fish)
  • Waipuna-ā-rangi (connected with the rain)
  • Ururangi (connected with the winds)

Alongside these stellar creations, we’ve also asked the wider community to share their reflections and expressions of the Matariki constellation! These submissions have now closed.

Details

Start:
Tuesday, 25th June 2024, 11:00 am
End:
Saturday, 3rd August 2024, 11:00 am

Venue

The Meteor Theatre
1 Victoria st
Hamilton, New Zealand
Website:
www.themeteor.co.nz