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.