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Regal and vice-regal Government Other party leaders in parliament Judiciary Main centre leaders Regal and vice-regal Head of state – Charles III Governor-General – Cindy Kiro Charles III Cindy Kiro Government Legislature term: 54th New Zealand Parliament. The Sixth National Government, elected in 2023, continues. Speaker of the House – Gerry Brownlee Prime Minister – Christopher Luxon ...
Matariki was first observed as a public holiday on 24 June 2022, including a pre-dawn live broadcast of a hautapu ceremony. [44] It was received positively overall by New Zealanders. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] [ failed verification ] Its significance to New Zealanders is also enhanced by being exclusive to New Zealand culture.
Matariki Williams is a Māori curator and writer based in Whakatāne, New Zealand. [1] In 2021, she was appointed Pou Matua Mātauranga Māori, Senior Historian, Mātauranga Māori at Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage in Wellington. [2] [3] She is a member of the Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Whakaue, and Ngāti Hauiti iwis. [3]
For 2 seasons, Matariki played, George Alpert, in the Māori Television mockumentary series, Find Me a Māori Bride (2015-2017). [13] Matariki, and the other members of the Modern Māori Quartet, served as the in-house band on Māori Television’s variety show, Happy Hour (2014). [14] He also acted in some of the shows comedy sketches.
Mātāmua (left), after his investiture as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Wellington, on 24 May 2024 On 30 June 2020 Mātāmua was awarded the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize for his work writing and speaking about Māori astronomy and Matariki.
The ABC sitcom originally starred Michael J. Fox, who left the show after four seasons following his Parkinson's diagnosis and was replaced by Charlie Sheen
The Goodnight Kiwi is an animated short which has been used to signal the end of nightly broadcasts on Television New Zealand channels. The Goodnight Kiwi features two characters: the eponymous Goodnight Kiwi (later also called TV Kiwi), and his companion, simply known as The Cat.
December 28, 2024 at 6:03 AM Food & Wine / Mondelez International / Reese's / Getty Images / Burger King If the year in food 2024 could be summed up in one word, it might be “weariness.”