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Matariki; Observed by: Māori people, New Zealand: Type: Cultural: Significance: Heliacal rising of the Pleiades star cluster (Māori: Matariki), signalling the Māori new year. Celebrations: Some hold dawn ceremonies and/or lay a hāngī: Date: June to July (varies) 2023 date: 14 July: 2024 date: 28 June: 2025 date: 20 June: Frequency: Annual ...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on 7 September 2020 that her government would create a new public holiday to celebrate Matariki should the Labour Party win the 2020 general election. [10] Labour won the election, and in February 2021 Ardern announced that Matariki would become an annual public holiday with a variable date (June or July ...
2024 Port Hills fire: A state of emergency is declared in Christchurch and Selwyn, as firefighters battle to control a bushfire in the city's Port Hills region. [47] Six residents of a rest home in Whitianga have died after a third of residents and staff were infected with Influenza A over a 12-day period. [48]
In 2024, she graduated with a Masters in Maori Visual Arts from Massey University. [5] As part of her masters project, an exhibition of her prints, Taa E Kōrero Ana – Marks That Speak, was on display at the Niven Gallery , Taupō .
1 January – Hakaraia Wilson, MMA fighter (born 1998). [7]3 January – Dame Tariana Turia, politician, Labour list MP (1996–2002), MP for Te Tai Hauāuru (2002–2014), co-leader of the Māori Party (2004–2014), Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector (2003–2004, 2008–2011), Minister for Disability Issues (2009–2014), Minister for Whānau Ora (2010–2014) (born 1944).
By February 1930, the project had been approved in principle by Christchurch City Council. [10] The concept of a number of small shops all built as a comprehensive development was advanced for its time, and can be regarded as the forerunner of modern shopping malls. [11] New Regent Street during the Matariki celebrations (June 2021)
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In the 2016 New Year Honours, Lange was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to ceramic arts. [9]Lange's work is in the collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, Christchurch Art Gallery, Beehive (New Zealand), Suzhou School of Art in China, and the Aberystwyth Arts Centre in Wales.