Mānawatia a Matariki (2022 hautapu broadcast)

Today is all about sharing: sharing mātauranga, ancient knowledge and culture; sharing kai, and also sharing the aroha, because this is a day for all New Zealanders.

– Co-presenter Stacey Morrison at the start of this broadcast

The word Matariki is often referred to as the eyes of God: Mata meaning eyes, and Ariki meaning God.

– Narrator

... Matariki to me is a time of revivalism; the act is about revivalism . . . I never really envisaged that I'd ever live this long to realise this was going to happen.

– Writer and academic Haare Williams on Matariki , in a panel discussion with John Campbell

... this is about light, and you have been telling us about this light for a very long time, but some of the rest of us have been slow on the uptake. What does it mean that we are seeing this together, at long last?

– John Campbell asks academic Rangi Mātāmua about his long journey to have Matariki acknowledged as a public holiday

I think the fundamental principles of Matariki are about remembering those that we've lost along the journey to become who we are, and the lessons and the legacy they leave us. It's about celebrating who we are today, who we are presently, and all the wonderful things that make us who we are. And then it's also about celebrating who we want to be tomorrow. So it's about looking forward, and celebrating all the diversity and the flavours and the wonderful, different approaches and understandings that bring us together — but celebrating it as one people, as one nation...

– Academic and Matariki campaigner Rangi Mātāmua sums up Matariki