Matariki 2026: Āe te Tau Hou a te Māori

I ia tau, ka pūtea te rangi mohoao o Aotearoa Niu Tīreni ki te roopu whetū nei e whiti ana, ka puta he mea tino takiwā. Ka huihui te pokapū, ka tahia te ahi, ka waiata, ka tūpono te ao ki te whakahonore i te kua hinga, ki te whakatangi i te kaupapa o mua. Ko Matariki tēnei — te Tau Hou a te Māori — tētahi o ngā hari nui a te reo me te wairua kino nei ki te Ao Tūmatariki. I te tau 2026, ka tae a Matariki i te Rāhina, te 10 Hūrae, a e ahuatanga tino whānui tēnei, pūrua ai e te whakatupuranga, te mahi toi, te kai, me te whakaaroaro. Me ōu mahi maramara ki tēnei momo mahi tūturu, me ōu tirohanga tuatahi anō, e taea e Matariki 2026 te whakatupuranga whānui me te āhuatanga ki te hono atu ki tētahi o te kaupapa whetū tūwera motuhake o te ao.

Te Pūtake o Matariki: Te Roopu Whetū Tō Muri nei

Kia marama atu ki a Matariki, me titiro ki runga. Ko Matariki tēnei ingoa e tohu ana ki te roopu whetū e whakahuatia nei ki te mātauranga whakaWhoa ko Pleiades, te roopu whetū e rau pea te maha nei, e haere ana i te 444 ahu-wharanui mai i te Ao. Ki te kanohi, ko ngā whetū tino kitea o tēnei roopu e whakaaturia ana hei roopu tata, e whiti ana i te ahi — a ko tēnei heliacal whakaruri o tēnei roopu (tōna whakaatanga tuatahi i te rawhiti po aro wawe inapo) koinei e tohu ana ki te timata o te Tau Hou a te Māori.

Ko te kupu Matariki tēnei e whakamarama ana kua puta i te "Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea" — he kupu e kōrero ana "ngā kanohi o te atua Tāwhirimātea" — te atua o te hau me te panapanataiao. Ko tēahi e whakakotahi rawa ake nei ko "Mata Ariki", he kupu e kōrero ana "ngā kanohi o te rangatira" me "ngā kanohi iti", he whakaata i te āhuatanga o tēnei roopu hei iti nei engari e whiti harikoa ana.

I ngā rau tau i mua i te taenga-atu o Erupia, ko ngā hapori Māori i roto i a Aotearoa e whakamahi ana i te whakaruri o Matariki hei tohu i te whakakaupapa i waenga i te tau kua tīmata me te tau āhuatanga. Ko te tīme he mea nui kē atu, he nui rawa kē atu: ko te whakaatanga o Matariki i te Ōkioki me te Hūrae i roto i te tau, i te wā kua utu i te uka, i te wā kua whakatakoto i te kai, me te wā e āta hāu ana ngā pokapū ki te whakamahi i te wa tupu.

Ko te maramataka Māori — e kī ai Maramataka — he kaupapa tino whakairo i te ao Ōrua. E tohu ana atu i te whakakaupapa o te rangi me te raumati, ēngā whakakaupapa o te wairuatanga, te mahi tarutaru, me te hauroa. Ko Matariki e tūturu ana i te pūtake o tēnei maramataka tonutanga, he wā e hono ana te rangi me te whenua.

Te Nui o te Reo Māori: He Āhuatanga Tūtika o Matariki

Ehara a Matariki i te tohu maramataka anake — he whakahoki atu ki te whakaatu o ngā whānau, te wairua o te Māori me te tūtanga ake. I te pūtake o tēnei pepeha, e toru ngā āhuatanga nui e whakatakoto ana i te āhuatanga o tēnei hari:

• Te whakamaumau i te hunga kua mate — Ko Matariki he wā hei whakahonore i te hunga kua riro i muri mai i te whakaruri o te whetū roopu. E whakapono ana tēnei ko ngā whetū o Matariki e kawe ana i ngā wairua o te hunga kua mate ki runga ki te rangi, a ko te whakahuahua i ngā ingoa o te hunga i aroha ai he pokapū e whakawhiti ana i te wairua ki tō whetū.
• Te pepeha i te ahuatanga āpōpō — Ko Matariki he wā o te āhuatanga, te āhuatanga pokapū, me te whakaaro ki ngā taonga o te whenua, te moana, me te rangi. Ko te kai, te waiata, te kōrero, me te mahi toi he wāhanga nui katoa o te pepeha.
• Te titiro whaka-mua — Ko te tau hou he wā hei whakatakoto i ngā pūmanawa, whakakaupapa i ngā mahi, me te whakaaro i tēna e āhua mai he tau. Ko ngā whāinga e whakahuahua atu ai ki te whānau me te pokapū, e kōreotia atu ai ki raro i te whetū.

I te hanga kaupapa Māori, kei a ia tēnei ngā whetū tonutanga e iwa o Matariki he tūtanga me te mahi tūtika. Ko Matariki e arahi ana i te hauora me te āhuatanga pakari. Ko Pōhutukawa e hono ana ki te hunga kua mate. Ko Tupuānuku e arahi ana i te kai e tupu ana i te whenua, ko Tupuārangi e arahi ana i te kai mai i runga — te hua me te manu. Ko Waitī e hono ana ki ngā taiao wai marama, ko Waitā ki te wai tai, a ko Waipuna-ā-Rangi ki te ua. Ko Ururangi e arahi ana i te hau, a ko Hiwa-i-te-rangi te whetū o ngā moemoeā — te whetū e tuarua ana ngā pūmanawa me ngā whāinga.

Ko tēnei hononga kaupapa tino tāwhānui ko Matariki ehara i te pepeha kotahi engari he kaupapa wairuatanga me te āhuatanga reo nui tonu e papatāwhi ana i ia āhuatanga o te oranga.

He Rā Rāhuitanga Hōu: Te Whakāe āhuatanga o Matariki

Tētahi o ngā kaupapa tino nui i te āhuatanga tūtika a Aotearoa Niu Tīreni ko te whakāe ā-motu o Matariki hei rā rāhuitanga. I te 2022, ko Aotearoa Niu Tīreni te whenua tuatahi i te ao kia whakatakoto he rā rāhuitanga reanga i te maramataka Māori. He wā tino nui tēnei — ehara i te Māori anake, engari i te katoa o Aotearoa Niu Tīreni me te katoa o te reo Ōrua, me te katoa o te reo tūwera o te ao.

Ko te whakatau kia whakatakoto a Matariki hei rā rāhuitanga i muri i te rau tau me te rongo tini, me te whakawhiti kōrero, me te whakapiki harikoa. I te āhuatanga whanui ake ko te rongo ā-motu e pāpā ana ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi, te mana rua reo, me te wāhi tūtika o te reo Māori i roto i te tūtanga ake o Aotearoa.

Ko te rā o te rāhuitanga e āhuatanga ā-tau nei na te mea he hononga i te maramataka me te whakaruri ā-ōrau tūtika o te Pleiades. I te 2026, ka tae a Matariki i te Rāhina, te 10 Hūrae — e whakatupa ana i te whanau roa hei whakaharikoa i ngā mahi pepeha, haere ki ngā kaupapa, me te whakaputa wā ki te whānau.

I muri i te whakāe ā-motu i te rāhuitanga, kua tīpako ake te whakaaro pokapū me te whakaharikoa o Matariki. Ko te kura, te pakihi, te ahumahi ā-kawanatanga, me ngā whare ahurea katoa e tohu ana i te rā, a kua roa roa tēnei rāhuitanga hei tētahi o ngā mahi nui tino tūmanako o te maramataka Aotearoa.

Me Pēhea te Pepeha i Matariki: Ngā Āhuatanga Tūtika me ngā Mahi Pepeha

Ko ngā pepeha o Matariki he nui tonu, e hononga ana i ngā āhuatanga tawhito me ngā whakaatu hōu o te reo. Kei anei ēnei āhuatanga te nui me te āhuatanga nui tonu:

Te Titiro Whetū me ngā Mahi Karakia Wawe

Ko te āhuatanga tawhito tonu hei tohu i Matariki ko te ō wawe inapo me te titiro ki te whakaruri o te Pleiades ki te rawhiti-ā-ata. Ko ngā iwi maha me ngā pokapū e kawe ana i ngā mahi karakia wawe tūtika (ahi kā — te whakatakoto o te ahi) i ngā wāhi nui, tae atu ki te marae (ngā turanga pokapū), ngā pukemanu, me te rauponga moana. Ko ngā mahi karakia nei te maha o te karakia (ngā inoi), waiata (te manu waiata), me te whakahuahua i ngā ingoa o te hunga kua mate i te tau.

Te Kai me te Hononga Kai

Ko te kai he wainga nui i te pokapū o Matariki. Ko ngā kai tawhito — āhuatanga o te uka o te whenua me te moana — e whakatupu ana me whakawhiti he hononga. Ko te hāngī (ngā ahi whenua) he āhuatanga whakakukuti nui, a ko ngā potu kai e tautāu ana i te kūmara (te huaraki haumānava), i te īka, i te kōura, me etahi atu kai o te roanga. Ko te hononga kai he āhuatanga tino tika, e whakaatu ana i te whakaaro ki te uka o te whenua me te hononga pokapū.

Te Mahi Toi, te Waiata, me te Mahi Tapu

Ko Matariki he wā o te whakahiapo tino nui. Ko te kapa haka (ngā mahi toi Māori, tae atu ki te waiata, te manu toi, me te karakia) e whakaharikoa ana i ngā kaupapa nui me te iti. Ko te mahi toi ataata e tupu ana i ngā whetū, i te ao noa me ngā kōrero tīpuna. Ko ngā pepeha i Aotearoa e tohu ana i te konga, te reo toi, te whakaata, me te mahi kino — he rau tonu ka puta i te pokapū.

Ngā Kaupapa Rama me ngā Whakaatu Marama

I ngā tau o muri inapo, ko te kaupapa rama me te whakaatu marama i roto i te pokapū kua mutunga tahi he āhuatanga nui o ngā pepeha Matariki i ngā pokapū me te wairua. Ko te āhuatanga nui harikoa: te marama i te pōuri o te mohoao, e whakaatu ana i te pūmanawa, te whakamaumau, me ngā whetū e arahi ana ki runga. Ko Auckland, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Ōtautahi, me etahi atu pokapū e kawe ana i ngā kaupapa rama tino hari e tiri ana i te rau rau tangata.

Ngā Huihui Pokapū me ngā Kaupapa Ako

Ko te whare pukapuka, te pae tūturu, te kura, me ngā whare pokapū e kawe ana i ngā āhuatanga ako, ngā kōrero, me ngā whakaatu e pā ana ki Matariki me te reo Māori. Ko ngā kaupapa nei he tino nui mo ngā tamariki me te hunga hou ki Aotearoa, e tapa ana i te whakaatu mārama me te huhua ki te whakamārama i te nui o te pepeha.

Ngā Āhuatanga Rohe: Me Pēhea te Mahi Pepeha o ēnei Iwi

Āe ko Matariki he pepeha pokapū Māori, kaua kē te wareware i te mea kei a ia tēnei ngā iwi me ō rātou āhuatanga tūtika, ingoa, me ngā mahi o te Pleiades me te tau hou.

• Ko ēnei iwi, āhuatanga o te Ao Tūmatariki, e tohu ana i te roopu whetū kē — Puaka (te whetū Rigel i roto i a Orion) — hei tohu i te tau hou, kaua i a Matariki. Ko tēnei whakaatu i te maha o te mātauranga atua Māori me te maha o ngā āhuatanga rohe i ēnei āhuatanga i kitea mai i ngā wāhi kē o te pokapū.
• Ko Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei i Auckland e kawe ana i tētahi o te pepeha Matariki nui o te whenua, me ngā kaupapa i te Marae o Ōrākei me te pokapū.
• Ko Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) e rongona ana i te Pepeha Matariki tino hari, kua roa roa tēnei ki tētahi o te pepeha reo nui o te Ao Tūmatariki, e puta ana i te rau kaupapa i roto i ngā wiki maha.
• Ko Ōtautahi me te rohe Makanatū whanui kua mahia he āhuatanga Matariki tūwera, he hononga o te reo Māori me te tūtanga ake o te Ao Tūmatariki i roto i te āhuatanga toi.
• Ko te Northland iwi e kīkokiko ana i te hononga i waenga i a Matariki me te tupu o te kūmara, i te āhuatanga o te nehu o te rohe me te mahi maramataka.

Ko tēnei maha o te āhuatanga rohe he kaha — ehara a Matariki i te pepeha kotahi engari he momo tūtika, he momo ora e āhuatanga ana ki te mōhio rohe, ki te taiao, me te pokapū.

Ngā Āhuatanga Whānui e Pā ana ki Matariki

Mo te hunga e rawe ana ki te hoki ake, kei anei ēnei mea whānui me te mataara e pā ana ki Matariki e whakaatu ana i te whānui o tēnei pepeha:

• Ko te roopu whetū Pleiades e 100 miriona tau te pakeke me te rau kau pea te maha o te whetū, āe rā me te ono, pitopito, kotahi rānei ka kitea noa atu i te kanohi i Papatūānuku.
• Ko Matariki e tohu ana e ngā motu Polenēsia i roto i te Pasifika, ehara i te Māori anake. I Hawaiki, e kī ai Makali'i; i Tahiti, Matari'i; i Tonga, Mataliki. Ko tēnei ingoa hononga i a ia tēnei āhuatanga e whakaatu ana i te hononga Polenēsia me te nui o te whetū i roto i te waka Pasifika me te maramataka.
• Ko te rāhuitanga Matariki o Aotearoa Niu Tīreni te rāhuitanga tūtika ā-motu anake i te ao reanga i te maramataka tūwera Māori, e roa roa tēnei hei kaupapa nui ā-ao me te āhuatanga tūtika.
• I muri i te whakāe ā-motu o te rāhuitanga i te 2022, ko te tae mai mai i waho i roto i te wā o Matariki kua pikitia harikoa, me te tae atu o te tokomaha whakaharikoa ki Aotearoa Niu Tīreni hei whakaharikoa i te pepeha.
• Ko te whetū iwa o Matariki e whakāe ana i te ture rāhuitanga e whakaatu ana i te hononga mōhiotanga o ngā iwi maha, e whakāe ana i te maha o te mōhiotanga atua Māori.
• Kua tohe a Matariki i te hononga tino nui o te reo Māori i roto i te paetae o aianei, te waiata, me te toi ataata, tae atu ki ngā mahi tino rongona i te ao kua kawe i te reo Māori ki ngā tangata o te ao.

Ngā Mea Nui Hei Mōhio Mo Matariki 2026

Kei te whakatakoto hei whakaharikoa i Matariki 2026, kei anei ēnei mea me mōhio:

Te Rā Nui me te Wā Nui

• Rā Rāhuitanga Matariki: Rāhina, 10 Hūrae, 2026
• Ko te whakaruri heliacal o te Pleiades ka puta i te Ōkioki ki te Hūrae, ki te āhuatanga o te tau me te wāhi
• Ko ngā mahi karakia wawe ka timata i te 5:00–6:00 AM — kia whakataukī me te tūtaki i te matapuhi mohoao a te winteriu

Te Wāhi Hei Pepeha

Ko ngā kaupapa Matariki nui e puta ana i ngā pokapū me te wairua i roto i a Aotearoa Niu Tīreni, tae atu ki:

• Auckland — Ngā kaupapa Pepeha Matariki i te Marae o Ōrākei, te Pae Tūturu Auckland, me te pokapū
• Te Whanganui-a-Tara — Te Pepeha Matariki o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, tētahi o te pepeha nui o te whenua
• Rotorua — Ngā kaupapa i Te Puia me roto i te rohe, me te tohu reo Māori nui
• Ōtautahi — Ngā kaupapa pokapū i te Botanic Gardens me ngā wāhi toi
• Hamilton/Kirikiriroa — Ngā kaupapa Matariki o Waikato i te Marae o Kirikiriroa me te Pae Tūturu Waikato

Ngā Kupu Whakatupuranga mo ngā Manuhiri me ngā Whakaharikoa

• Pupuri Whakamutunga — ko ngā kaupapa rongona, āhuatanga ko te karakia wawe me ngā mahi whakaharikoa e utu ana, ka kapi ake wawe
• Kia ataata ki te matapuhi — Ko te Hūrae te wā mohoao o Aotearoa Niu Tīreni, a ko ngā mahi karakia wawe ka maroke
• Kia aro ki te tikanga — Ko ēnei kaupapa Matariki te tohu i te marae me te wāhi tapu; me whai i ngā āhuatanga o te pōkaiwhare me te tiaki o te tikanga (āhuatanga)
• Kawe te whānau — Ko Matariki he pepeha tino whanau-hononga, me ngā kaupapa nui hei whakaara i te tamariki
• Raupihitia te paetae ā-kaunihera me ngā paetae kaupapa mo te whakaato whakamutunga o ngā kaupapa 2026

Ko te Nui Ināianei: Kia Marama Atu Ko Matariki

I te wā o te āhuatanga tūroa, te whakapoi nui mai i te ao noa, me te whakamārama nui i te nui o te mōhiotanga tūwera, kua roa a Matariki ki te nui o te wā nei e whakawhiti ake i waho i Aotearoa Niu Tīreni.

Ko te whakamōhiotanga ā-taiao he mea nui i roto i te tikanga o Matariki. Ko te Maramataka — te maramataka Māori — he rōpū mōhiotanga ā-taiao tino whakairo, e tohu ana i te hauora o te taiao i roto i te āhuatanga o te whetū, ngā rakau, te manu, me te panapanataiao. I te wā i puta te ao i te raru āhuatanga me te pārua ā-taiao, ko te mōhiotanga i roto i tēnei āhuatanga he tino nui i te tuakiri o tōna ake ka noho tahi ai me te ao noa.

Ko te āhuatanga autoia me te āhuatanga pakari he wainga katoa i te nui o Matariki i te wā nei. Ko te tohu ki te whakamaumau, pokapū, me te titiro whaka-mua me te pūmanawa he nui rawa ki te ao e whakarua ana i te ahumahi me te whakapoi. Ko ngā mahi tohu me te maumau ki te hunga kua mate, te huihui me te hunga i aroha ai, me te whakatakoto o ngā pūmanawa mo te kaupapa o mua he mea nui a taiawhio, he mea ohatia.

Mo te pokapū tini reo o Aotearoa Niu Tīreni, Matariki kua roa ki te mea nui o te tūtanga ake pokapū. Ko te hunga katoa — Māori, Pākehā (Ōrua), te Pasifika, Asia, me etahi atu — e whakaharikoa ana i ngā pepeha o Matariki, e roa ana i te hononga i roto i ngā āhuatanga o te whakaaro ki te uka, te pokapū, me te pūmanawa e whakaata nei i tēnei hari.

I te taiao, kua puta a Matariki i te whakapiki o te mōhiotanga ki ngā maramataka tūwera me te mōhiotanga atua i roto i te ao. Ko te hunga ako, te hunga ako, me te hunga toi i roto i ngā whenua maha kua titiro atu ki te āhuatanga o Aotearoa Niu Tīreni i roto i te whakāe me te pepeha o Matariki hei tauira mo te āhuatanga ka honore me hononga ai te pokapū i te tūtanga tūwera.

Me Pēhea te Whakaharikoa i Matariki 2026

Āe kei Aotearoa Niu Tīreni, āe titiro atu, he rau āhuatanga e whai ai ki a Matariki 2026:

• Haere ki te kaupapa ā-rohe — raupihitia ko te mahi karakia wawe, pepeha, me ngā huihui pokapū o tō pokapū
• Ako i ngā whetū iwa — whakatakoto wā ki te ako i ngā ingoa me ngā mahi o ngā whetū o Matariki a e whakaaroaro ai i tēnei āhuatanga i tō ake oranga
• Whakatupuranga kai tawhito — whakamatau ki te whakatupu hāngī-hononga kai ki te tiaki kai o te roanga
• Tukituki ngā pūmanawa — i te āhuatanga o Hiwa-i-te-rangi, te whetū o ngā moemoeā, tuhia iho ō whāinga me ō āhuatanga mo te tau kaupapa
• Tautoko i te hunga toi Māori me te pakihi — hokona ngā mahi a te hunga toi Māori, haere ki ngā kaupapa e kawe ana e te Māori, me te whakahononga me te pakihi Māori-whenua i te wā o Matariki
• Ako i te tamariki — whakawhiti i te kōrero o Matariki ki te hunga hou, e awhina ana i te whakatupuranga hou kia mōhio me te whakamanaaki i tēnei āhuatanga tino whānui

Whakamutunga: Te Rangi Matariki Tūturu

Ko Matariki, i roto i te pūtake, he pepeha hononga — hononga ki ngā whetū, ki te whenua, ki te hunga kua haere ki mua, a ki te hunga e haere mai. I te wā e whakaruri ai a Matariki i te rangi mohoao o te 2026, e kawe ana me roto i a rātou te rau rau tau o te mōhiotanga kua koha ake, te aroha, me te āhuatanga o te tangata.

Mo Aotearoa Niu Tīreni, Matariki te whakaatu i tētahi mea nui wawe i te ao ināianei: he hari ā-motu he tūtaki i te mōhiotanga tūwera, kua āwhina ake e te pokapū tini reo, a te āhuatanga o whaka-mua ki te pūmanawa me te whāinga. Ko tēnei he whakaari ko te mōhiotanga tawhito ka kōrero nui rawa atu ki te āhuatanga o te wā nei — kia tūpono, ki te titiro runga, me te huihui tahi he mea nui, ehara he mea whakahirahira.

I te wā ka āpī atu ki te 10 Hūrae, 2026, ko te mea nei he karanga whakatūpuranga ki a te katoa. Kaua e hiahiatanga kia Māori kia roa i te āhuatanga o Matariki. Ko te mea noa anake me te whakaae ki te tūpono, ki te titiro ki te whetū, ki te whakamaumau i te hunga i aroha, me te whakaaro i te āhuatanga kaupapa o te inapo, me te moemoeā nui mo te kaupapa ka āhua mai.

Tūturu o whiti whakamaua kia tīna. Tīna! Hui e! Tāiki e! — Kia whakatūpuranga me kia takitaki. Kua mutu tēnei.

Ko te whetū e tatari ana. Ko Matariki 2026 he nui tino hari rawa.