Matariki logo unveiled
Wellington: Te Tohu o Matariki — the new logo for Matariki — was unveiled yesterday ahead of the first matauranga Maori public holiday on June 24.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, several other ministers and the chairman of the Matariki advisory board, Prof Rangi Matamua, gathered at the Carter Observatory in Wellington to learn about the tohu and its relevance.
The tohu illustrates each star in the cluster as a tukutuku design, and each has a different colour associated with it and is depicted by nine woven stitches to symbolise Maori culture intertwining with the rest of the country.
One of the creators of the new logo, Tyrone Ohia, said the design represented New Zealand uniting as one. — RNZ