Dr Rangi Mātāmua
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 18 Jul
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His last words to me were, knowledge that isn't shared isn't knowledge.
And I've really kept that as a mantra in terms of how Matariki's been brought back.
A large portion of that owes itself to the knowledge that's contained within that manuscript.
You know, you wouldn't be upset about it.
All those stars are the oldest and most well-recorded group of stars in human history.
Wow.
They are painted on a cave in southern France 17,000 years ago.
Look, I thought about you as I was coming in today.
You know, I saw you on one of your shows and you had this disgusting maroon colour on.
I thought Matariki rose this morning and the stars were very blue.
Sorry, bro.
I just had to, you know.
I wore it specially for today.
Busy time for me, man.
So the Matariki holiday is upon us and it's, I don't know, it's just pretty much taken over my life for the last 10 years and busy, busy time.
Every island in Polynesia, you'll find Matariki.
That's the name that they call the cluster of stars, the Pleiades, on Easter Island in Rapa Nui, in Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, right across and here in Aotearoa.
And before I guess the arrival of other cultures, it was the main celebration marking the beginning of our new year.
But as we became probably Christianized and colonized,
We did away with traditional celebrations and we celebrated things that we imported from the other side of the globe.
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