Nau mai, hare mae ki Porirua City. We invite you to celebrate Matariki at Pātaka Art + Museum where there will be fun for the whole whānau.
Please click here for the complete Porirua City Matariki Festival event schedule.
11am: Naadohbii curator and artist exhibition floor talk with Pātaka Lead Curator Ioana Gordon-Smith and Senior Curator Museums Victoria, Kimberly Moulton
All day:
Whānau craft: help fill the Pātaka kupenga.
All ages
10am to 11.30am
Whānau craft:
Ngā pāpaka o Waitā.
Ages 5+
10am-11am &1pm-2pm
Make your own maramataka and learn about the lunar calendar.
Ages 8+
10am – 11.30am
Whānau craft:
Ngā Kete Kai.
Ages 5+
1pm – 2.30pm
Whānau craft:
Kanapu Matariki.
Ages 8+
10am – 11.30am
Whānau craft:
Ngā Kete Kai.
Ages 5+
1pm – 2.30pm
Whānau craft:
Ngā pāpaka o Waitā Ages 5+
10am – 11.30am
Whānau craft:
Ngā puāwai o Matariki Ages 8+
July 10am – 11.30am
Whānau craft:
illuminate the stars: Glow-in-the-dark colouring. All ages
July 1pm – 2.30pm
Whānau craft:
Kanapu Matariki. Ages 8+
MONDAY 10 JULY
All day:
Whānau craft:
help fill the Pātaka kupenga. All ages
TUESDAY 11 JULY
10am – 11.30am:
Whānau craft:
Kete Kai. Ages 5+
WEDNESDAY 12 July
1pm – 2.30pm:
Whānau craft:
Ngā Pāpaka o Waitā (Paper crab puppets)
11am – 2pm:
Va’aalo carving demonstration with Niumaa’na Magele John Misky
10am – 11.30am:
Whānau craft:
Illuminate the stars Glow-in-the-dark colouring
11am – 2pm:
Va’aalo carving demonstration with Niumaa’na Magele John Misky
10am – 11.30am
Ngā Puāwai o Matariki.
Ages 8+
11am – 2pm
Va’aalo carving demonstration with Niumaa’na Magele John Misky
11am – 2pm
Mauri Oho Weaving. Create your own woven star.
Ages 5+
11am and 2pm
Whiti Te Rā guided tour.
No registration necessary. Meet at reception.
Ages 8+
11am – 2pm: Tamariki facepainting inspired by Waitī & Waitā, the stars that look after our fresh and ocean waters; and the creatures that live within them
10.30am
Footnote Dance Company performance in response to Naadohbii: To Draw Water exhibition.
All ages.
11am – 2pm
Va’aalo carving demonstration with Niumaa’na Magele John Misky
10am – 11.30am
Whānau craft:
help fill the Pātaka kupenga. All ages
Help fill the Pātaka kupenga
To prepare for the New Year, let’s fill the kupenga (net) of Waitī and Waitā by making your own creature creation. All ages.
Kete Kai
Make a paper kete for your Matariki harvest. Ages 5+
Ngā Pāpaka o Waitā
Make a pāpaka (crab) puppet from the ocean of Waitā. Ages 5+
Kanapu Matariki
Decorate and make your own kanapu (paper lantern) to see in the New Year. Ages 8+
Illuminate the stars
Glow-in-the-dark colouring of our Matariki stars, Waitī and Waitā. All ages.
Ngā Puāwai o Matariki
Create a posy of new blooms to gift to a loved one this Matariki. Ages 8+
Exploring the maramataka
Make your own maramataka and learn about the lunar calendar. Ages 8+. Free. Limited spaces. To book, email [email protected]with subject line: Exploring Maramataka or phone our frontdesk (04)237 1511
Download a PDF of the posters here.
