Te Atatū Marae Whānau Committee and Trust Board warmly invite you and your whānau to a special dawn ceremony as we celebrate Matariki with a traditional Hautapu.

In mid-winter, the cluster of Matariki rises in the eastern sky. Our people once observed this sacred time with a ceremony called “whāngai i te hautapu” — offering kai to the stars. Food is cooked in an earth oven and revealed with the rising of Matariki, sending steam to the heavens to feed the stars and begin the new year.