Matariki Ahunga Nui funding
Matariki Ahunga Nui fund for initiatives celebrating te kāhui o Matariki – the Pleiades star cluster.
The Matariki Ahunga Nui fund supports Māori-led kaupapa or initiatives celebrating
mātauranga or knowledge about te kāhui o Matariki.
Matariki celebrations covered by this funding are based around three principles:
- Remembrance – Honouring those we have lost since the last rising of Matariki
- Celebrating the present – Gathering together to give thanks for what we have
- Looking to the future – Looking forward to the promise of a new year
Applications for this fund opened in March 2022. We received many applications, highlighting exciting kaupapa from around the motu.
Applications requested nearly three times more than what was available.
The successful applications of this fund were:
MATATAU – 16 applications totalling $3,994,080.00
A series of iwi-based events and resources that support whānau, hapū and iwi to grow, practice and lead their practices and customs relating to te kāhui o Matariki
Applicant |
Kaupapa |
Pūtea |
| Te Toki Voyaging Trust | Titiro Whakamuri Kia Anga Whakamua | $249,580.00 |
| Kauwaka Limited | Te Whakahaumanu Kawa Tawhito | $250,000.00 |
| Turuturu Ā Uta Turuturu Ā Tai Trust | Ahunganui – Ahungaroa | $245,000.00 |
| Tūmai Communications | He wai nō Ruawhetū | $250,000.00 |
| Naia Limited | Te Kāhui o Puanga | $250,000.00 |
| Ātea a Rangi Educational Trust | Ngā tohu o te tau hou | $249,800.00 |
| Tawhaki and Co | Te Paki o Matariki ki Hauraki | $250,000.00 |
| Te Kura ā Iwi o Whakatupuranga Rua Mano | Te Tūāhu o Rangi | $250,000.00 |
| Te Tatau o Te Arawa Charitable Trust | Te Pūtahitanga-nui-o-Rehua me Matariki | $250,000.00 |
| Te Rūnanga o Awarua | Te Kahui o Matariki ki te Tonga | $250,000.00 |
| Te Puna i Rangiriri Trust | Matariki ki Mauao 2022: Tupuārangi – Heavenly Treasures | $250,000.00 |
| Kuwaha Limited | Matariki Ahunga Nui – Kahungunu | $250,000.00 |
| Aungarea Limited | Te Rangiāteatanga o Matariki | $250,000.00 |
| Ahu Whakamua Limited | Matariki/Puanga ki te Tai Tokerau | $249,700.00 |
| Jacman Entertainment Limited | Matariki Pēwhairangi 2022 | $250,000.00 |
| Kauwaka Limited | Te Kawa Matariki o Ngāti Kahungunu | $250,000.00 |
MĀTAU – seven applications totalling $630,241.00
Events and resources that explore, discuss, practice and teach about te kāhui o Matariki
Applicant |
Kaupapa |
Pūtea |
| Wiremu Tereina Ahuwhenua Trust | Matariki Here Tangata ki tōna Ūkaipō | $97,800.00 |
| Pounamu Ngāi Tahu Charitable Trust | Matariki Ki Otautahi | $100,000.00 |
| Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Toa Rangatira | Ngāti Toa Rangatira Matariki Celebrations | $98,946.00 |
| Creative Natives | Piata Mai Matariki | $98,495.00 |
| Ngāti Whātua Ōkākei Trustee Limited | Umu Kohukohu Whetū ki Takaparawhau | $35,000.00 |
| Marokopa Marae | Te Tokamāpunatanga o Te Tau Hōu Māori | $100,000.00 |
| Maramataka Productions Limited | Celebrating Matariki in the Kāinga | $100,000.00 |
MĀRAMA – 15 applications totalling $286,794.80
Events and/or resources that continue teachings of te kāhui o Matariki
Applicant |
Kaupapa |
Pūtea |
| Te Kooraha Marae | Maanatawtia a Matariki ki Kooraha 2022 | $20,000.00 |
| Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou | Te Tikaka Ka Ora | $20,000.00 |
| Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito | Matariki Ahunga nui – Te Rito Manako Nui | $20,000.00 |
| Parihaka Puanga Trust | Parihaka Puanga Kai Rau Festival | $20,000.00 |
| Te Takinga Marae | Matariki at Mourea Whakanuia | $20,000.00 |
| Te Kōpua Marae Trust | Te Kōpua Marae Matariki Wānanga | $19,860.00 |
| Ngunguru i te po me te ao Safety Education Trust | E Tū Matariki | $14,660.00 |
| Te Aka (2010) Charitable Trust | Matariki! E Ara E! | $20,000.00 |
| Ngāti Tama ki Waipounamu Trust | Te Whāngai i te hautapu | $12,330.00 |
| Rongomaiwahine Iwi Charitable Trust | Whakarauora-Matariki-ki-Mahia-mai-tawhiti | $19,944.80 |
| Te Toki Haruru | Ko Te Ākau – Poetics of Land Water and Sky | $20,000.00 |
| Ōtaki Primary School | Mānawatia a Matariki Te Kura o Ōtaki | $20,000.00 |
| Te Puna i Rangiriri Trust | Te Kura Waka Academy | $20,000.00 |
| Haakinakina Tuku Iho Inc | Matariki-ā-Hapū | $20,000.00 |
| Tuurama Trust | Tuuramataka o Matariki | $20,000.00 |
MANAHAU – 22 applications totalling $109,085.00
Te kāhui o Matariki events and or resources that connect communities across the motu
Applicant |
Kaupapa |
Pūtea |
| Tupoho Whānau Trust | Wātaka Maramataka | $5,000.00 |
| Rau o Te Huia Trust | Matariki 2022 – Rau o te Huia | $4,345.00 |
| Kurahikakawa ki Waihua Trust | Matariki ki Kurahikakawa | $5,000.00 |
| Tōku Māpihi Maurea Kura Kaupapa Māori | Matariki 2022 – Whakamaumahara, Whakanuia! | $5,000.00 |
| Te Kono Mātauranga a te Whare Pora | Ngā Mata o Te Ariki | $5,000.00 |
| Ōkahu Hapū | Travels to Puanga | $5,000.00 |
| Te Waiau Mahika Kai Trust | Matariki Celebration at Te Kōawa Turoa o Tākitimu | $4,940.00 |
| Hāti Nāti Ltd | Hāti Nāti Ahunga Nui | $5,000.00 |
| Te Kōhanga Reo O Nūhaka | Matariki Kapa Haka Festival | $5,000.00 |
| Te Kotahitanga Marae | Te Kotahitanga Marae Matariki Exhibition | $5,000.00 |
| Nōku Te Ao Charitable Trust | Mānawatia a Matariki | $5,000.00 |
| Ngāti Mutunga Community Development Charitable Trust | Te Tau Hou ki tō Ngāti Mutunga titiro | $5,000.00 |
| Nga Ara o Tāpora Charitable Trust | Te Kāhui o Matariki a Whakarewarewa | $5,000.00 |
| Mōteo B2G2 Reserve | Māra o Mōteo | $5,000.00 |
| Te Kōhanga Reo o Ngā Mokopuna | Mānawa Maiea a Matariki | $5,000.00 |
| Te Uru Karaka Kōhanga Reo | Matariki ahunga nui, Matariki tāpuapua | $5,000.00 |
| Te Taumata Rūnanga | Taumutu Whānau Matariki Celebration | $5,000.00 |
| Tairāwhiti Technology Trust | Taitech Matariki Celebrations 2022 | $4,800.00 |
| Paikea Whitireia Trust | Matariki @ the Pā | $5,000.00 |
| Hineuru Charitable Trust | Hineuru Matariki 2022 | $5,000.00 |
| Te Rūnanga o Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa | Ngā Purapura Whetū | $5,000.00 |
| Pikirangai Marae Trust | He Waka eke noa ki Pikirangi | $4,499.20 |
Contact us
If you have questions about the Matariki Ahunga Nui fund, you can email us at matarikifunding@tearawhiti.govt.nz