Jacinda Ardern had pledged to make Matariki a holiday in the 2020 election; it will be celebrated for the first time on 24 June 2022
New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has fulfilled her election promise of making the Māori new year celebration Matariki a public holiday – the first official day to celebrate Māori in the world.
Ardern confirmed the holiday next year during her speech at the upper marae at Waitangi on Thursday. “Matariki is a uniquely Māori and therefore New Zealand-based celebration … and in our view it’s been a long time coming.”
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