Get creative and celebrate Matariki!
Use the template provided and submit your artwork to a library branch to be in with a chance to win both a prize for yourself and a prize pack for your school (or community group of the winner's choice), thanks to Te Wānanga o Aotearoa!
- Come into your local branch and collect the competition entry form, plus you can grab an information sheet to help inform and inspire your artwork
- Decorate your star of choice from the Matariki cluster (or Puanga)
- Bring in your artwork before 5pm on the 15th of July
Good luck!
A digital copy of the information sheet on the stars can be found here.
Why Matariki and Puanga?
The 2025 theme of Matariki mā Puanga is all about inclusion, embracing diversity and celebrating Matariki together. Matariki and Puanga are stars that sit in the night sky together to signal the start of the Māori new year for different iwi.
Matariki mā Puanga acknowledges and embraces the different traditions, stars and tikanga around celebrating the Māori New Year, recognising the regional variations.
For more information on Matariki, check out https://www.matariki.com/about