Just off the center of the photo, you can see a bright star, Matariki. I rose at 4 am to make it to the boat on the wharf in Paihia, on the north tip of New Zealand. I joined about 80 others, mostly Maori, to commemorate Matariki. In my research before the trip, I reallyContinue reading “Maori Matariki Ceremony: A Spiritual Journey in New Zealand”