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Blue Matariki
Discover our Blue Matariki collection, featuring apparel and accessories adorned with deep blue Matariki designs — a vast and powerful celebration of the sacred Māori New Year star cluster, evoking the infinite expanse of the Pacific Ocean and the deep night sky above Aotearoa.
Matariki and the Infinite Blue
Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades star cluster, whose annual predawn rise over the Pacific horizon signals the beginning of the Māori New Year — a time of remembrance, celebration, and renewal. Blue is the color of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa — the great Pacific Ocean — and the vast night sky through which Matariki travels. In Māori tradition, the stars of Matariki are deeply connected to the ocean and the art of wayfinding, as Pacific navigators used these stars to guide their waka hourua (double-hulled voyaging canoes) across thousands of miles of open ocean.
- Apparel and accessories featuring deep blue Matariki star cluster designs
- Blue evokes Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa — the great Pacific Ocean — and the infinite night sky
- Honors the deep connection between Matariki, the ocean, and Pacific wayfinding
- Pacific navigators used Matariki stars to guide their voyaging canoes across the ocean
- A powerful and meaningful piece honoring Māori heritage and the stars of the Pacific
