Kia Pākiki's Matariki episode
06 July 2026 - 06 July 2026
11 am–12 pm
Region(s): Nationwide
Type(s): presentations
On Monay 6 July Kia Pākiki will air a podcast focusing on Matariki.
It will be live at 11am on the Plains Media site and on Plains FM 96.9 here in Ōtautahi.
The episode will be available to stream on Plains Media, Spotify and Apple Podcasts that day.
Our very own Tom will be interviewing:
Dr Emma Maurice, an Indigenous philosopher from Canterbury University specialising in Māori and Indigenous epistemologies, who'll be discussing Matariki in te ao Māori.
Dr Samantha Lawler, a Professor of Astronomy from the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada, who'll be discussing space junk and the growing importance of dark skies.
Dr Shea Esterling, a Senior Lecturer Above the Bar at Canterbury University's Faculty of Law, who's been awarded a Borrin Foundation grant to travel around International Dark Sky Places in Aotearoa and Australia researching issues surrounding the regulation of dark skies and the promotion and protection of indigenous knowledges.
Related content
Matariki
For more on Matariki check out the Hub’s article The Matariki star cluster.
Explore the wide range of resources we have on Matariki in our a handy article Te Kāhui o Matariki – introduction.
The webinar Picturebooks for Matariki support teachers to deepen our students and our own understanding of Matariki. The collection Matariki picture books and science contains the resources discussed during this webinar.
See our collection Matariki and Environment Aotearoa 2022 – this uses Te kāhui o Matariki to explore whetū and their domains.
Discover more about Mātauranga Māori and science and explore the range of resources under our mātauranga Māori topic.
Space junk
Space debris looks into research being undertaken in Aotearoa into the detection and avoidance of space junk and the future removal of it.
Our Space junk article provides a historical look at this decades-old problem.
Capturing space junk and bringing it back to Earth explores investigations into different ways to capture defunct satellites and other space junk to bring them back to Earth.
See our space junk Pinterest board – a curation of articles and resources on space junk and the work looking into solutions happening here in New Zealand
Dark Skies
The Globe at Night citizen science project asks participants to upload photographic data. It has extensive resources about light pollution. Read this case study and accompanying unit plan, with activities, to find out how one year 5/6 teacher used this project. Discover how the learning transitioned from learning about light to considering light pollution and its impacts.
Loss of the Night is a free, easy-to-use app that helps users locate eight stars that should be visible in the local night sky. App users indicate how well they can see each star. The purpose is to monitor skyglow and light pollution.
Remember to check out the range of related resources and useful links at the bottom of these articles.
Use this activity to support students to identify constellations.
For more, browse the wide range of resources under our Astronomy or Satellites topics. Use the filters to narrow your search.
Kia Pākiki
The Hub is pleased to partner with Kia Pākiki Canterbury – a monthly podcast presented by the Canterbury branch of the Royal Society Te Apārangi and hosted by Tom Goulter, who is also the Hub's video editor.
Explore our growing collection of articles, with accompanying video here.
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