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By Peter Gordon
Published 2010
In June 2008, we celebrated Matariki at The Providores restaurant for the first time. Matariki is what’s best described as Maori New Year and it takes its name from a cluster of stars normally seen in June, signifying the start of a new year to many cultures around the world, including the Japanese, Greek, Australian Aborigines, Chinese and Hindu. However, rather than being an excuse for a party to see in the new year, it symbolises the start of the planting of new crops, and a time to reme