Darwin’s Maori diaspora will come together this weekend with a spectacular showcase of cultural performances and a traditional hangi feast celebrating Matariki 2025, the annual Maori New Year.

Darwin’s Maori diaspora will come together this weekend with a spectacular showcase of cultural performances and a traditional hangi feast celebrating Matariki 2025, the annual Maori New Year.

For more than 1,000 years, a male heir was born to the Maori tribal chief, continuing Paikea's line. But when the latest chief's son fathers twins, the baby boy dies and the elder, a girl, survives.

Darwin’s Maori diaspora will come together this weekend with a spectacular showcase of cultural performances and a traditional hangi feast celebrating Matariki 2025, the annual Maori New Year.

Darwin’s Maori diaspora will come together this weekend with a spectacular showcase of cultural performances and a traditional hangi feast celebrating Matariki 2025, the annual Maori New Year.

Darwin’s Maori diaspora will come together this weekend with a spectacular showcase of cultural performances and a traditional hangi feast celebrating Matariki 2025, the annual Maori New Year.