23 Sep 2022

Koanga/Spring: birds, fish mark the changing of the seasons

From First Up, 5:44 am on 23 September 2022

Today the 23rd of September is officially the first day of Spring. In te reo, spring is Koanga The Koanga Festival which runs from today until the 8th of October celebrates the change of season and features the incredible storyteller, mental health advocate and expert on the Maori lunar calendar or maramataka - Rikki Solomon. Nathan Rarere asked Rikki about maramataka.