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New Zealand established a national day for Matariki, the Mori new year, in 2022, making it the country's first Indigenous public holiday.
The holiday is seeing a surge in popularity, even as political debates about race in New Zealand have grown more divisive.
Many New Zealanders didn't know what it was, but 51% of people did something to mark the day, official figures show.
In 2024 it is officially celebrated on June 28.
Matariki was established as a national day under New Zealand’s previous center-left government.
The government was often decried for doing little to address woeful economic, health and justice issues for Mori.
The party leading the current center-right coalition supports the day, but one of its coalition partners does not.
One of the governing parties has provoked a fresh debate about the Treaty of Waitangi.
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