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The rise of Puanga: What it means and how it's celebrated

Laurel Stowell
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Reporter·Whanganui Chronicle·
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The Aotearoa New Year begins - in Whanganui - when the star Puanga rises in the east on a winter morning.

Laurel Stowell asks what it's all about.

More and more people know about Puanga and that is exciting and wonderful for Āwhina Twomey.

As Whanganui Regional Museum's kaitiaki taonga Māori and kaiwhakaako Māori she's been teaching about Puanga for years. It seems to be taking off.

"I hope there's a time when I do myself out of a job,

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