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People enjoy the atmosphere during Matariki Whanau Day at the Wainuiomata Community Hub, Wellington, New Zealand on June 22, 2024. Now in its third year as a nationwide public holiday in New Zealand, Matariki marks the lunar new year by the rise of the star cluster known in the Northern Hemisphere as the Pleiades. (AP Photo/Hagen Hopkins)