This video showcases the 2024 Matariki performance by Taane Mete at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki: Estrella.

Taane is joined by Milly Grant-Koria, Victor Hawkins and Mark Bulos to explore Tupuānuku, the star connected to the growth of food in the soil, giving rise to transformation.

Estrella is a story of love, hope and freedom, and the connections between soil and people, Mother Earth and the physical body. Indigenous creation narratives describe how humans are formed from soil and how when we die, our bodies are returned to the earth.