Matariki and our diminishing night sky: light pollution from cities and satellites is making stars harder to see
- Written by Shea Esterling, Senior Lecturer Above the Bar, University of Canterbury

This week, Aotearoa New Zealand officially celebrates Matariki for the fourth time, marked by the reappearance in the night sky of the star cluster also known as the Pleiades.
Yet, ironically, the accompanying celebrations and the legislation that declares Matariki a public holiday miss the mark. They fail to...