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The Story of Matariki in Aotearoa



What are the Mฤori names of the stars?

There are 9 Mฤori stars and each star is important for our wellbeing and environment.

  • Matariki
  • Tupuฤrangi
  • Waipuna-ฤ-Rangi
  • Waitฤซ
  • Tupuฤnuku
  • Ururangi
  • Waitฤ
  • Pลhutukawa
  • Hiwa-i-te-Rangi. 

Why is Matariki important?

  • Matariki marks the beginning of Mฤori lunar calendar, serving the same function as new year celebrations in many other cultures around the world. 
  • For those celebrating, the Matariki ceremony involves studying the stars to try to predict the upcoming year, honouring those who died over the course of the previous year, and making offerings of food to the stars.

 

WIKI:

Matariki is the Mฤori name for the cluster of stars known to Western astronomers as the Pleiades in the constellation Taurus. Matariki is a shortened version of Ngฤ mata o te ariki o Tฤwhirimฤtea, "the eyes of the god Tฤwhirimฤtea".[1]  According to Mฤori tradition, Tฤwhirimฤtea, the god of wind and weather, was enraged by the separation of heaven and earth – his parents, Ranginui and Papatลซฤnuku.[1]  Defeated in battle by his brother, Tฤwhirimฤtea fled to the sky to live with Ranginui, but in his anger he first plucked out his eyes as a gesture of contempt towards his siblings, and flung them into the sky, where they remain, stuck to his father's chest.  In Mฤori tradition the unpredictability of the winds is blamed on Tฤwhirimฤtea's blindness.[2]: 20 

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