Showing posts with label Maori New Year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maori New Year. Show all posts
Tuesday, 7 June 2016
Matariki
Matariki is a Maori New Year. Matariki is the Maori name for the star cluster known as the Pleiades. Traditionally for the Maori when it appeared just before dawn in the late May or the early June. The names of the stars are Tupu-a-nuku, Tupu-a-rangi, Waiti, Waita, Waipuna-a-rangi and Ururangi.
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