It all began with Uprurangi and Tup-a- nuku. Matakiri has seven sisters that are stars. They had a responsibility to be the sign of the new year. It’s bad luck to not see the stars but good luck lf you see them.
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Have you ever looked up at the night sky and gazed at the stars? You could have seen a group of seven
stars called Matariki. It's also the name of the Mori new year. You can see them most of the year but they
disappear in the late April of Aoteroa They appear again in late winter. It's the beginning of the Maori
new year and there is lots to celebrate. In some stories matariki is the elder star and guides her sisters to
their places in the sky.
Te Papa Website:
There are about 500 stars in the Matariki cluster, but only six or seven are visible without a telescope.
Matariki has different names around the world.The brighter and clearer the stars seemed, the warmer the
growing season would be, ensuring a good harvest. The mother is Matariki, and her daughters are
Tupu-ā-nuku, Tupu-ā-rangi, Waipunarangi, Waitī, Waitā, and Ururangi.
Celebrating Puanga at Ramanui:
In many parts of Aotearoa, people celebrate the Māori New Year when Matari(a group of stars also known as the Pleiades) appears.The celebration for Māori New Year is often called
“Puanga Kai Rau”. Kai rau means “lots of food”.
After we had done that we had to chose between 4 tasks too pick two. I picked the word find
For the word find you need to find the words and make a glossary of what the words mean.
Here it is:
Food/Kai means to eat something you eat.
June/Pipiri means the a month in the year.
Land means any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands.
Past means gone by just before the present time; just passed: during the past year.
Storehouse means a building in which things are stored.
Harvest means the season when ripened crops are gathered.
Future means something that will exist or happen in time to come.
Family/Whanau means people who do things together and have parties also other things.
Stars/Whetu means something you see on the sky at night when you see the white thing they are stars.
Lunar means of or relating to the moon: the lunar orbit. measured by the moon's revolutions.
Event means you plan something.
Present means present brought in large quantities.
Spirit means haunting you or floating around.
Celebration means to celebrate your birthday with a party and presents.
Constellation a group of stars.
Calendar means a place that has all the days of the air.
Maori new year means a new year for the maori culture.
Waira means spirit, soul - spirit of a person which exists beyond death.
Waiti means a star in the sky.
Pataka means storehouse raised upon posts, pantry, larder.
Reflection means to reflect on something
Korero means to talk and speak.
Pleiades means the widespread calm of Pleiades - the name of the coat of arms of the Kīngitanga which was designed by two Tainui tohunga, Tīwai Parāone of the Hauraki tribes and Te Aokatoa of the Waikato and Raukawa tribes.
Maramataka means Māori lunar calendar, calendar - a planting and fishing monthly almanac.
Matakiri a name of a maori legend of stars.
This week the tricky thing was the word find and liked the glossary the best. I don't get to my 3 task because the word find was easy at the start but then super hard at the end.
