Ao Māori: Matariki

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Matariki - Māori New Year

The Māori New Year has always been celebrated with the rise of the star cluster Matariki. It marks the beginning of the Aotearoa/Pacific New Year according to the lunar calendar. Click the links to find out more about Matariki from books, ebooks, videos and websites.

Ka rere a Matariki, ka wera te hinu.

When the Pleiades rise, the fat is heated.

Ngā pukapuka - Books

The astronomical knowledge of the Māori by Best, Elsdon
Publication Date: 2005

Ebook
The Great Canoes in the Sky by Stephen Robert Chadwick; Martin Paviour-Smith
ISBN: 9783319226231
Publication Date: 2016-12-07

This ebooks presents spectacular photographs of astronomical objects of the southern sky. It explores what peoples of the South Pacific see when they look up at the heavens and what they have done with this knowledge.
Matariki: te whetū tapu o te tau by Rangi Matamua
Call Number: DU423.A85MAT
ISBN: 9781775503262
Publication Date: 2017
Puanga : star of the Māori New Year by Sam Rerekura
Call Number: DU423.A85RER
ISBN: 9780473278304
Publication Date: 2014
The Seven Stars of Matariki by Toni Rolleston-Cummins; Nikki Slade-Robinson (Illustrator)
Call Number: PR830.C513ROL
ISBN: 9781869693275
Publication Date: 2008
Tatai arorangi, Māori astronomy: work of the gods by Leather, K. & Hall, R.
Call Number: DU423.A85LEA
Publication Date: 2004
Te kāhui o Matariki : contemporary Māori art of Matariki by Hakaraia, L.
Call Number: N7406.7HAK
ISBN: 9780143009344
Publication Date: 2008

Ngā ataata - Videos

Pae tukutuku - Websites

Image: Matariki star cluster by Nemiroff & Bonnell, 2002 [NASA]

Matariki and Māori astronomy with Dr Rangi Matamua
Posted by McGuinness Institute
Matariki at Ara
On the Ara website you can find out about the Matariki stars and how they help us.
Matariki booklet by Te Taura Whiri
Matariki resources from Christchurch City Libraries
Reflecting, reconnecting and stargazing: Matariki makes its mark at Ara
Te iwa o Matariki - the nine stars of Matariki
From Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Matariki resources at Digital NZ
Matariki teaching activities from New Zealand History website
SMART - Society of Māori Astronomy Research and Traditions
Matariki - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

More videos

Matariki 2018 - Scotty Morrison shares a Matariki story
Posted by Spark [1.41 mins]
Discover Matariki - By Rangi Matamua
Posted by Spark (1 min).
Tuhoe legends of Matariki
Part 1 of 2 posted by Waka Huia (19.40mins)
Tuhoe legends of Matariki
Part 2 of 2 posted by Waka Huia (7.49 mins)

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