Matariki

Matariki

Matariki

Purpose-To inform

Audience-Classmates

What is Matariki? Matariki is a maori name for the seven stars that are called the pleiades star cluster. The star cluster is the seven sisters each with maori names. First of all there is Waiti, Waita, Waipunarangi, Tupu-a-nuku, Tupu-a-rangi, and Ururangi. Matariki comes around once a year, it starts to come around on June or July this year 2019 ,Matariki is on the 25th of June but next year it will be on the 13th of July.

What do you do on matariki? On matariki families celebrate matariki by making multiple lists of food,Like Cooking a kai with traditional maori vegetables,Going out and exploring outdoors, Or the adults spend time with their kids in the kitchen, Make goals for the year.You know when matariki is coming when you see the 7 stars arrive in the bright sky in mid-winter.

How was Matariki first created? When Ranginui ,the sky father and papatuanuku , the earth mother were separated by their children the  god of the winds,Called tawhirimatea got incredibly angry, so angry that he ripped out his own eyes and threw them into the heavens.In maori the name for matariki means ‘little eyes’ or ‘Eyes of god’.

Why is Matariki important?A lot of kiwis look forward to matariki.But some people celebrate a different star to  know when winter is close by or is already here and also to restart the maori calendar.Sometimes you often don't see the stars so some New Zealanders celebrate it with their own traditions.But now everyone celebrates Matariki

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