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Ngā wai o Matariki

Te Ōniao Conference2016

Whare Kōkōrangi Māori

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• Tātai Arorangi• Tātai AraWhetū Rangi

The Māori Race

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“Their sight was so unusually strong that they saw more stars than we can, and could distinguish nebulae better. Mr. Colenso asserts that he has proved that natives could see satellites of Jupiter with the naked eye, as he has stood by the observers with his naked telescope and watched while they gave the time of a satellites eclipse.”

The Māori Race


“One or more schools of astronomy were found outside every important village. Such a school was open every night from twilight to dawn, but no one was allowed to enter it between sunrise and sunset, or to sleep there in. The priests and chiefs used it as a meeting place in which to speak of planting crops, hunting, fishing and other matters connected with food gathering, but more especially as to the manner in which the stars governed these occupations and guided operations.”Tregear, E. (1904). The Māori Race. A. D. Willis Printer and Publisher: Wanganui. P 382

Tūtutu Kaurewa

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TE WHĀNAU MĀRAMA

Tangotango =Wainui

Te Whānau Mārama 6

Te Rā Hinatore NgāWhetūTe Marama Te Parikoikoi Hinerauāmoa


Te Punga o te Waka o Tamarereti

Mahutonga


Kupu ahi

Pau ahi Pua ahi

Newha

Kautu ki te rangi

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Seven stars in Matariki


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“I found that the Maori could see more stars in the Pleiades with the unaided eye than I could, for, while I could only see clearly six stars, they could see seven, and sometimes eight.”Best, E. (1955). The Astronomical Knowledge of the Māori. Government Printer: Wellington. P 52

Seven Sisters


Flock of doves


Greek

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Matariki ≠ Little eyes


Matariki Ngā mata o te ariki Tāwhirimatea


Te Huihui o Matariki


Ururangi (Merope) (T)

Waipuna‐ā‐rangi (Electra) (W)

Waitī (Maia) (W)

Waitā (Taygeta) (T)

Matariki(Alcyone) (W)

Tupu‐ā‐rangi (Atlas) (T)

Tupu‐ā‐nuku (Pleione) (W)

Pohutukawa (Sterope) (W)

Hiwaiterangi(Caleceno) (W)

Pohutukawa


Tupu‐ā‐nuku


Tupu‐ā‐rangi


Waitī


Waitā


Waipuna‐ā‐rangi


Ururangi


Hiwaiterangi

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Maramataka – Pipiri –Tangaroa



Te Waka o Rangi

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Te Waka o Rangi

Mātahi kari pīwai


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Te ope o te rua Matariki‘The company from the cavern of Matariki’


Mātahi o te tau


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Matariki whanaunga kore, Matariki tohu mate‘Matariki the kinless, Matariki a sign of death’


Matariki Dates: 2016‐2018


Mā wai tātau e kōrero…?


According to Stuff.co.nz 6th June 2016


MATARIKI OBSERVANCE (JUNE 6, 2016)Matariki ‐Mata Riki (Tiny Eyes) or Mata Ariki (Eyes of God) ‐ is the Maori name for the group of stars also known as the Pleiades star cluster or the Seven Sisters.They are a group of young stars glowing in the gas and dust of the nebula from which they formed.Matariki is the name for the traditional Maori new year. This is marked by the rise of Matariki and the sighting of the next new moon.The pre‐dawn rise of Matariki can be seen in the last few days of May every year and the new year is marked at the sighting of the next new moonwhich occurs during June.Traditionally, depending on the visibility of Matariki, the coming season's crop was thought to be determined. The brighter the stars, the warmer the season would be, bringing a more productive crop.

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