Matariki

Author: Rangi Matamua
Publisher: Huia Pub.
ISBN: 9781775503255
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In mid-winter, Matariki rises in the pre-dawn sky, and its observation is celebrated with incantations on hilltops at dawn, balls, exhibitions, dinners and a vast number of events. The Matariki tradition has been re-established, and its regeneration coincides with a growing interest in Māori astronomy. Still, there remain some unanswered questions about how Matariki was traditionally observed. These include: What is Matariki? Why did Māori observe Matariki? How did Māori traditionally celebrate Matariki? When and how should Matariki be celebrated? Based on research and interviews with Māori experts, this book seeks answers to these questions and explores what Matariki was in a traditional sense so it can be understood and celebrated in our modern society.

Matariki the Maori New Year

Author: Libby Hakaraia
Publisher: Raupo
ISBN: 9780143010180
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
This book is an introduction to the star group Matariki. Known in other cultures by names including the Pleiades and the Seven Sisters, Matariki featured strongly in pre-European New Zealand. It marked the beginning of the Māori calendar, and its rising before the sun in late May or early June was greeted with great festivals. It was used as a guide to planting and harvesting, and was studied by tohunga as an omen which told whether the food-gathering season would be plentiful or lean. Libby Hakaraia includes interviews with astronomers Richard Hall and Vicki Hyde, well known navigator Hekenukumai Busby, and Hapimana Rikihana, who still practises the ancient Māori art of mahi whai, or string patterns. Today more and more people are celebrating the rising of Matariki. For those who wish to join this growing movement, there are suggestions on how to celebrate this Māori New Year - and, most importantly, a guide to finding Matariki in the night sky. Libby Hakaraia is well known as a radio presenter, having co-hosted National Radio's Whenua show with Henare te Ua. Through her television company Kiwa Productions Libby has been associated with several award-winning documentaries. She is currently producing, directing and writing a number of television programmes. Libby lives in Kerikeri with her partner, Montana award-winning poet Glenn Colquhoun, and their baby Olive.

Matariki Breakfast

Author: André Ngāpō
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780478168501
Category : Astronomy, Maori
Languages : en
Pages : 12

Book Description
Kara's whānau enjoys a Matariki breakfast, and Wai tells a story about the origins of Matariki, and how Matariki, the star, and her six daughters went in search of Tama-nui-te-rā.

Daniel's Matariki Feast

Author: Rebecca Beyer
Publisher: Duck Creek Press
ISBN: 9781877378911
Category : Astronomy, Maori
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Starting something new is always difficult. How will Daniel fit in? Luckily for him Matariki is a time of sharing and new beginnings.

Matariki

Author: Libby Hakaraia
Publisher: Raupo
ISBN: 9780790009681
Category : Astronomy, Maori
Languages : en
Pages : 63

Book Description
A general introduction to Matariki - the Maori New Year, looking at: mythology - a portent, a male star or a mother surrounded by her daughters; astronomy - Maori (Rangimoana Taylor) and western perspective (Vicki Hyde); around the world - ancient constellation recognised in Greece (Pleiades) and in the Pacific (Matali'i, Mataliki, etc); celebrations - feasts, new cycle of life, learning, sacred knowledge; navigation - used as a navigational star by navigators and waka skippers; preserving - time to prepare for planting, harvesting; Matariki today - ways to celebrate

Together in Love

Author: Xoë Hall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780473353315
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
"The loving embrace of Ranginui and Papatuanuku keeps the land in constant darkness. When their children discover there is light beyond their parents love, chaos is unleased and the stars of Matariki are created"--Back cover. Based on the traditional story.

The Seven Stars of Matariki

Author: Toni Rolleston-Cummins
Publisher: Huia Pub.
ISBN: 9781869693275
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
When he sees his brothers bewitched by seven beautiful women, the adventurous young Mītai must step in. The Seven Stars of Matariki is a contemporary myth of love, magic and adventure that celebrates Matariki and tells how the star cluster came into being.

The Seven Kites of Matariki

Author: Calico McClintock
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775434016
Category : Kites
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
It is a special time of year. A time when the whispering wind blows warm from the east, and a crescent moon rises in the wintry night sky. Seven little sisters make kites with eyes of seashells to celebrate the New Year. But that playfulwind whips those kites away... Matariki is here!

Flit the Fantail #1

Author: Kat Merewether
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775435105
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Flit's first flight is a flippy, floppy fail. But Flit's friends have a clever plan! Can they get him safely back to his nest? The first in a gorgeous new series from the author of the #1 bestseller, KUWI the KIWI books.

The Promise of Puanga

Author: Kirsty Wadsworth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775435815
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
There is a bright new star in the winter sky-Puanga, cousin to the Matariki sisters. Each year, she appears to the people of Aotearoa, a special sign for those unable to see Matariki, that winter and the Maori new year are coming. A new addition to Scholastic's popular Matariki range, this time introducing readers to the Puanga star, which is celebrated for Maori New Year and the coming of winter in place of Matariki along parts of the West Coast of New Zealand.