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5. Beginning to end of June

6. Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. It rises in mid-winter and for many Māori, it heralds the start of a new year. Matariki literally means the 'eyes of god' (mata ariki) or 'little eyes' (mata riki).

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Traditionally Matariki was celebrated by gathering with whanau (family) and reflecting on the past. The festival's connection to the stars provided an opportunity for families to remember their whakapapa (genealogy) and those ancestors who had passed away to the heavens.

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4.The stars represent the eyes of Tawhirimatea.
5.June.
6.Maori new year.
7. Anyone can celebrate Matariki.
8.look at the north and east skies at 5:30 or 6am

Websites used:
Tears.govt https://teara.govt.nz/en/matariki-maori-new-year
Kiwifamilies https://www.kiwifamilies.co.nz/articles/matariki-maori-new-year/
Tepapa https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/maori/matariki-maori-new-year/whare-tapere/matariki-star-facts

Matariki is a cluster of stars seen in the night sky in June. It is of great cultural importance to the Maori people culturally as it symbols eyes of Tawhirimatea when he threw them up in rage.

- What does Matariki mean? 

Matariki translates to ‘eyes of god’. They were the eyes of the Maori god of Wind ‘Tawhirimatea

- What are the names for each star? 

The names of the stars are Matariki, Waiti, Waita, Pohutukawa, Ururangi, Tapu-a-rangi, Tapu-a-nuku, Hiwa-i-te-rangi, Waipuna-a-rangi

- What does each star represent?  

Each star represents to eyes of Tawhirimatea, Grey also symbolise the Maori New year

- When does Matariki appear? 

It appears in June 

- What does Matariki represent for Māori? 

It represents the Maori New Year

- How and Who can we celebrate Matariki? 

Anyone can celebrate Matariki, it is celebrated all around the world with different names and different meanings of cultural importance c

- How can we find Matariki?

Look up into the north east skies at around 5:30 to 6:30 am.

https://teara.govt.nz/en/matariki-maori-new-year

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2322-the-matariki-star-cluster
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5: Matariki starts at June 20th through to July 15th
https://www.hirecar.co.nz/blog/local-events/matariki-festival-2020/
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7: have fun with your loved ones, you can celebrate Matariki by playing games and telling stories
https://www.heartfoundation.org.nz/about-us/news/blogs/ways-to-celebrate-matariki-with-your-family
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Matariki is a star cluster

 

It represents Māori new year

 

It is a begging or end of June

 

Matariki means eyes of god

 

 

 

 

 

Matariki in Māori is the name of the Pleiades star cluster.

The eye of god or little eyes. Or 7 sisters and used for navigation or travelling.

Martariki  the eyes of tāwhirimātea

Tutu-ā-Rangi she tohunga

Waitī sweet water

Waipuna-ā-Rangi sky spring 

Tutu-ā-Nuku earth tohunga 

Ururangi entry to the heavens 

Waitā sprinkle of water.

Matariki appears in early winter at the rising of late may and early June.

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Martariki can be found on the on horizon  between 5 am 6 am in June 

hovering over a lighter to make a flame

not knowing

that an angry man threw his eyes into the night

the belly of his shattered father

weeping rain for separation of earth and sky

harvesting bitter grudges

from minds like hardened soil

packing up the wounds with mud and whiskey

and opening doors to wait

for those curious to know

how sky maps granted our existence

how the weight of earth

pushed against tongues of oars

and our tīpuna pushed back

and won.

the sun radiates a dim light

blurred in ablaze, settling down

behind the horizon, exhausting the

world of warmth

the wind blows in harsh spite

the air is damp and cold

but a bonfire sits, crackling

with essence, shedding

billows of warmth

moaning slightly,

the children head off to bed

eager for sunrise to arrive.

holding kai and offerings

in hand, family and friends

circle the fire, chanting hymns

to welcome back Matariki.

The season of its first rising.

Their soothing voices reverberating

in the darkness, accompanying

the crooning waves

Scintillating in the winter sky

Matariki appears, the eyes of god

marking the dawn of Maori New Year.

Iwi gather in unity and

remembrance of loved ones.

Singing in unison and rejoice.

This Term we will be looking deeper into the Māori New Year, Matariki. As Matariki draws nearer to appear in the early morning sky before the sun rises to mark the beginning of the Māori New Year, you will be learning karakia, waiata and a few other things to add to your kete matauranga (knowledge basket) so that you can share with your whanau.

This lesson you will need to learn of by heart to recite the karakia attached, without reading it. The words and an audio clip has been attached below for you to help you learn it. 

Although it would be easy to find a Google Translate of what the karakia means in English, I am not asking for what Google or the internet translates the karakia to, instead you are going to translate the following words that are mentioned in the karakia and come up with your own meaning or/and understanding of what the karakia is implying. Use www.maoridictionary.co.nz to find translations for individual words only.

- te = the (singular)

- ngā = the (plural)

- Tipua

- Tawhito

- Wairua

- ira

- mai

- Atua

- Tāngata

- Tihei Mauri Ora!

Attach your meaning of the karakia to this post. Your meaning can be a paragraph or 2 long to express your thoughts and ideas.

This lesson you will learn some of the names of the stars that make up Matariki through song. The tune is a popular one and the words will come just as easy after a while because majority of you will know the tune if you know songs like 'Twinkle, twinkle little star' and the English 'Alphabet song'

Have a go. Have fun with it. Teach it to members of your whanau in your bubble.

Complete your research and submit your PDF work at the end of the lesson or complete it for prep if you do not finish it this lesson. You may have researched similar questions last Term, this is to consolidate what you have learnt.

-       Is Matariki a star constellation or a star cluster and what is it reffered to in Greek/Roman?

-       There are more than seven stars that make up Matariki. What are their Māori names?

-       When is the best time to see Matariki with the naked eye? 

-       Where is Matariki situated in the sky? North, South, East or West? Can you be more specific? 

-       Is Matariki visible in the NZ sky all year round?

-       What does ‘Matariki’ or the ‘Māori New Year’ mean to Māori, how is it celebrated differently to other cultures, nationalities and/or ethnicities?

-       There are many stories about Matariki. Find 2 using the internet and write a paragraph or 2 summarising each of them.
Due Tues. June 2

And also tales of friend and foe

The separation of the parents

Created havoc within the tenants

The rage and anger engulfed Tawhirimatea 

His friends tried to save him like de Gea

But it was not enough to unprovoke him

He then grabbed his eyes and up into the skies he threw them

Shining in the skies so light 

Tawhirimatea’s eyes shine, so bright

Leading the way for the Maori new year

The presence of light calls for cheers

- ngā =  to take a breath

- Tipua = Strange, supernatural

- Tawhito = Old, anceint

- Wairua = Spirit, Soul

- ira = Life principle

- mai = from way back

- Atua = Ancestor with continuing influence

- Tāngata = People, men

- Tihei Mauri Ora! = Sneeze of life

What Does The Karakia Mean To Me?

The karakia in my eyes/ for me is a talk spritually, Even after death.  It means that everyone is important and will be important for ever

Ngā - to breath.

Tipua - a supernatural “demon” like a myth or legend.

Tawhito - old or ancient.

Wairua - spirit or soul being in touch with the spiritual side of life

Ira - family, gene.

Mai - history, legacy, memory 

Atua - gods, power, strength.

Tāngata - a person being a person or human.

Tihei mauri ora - the sneeze of life.

The karakia means to me like my ancestors are watching over me. Their legacy and memory and history now live in me. They will watch over me from the sneeze of like to the very end.

Ngā- to breath.

Tipua- something strange or abnormal.

Tawhito- old and ancient like a ritual or a song, something that will be remembered.

Wairua- the spirit that is alive even after death. Like heaven, your spirit is taken to heaven and can look down on others.

Ira-life principle, It’s where you come from like your family and what you were put in the world for.

Mai- long standing, very old like a legacy or a historic event that is remembered.

Atua- an ancestor that has influence like a god. 

Tāngata- a person or to be a person

I think this Karakia has a powerful meaning with like spirits and remembering those that we have lost, as these translations talk a lot about death but how the spirit is still alive and there even after someone has been lost.

1. The matariki stars are a star cluster and not a star constellation. The name for them in Greek is Pleiades

2.Waiti, Waita, Waipuna-ā-rangi, Tupu-ā-nuku, Tupu-ā-rangi, Matariki, Ururangi.

3. Matariki is found in the low on the horizon in the northeast of the sky and is best spotted between 5.30am and 6.30am in July.

4. Matariki is situated in the north east of the horizon

5. It is not visible year round just after the festivals of matariki.

6. For Maori, the matariki stars signal the start of the Maori new year and can be used to predict whether that year’s harvests will be abundant.

7. Legend says that matariki with literally means the 'eyes of god'or 'little eyes'. Some say that when Ranginui, the sky father, and Papatūānuku, the earth mother were separated by their offspring, the god of the winds, Tāwhirimātea, became angry, tearing out his eyes and hurling them into the heavens. I couldn’t find a second story.

1- Matariki is a star cluster and it was referred to as Pleiades

2- The stars are called: 
Waipuna-a-rangi
Ururangi
Hika-i-Te-rangi
Waita
Pohutukawa
Waiti
Matariki
Tupuārangi-a-nuku
Tupu-a-rangi

3- one of the easiest times to see the Matariki is at the end of summer/ beginning of autumn and it appears at just after sunset.

4- the matariki is found low on the horizon in the North-East

5- the Matariki is not visible just after the festival of Matariki (the festival is anytime during June)

6- Matariki was a time to remember those who had died the last year. 

7- Book name= The Seven Stars of Matariki

Mitai’s seven brothers are bewitched by seven beautiful women and he seeks advice and learns that the women must be cast away. They are given to Urutengangana (The God of the Stars) who places them in the faraway heavens. Once a year, he allows them to shine in the Eastern sky.

A version of matariki

When the Sky father and the Earth Mother were separated the God of Winds became angry and tore out his eyes, hurling them into the heavens.

Every year in June the seven stars fly up to the north-east and just visible above the horizon at dawn, it is called Matariki, or Maori new year. The seven sisters, have always been important to Maori astronomers. They have been inspired by the Greek legends. The legend of Matariki said “The mother was surrounded by her six daughters. The children of the earth mother Papatuanuku and sky father, Ranginui, were divided over whether to separate them and bring light and life to earth. Eventually the god of the Forests laid on his back and used his feet’s it force them apart. And brought life on Earth.