Matariki Assesment by Charm Green https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2 Made with the internet en-us 2018-10-25 01:39:49 UTC 2018-11-05 22:57:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Doubleheart.png What is Matariki nataliah_kingi https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/297165438 Matariki is a small cluster of stars that appear in the north eastern pre-dawn and it appears late may early June to make the start of a new phase in life. Matariki can be pronounced Mata riki ( Tiny eyes ) or Mata Ariki ( Eyes of god )  Its is also for remembering the people who have passed away on the past year.]]> 2018-10-25 20:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/297165438 nataliah_kingi https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/297166914 This year Matariki started on the 15th June and ended on the 10th July. It doesn't have a particular date. ]]> 2018-10-25 20:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/297166914 Why is it celebrated? charm_green https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/297167043 Matariki is a happy and sad celebration. Its happy because this is considered the Maori " New Year" but it is sad because Maori people believe that the dead travel to a cave and waits for Matariki to arrive and when they do the dead get lifted into the sky to become more stars. ]]> 2018-10-25 20:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/297167043 How many stars are there and what are there names and powers? nataliah_kingi https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/297167368 Well people actually believe that there are only 7 stars because they have been taught about the Greek mythology about the 7 sisters but there is 9 stars in total there names are:
Waipuna-a-rangi - is connected to the rain.
Hiwa-i-te-rangi - the youngest star of the cluster and that the star you send your wishes to.
Waita - is connected to the food that comes from the salt water 
Pohutukawa - connects to the dead and carries them across.
Waiti - connected to the food that comes from the fresh waters.
Ururangi - connects to the winds.
Tupu-a-rangi - is connected to the food that comes from above such as birds and fruits.
Tupu-a-nuku - is connected to the food in the ground.
Matariki - is the mother star of the constellation

]]> 2018-10-25 20:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/297167368 How is it celebrated charm_green https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/297167818 All of the kuia cry, but not like how we cry, they kind of whale. 
They cry from the hours of 3am to 6am. They cry for three hours. They cry because it is a month for dead to be released into the sky and become stars.  But on the happy side of things food is harvested and seafood is collected. It was a time for singing, dancing and feasting.]]> 2018-10-25 20:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/297167818 Why is it during the months of June and July? nataliah_kingi https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/297173774 Well the things I've read say that it is because of the new moon that happens sometime in June]]> 2018-10-25 20:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/297173774 How is Papatuanuku related to Matariki? nataliah_kingi https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/298295739 she is related to matariki because matariki is a time to prepare the land we live on which would be Papatuanuku. Certain vegetables are planted to appease the land based gods. One Matariki story is about when Taehirimatea
Tawhirimatea god of the wind
 discovered that his parents, Ranginui
Ranginui the sky father
 and Papatuanuku 
Papatuanuku the earth mother
, had been separated. He tore out his eyes in anger and threw them into the sky
]]> 2018-10-29 22:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/298295739 Who is Papatuanuku? nataliah_kingi https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/298296412 Papatuanuku is mother earth and Ranginui her partner the sky father. She has 9 sons.
Tawhirimatea - god of the winds and storms 
Tane Mahuta - god of forest and birds 
Tangaroa - god of the sea, rivers,lakes and all that live with in
Tumatauenga - god of war 
Rongo - god of peace 
Ruaumoko - god of earthquakes and volcanoes 
Rongo ma tane - god of kumara and all cultivated foods
haumia-tiketike - guardian spirit of wild foods 
Whiro - god of darkness ]]> 2018-10-29 23:02:41 UTC https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/298296412 What is the names of the native local trees and plants? nataliah_kingi https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/298296724 There are many plants and trees around New Zealand but the most common ones are
Fern - there are about 200 different species of them
Kauri - One of the largest and longest living trees in the world. Maori often gave these trees chiefly status.
Koromiko - The most common use for this plant in New Zealand is for rongoa (traditional Maori medicine).
Kowhai - known for there bright yellow flowers and the nectar being an important food for birds
Manuka - Honey derived from the pollen of manuka flowers contains medicinal agents 
Pohutakawa - known as New Zealands Christmas tree because of its red flowers that are produced in the Christmas time
Puha - It is a green plant that is grown in places that have running water
 ]]> 2018-10-29 23:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/298296724 Recycling plan for a home. nataliah_kingi https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/298296829 2018-10-29 23:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/298296829 What are the certain vegetables planted and why are they the only ones that get planted? nataliah_kingi https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/299222557 2018-11-01 01:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/charm_green/bu91feis9xa2/wish/299222557