https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess Made with serendipity en-us 2018-10-25 22:45:26 UTC 2025-11-23 19:36:54 UTC hello@padlet.com aaliyah_pou https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297209348 Our Tupuna used Matariki to indicate which time of year it was and as when Matariki would brighten the sky it would let our tupuna know that it is  a New year and when to plant new crop.]]> 2018-10-25 22:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297209348 leah_tahana https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297209474 Matariki means eyes of god or little eyes,when ranginui and papatuanuku got separated by the god of the wind Tāwhirimātea became angry and chucked is eyes in to the heavens, the eyes of Tāwhirimātea are the stars of matariki.]]> 2018-10-25 22:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297209474 mereana_oconnell https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297209605 in the Maori language Matariki is the season of its first rising in either late May or early June. This is to commemorate the start or the new year. Many people chose to celebrate  Matariki at different times. Others may observe it at the first full moon or first new moon following the rising of Matariki. This year Matariki began on 15th June.]]> 2018-10-25 22:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297209605 fantaja_makoare https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297209736 in late May or early June, signals the beginning of the Māori New Year. However, not all iwi celebrate at the same time. Some may begin festivities on the first full moon after the star cluster rises, or on the next new moon.]]> 2018-10-25 22:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297209736 aaliyah_pou https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297209753 Matariki is often portrayed as Gods eyes as when Papatuanuku and Ranginui were separated tawhirimatea got so sad he tore out his eyes and threw them to the twelve heavens

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matariki is seen as a time to remember those who have died during the past year, but it is seen more as a happy event – a sign of the cycles of life and death. Usually by this time of the year,]]> 2018-10-25 22:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297209854 fantaja_makoare https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297210010 Matariki is celebrated with education, remembrance and the planting of new trees and crops signaling new beginnings. Matariki was the best time for new harvests, and ceremonial offerings to the land - based gods rongo, Uenuku and whiro to protect good crops for the coming years.]]> 2018-10-25 22:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297210010 aaliyah_pou https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297210046 500 stars
When seen from Earth, the stars in a constellation appear to be close together in a pattern, but they might actually be far from each other. There are about 500 stars in the Matariki cluster, but only six or seven are visible without a telescope.]]> 2018-10-25 22:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297210046 mereana_oconnell https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297210211 The maori star compass divides the 360 degrees around a canoe in the open ocean these are split into different whares. The location of the houses depends on where the sun, moon and stars rise and are set. By the help of this the navigator is able to attemp to keep the canoe on course  relative to these observations.]]> 2018-10-25 22:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/aaliyah_pou/bvemg7qucess/wish/297210211