https://padlet.com/felicity_edmonds/sd8g1lko5hau Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2018-10-25 22:44:49 UTC 2018-11-08 22:54:57 UTC hello@padlet.com kaiah_ramsbottom https://padlet.com/felicity_edmonds/sd8g1lko5hau/wish/297209828 Matariki is a maori name for for a group of seven stars also known as Pleiades star cluster. Matariki is time for remembering the dead , celebrating new life and planting new crops. now days it is we celebrated by observing the cluster of stars and Maori culture celebration. kites,kai,kapa haka performances and fireworks mark the Matariki festival.]]> 2018-10-25 22:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/felicity_edmonds/sd8g1lko5hau/wish/297209828 kaiah_ramsbottom https://padlet.com/felicity_edmonds/sd8g1lko5hau/wish/297210061 Some iwi celebrate the new year on the day the new moon rises however it is the first new moon after matariki that officially sinals the maori new year. The matariki celebrations last up to 3 days. ]]> 2018-10-25 22:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/felicity_edmonds/sd8g1lko5hau/wish/297210061 kaiah_ramsbottom https://padlet.com/felicity_edmonds/sd8g1lko5hau/wish/297210215 Alcyone-Matariki ,eyes of tawhirirmatea 
Atlas-Tupu-a-rangi,sky tohunga 
Electra-waipuna-a-rangi,sky spring 
Taygeta-waiti,sweet water 
pleione-Tupu-a-nuku,earth tohunga
merope-ururangi,entry to the heavens
maia-waita,sprinkle of water ]]> 2018-10-25 22:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/felicity_edmonds/sd8g1lko5hau/wish/297210215 kaiah_ramsbottom https://padlet.com/felicity_edmonds/sd8g1lko5hau/wish/299614900 https://www.kiwifamilies.co.nz/articles/matariki-maori-new-year/
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2322-the-matariki-star-cluster

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