Matariki stars

2023 - 7 - 10

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Five of the best Matariki festivals in New Zealand this year (Stuff.co.nz)

Matariki Festival, Auckland ... Tāmakai Makaurau proves it knows how to party with an 11-day celebration featuring more than 100 events and activities across the ...

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A brief guide to the stars of Matariki (The Spinoff)

The weather whetu, Ururangi and Waipuna-ā-rangi, sit over the top of the other Matariki stars because their rain and wind come from the sky above. Through his ...

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How to find the Matariki star cluster or Puanga (Stuff.co.nz)

Ahead of the observed Māori New Year, a science communicator explains how to locate the Matariki star cluster in the night sky.

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Starwatch: it's time to celebrate Matariki (The Guardian)

The Māori new year festivities can begin when the Pleiades star cluster is seen and the moon reaches its next last quarter phase.

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John Cowan: Astronomer says Matariki 'belongs to all of New ... (New Zealand Herald)

Matariki - Pleiades - is the most well-recorded star cluster in the night sky,

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Matariki Puanga with the whānau (Wellington City Council)

We caught up with Te Poiakino Hohua Johnstone from our Māori strategic outcomes team, to hear how he and his family celebrate Matariki Puanga.

Matariki Excitement Builds | Scoop News (Scoop.co.nz)

The second celebration of Matariki as a national public holiday this Friday is being marked by increasing public support for the event, Associate Minister ...

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Matariki 2023: What does it mean for Taupō? (New Zealand Herald)

Snow Rameka (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa, Tainui) is always a busy man, between running his whānau's Māori cultural experience business, The Haka Shop, ...

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Matariki 2023: Rewi Spraggon explains Puanga, Matariki's older ... (New Zealand Herald)

But for Iwi on the West Coast, there's not a lot to see, that's why they celebrate Puanga, in Māori mythology, the older brother of Matariki. Puanga rises ...

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