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Monday, 24 June 2013

Matariki

This is a report about The Maori New Year.
                 Matariki
Matariki is the Maori new year. There are seven stars which represent the seven sisters.
the seven sisters are
  1. Waiti
  2. Waita
  3. Tupu-a-nuku
  4. Tupu-a-rangi
  5. Waipuna-a-rangi
  6. Ururangi
  7. Matariki
Matariki can mean ‘small eyes’ or ‘eyes of god’.
But some Maori tribes didn’t believe it was Matariki. They believed it was a star called puanga (which is Rigel in Orion). Another word for the group of seven stars is The Pleiades.



I think that Matariki is a wonderful Celebration for Kiwis.

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