Matariki will start on the 28th June 2014 Source: www.mch.govt.nz

Matariki will start on the 28th June 2014 What is Matariki?
Matariki is the Māori name for the star cluster known as the Pleiades. Traditionally for Māori when it
appeared just before dawn in late May or early June, it signalled the start of the Māori New Year. For
some tribes, the rising of Puanga (Rigel in Orion) signals the start of the New Year.
When is Matariki?
Different tribes celebrated Matariki at different times. For some it was when Matariki rose in May/June.
For others it was celebrated at the first new moon, or full moon, following the rising of Matariki. In the
21st century it is the new moon following the rising of Matariki that signals the New Year.
Source: www.mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage/matariki
Curriculum Level 2 Level 3 Focus Reading Reading English Show s
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f Show a developing Ideas Processes and Strategies Science Social Sciences ideas within across and beyond texts Select and use sources of information, processes, and strategies with some confidence to identify, form and express ideas. Share ideas and
observations about the Sun
and the Moon and their
physical effects on heat and
light available to Earth.
Understand how cultural
practices reflect and
express peoples’ customs,
traditions, and values.
Pt 02 No. 2 2003 Pgs
20-21
understanding of ideas within across and beyond texts Integrate sources of information, processes, and strategies with developing confidence to identify, form and express ideas. Investigate the components
of the solar system,
developing an appreciation
of the distances between
them
Understand how cultural
practices vary but reflect
similar purposes.
Pt 02 No. 2 2005 Pgs
12-17
Level 4 Reading Show an increasing understanding of ideas within across and beyond texts Integrate sources of information, processes, and strategies confidently to identify, form and express ideas. Investigate the components of
the solar system, developing an
appreciation of the distances
between them
Understand how people pass on
and sustain culture and heritage
for different reasons and this
has consequences for people.
CN No. 3 2003 Pgs 8-11
Matariki
Celebrating Matariki
Matariki Returns
by Moira Wairama
by Sue Gibbison
by Rupert Alchin and Moira
Wairama
This short explanation
of a scientific
phenomenon from a
Maori perspective is
about a group of stars.
This report provides
information about how
Matariki, the traditional
Maori New Year, is
celebrated by the Nga
Puhi tribe in Kerikeri. Pt 01 No. 3 1992 Pgs
10-11
In recent years, Maori have
revived the celebration of
Matariki, our indigenous
New Year. Matariki is the
cluster of seven stars in the
Taurus constellation. The
Matariki constellation is
special to people around the
world, and to Maori it
signifies the changing of the
seasons, new beginnings,
and a time for looking after
the environment. CN No. 3 2009 2-11
The Star Fishes
by Annie Wilkinson,
A Maori legend of the
seven little fishes that
were turned into stars
and are now called
Matariki.
Pt 02 No. 2 2003 Pgs
20-21
Eye Spy
by David Hill,
This article describes what
we can see by observing the
night sky, with or without a
telescope. Tane me te Whanau
Marama
by Moira Wairama
In this play, Tane and
Tangotango (the sons of
Ranginui and Papa)
decide to use the
children of Tangotango
and Wainui to give light
to the world. The play
depicts the myth that
explains the Maori
concept of Matariki.
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