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Te Mātahi o te Tau Matariki Ahunga Nui

Ka tohu te huhua o ngāi Māori i te tau hou i te kitenga o Matariki i mua i te ata hāpara me tōna rewanga tahitanga ki ētahi atu whetū i ngā pō Tangaroa, i te marama o Pipiri. Hei ētahi atu rohe, ko Puanga te tohu o te tau hou. Ka whakanui, ka kōrero te Māori i te hia kē nei whetū, kāhui hoki i te roanga o te tau, ā, he kōrero tā ia rohe mō ēnei whetū.

Ka mutu, kua rongo pea koe i ētahi kōrero, e iwa ngā whetū i te kāhui Matariki, i ētahi atu, e whitu kē. I ēnei kōrero katoa, ka rangona te whakakotahitanga ki te tangata, ki te taiao hoki.

Mānawatia ngā tikanga o Matariki

Matariki Hunga Nui
Matariki who gathers people together 

E toru ngā mātāpono matua o Matariki me te Tau Hou Māori:

  1. Te Whakamaharatanga - Te whakanui i ngā mate kua riro, mai i tērā rewanga o Matariki, ki tēnei.
  2. Te Whakanui i te wātū – Te hui tahi ki te whakanui i te oranga
  3. Te Aro ki ngā pae tata – Te Aro ki te makuru o te tau hou
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Matariki Hunga Nui
Matariki who gathers people together 

Matariki and the Māori new year is based around 3 major principles:

  1. Remembrance – Honouring those we have lost since the last rising of Matariki
  2. Celebrating the present –  Getting together to give thanks for what we have
  3. Looking to the future – Looking forward to the promise of a New Year

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Mānawatia ngā kōrero o Matariki

  1. Te Whakamārama i a Matariki
  2. He aha i hirahira ai a Matariki?
  3. Me pēhea tātou e whai wāhi atu ai ki ngā mahi whakanui i a Matariki?
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  1. Explaining Matariki
  2. Why is Matariki important in Aotearoa?
  3. How can we engage in Matariki?
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Arā noa atu ngā kāhui whetū e whakanui nei te Māori puta noa i Aotearoa, ka mutu, he kōrero anō tā rātou mō Matariki. Hei tauira, e hāngai ana tēnei mapi ki ngā kōrero tuku iho o Rangitāne.

E kitea ana te kahu o te pō me ōna kāhui whetū. Kei raro iho nei he whetū hei ako māu. Kimihia tōna tūranga i te mapi me tana nōhanga i te rangi. Pāwhiringia tētahi kāri whetū kia whakawhānuihia ngā kōrero.

Māori across Aotearoa acknowledge many other star clusters and have their own kōrero about Matariki.  For example, this map is based on the oral traditions of Rangitāne.

You can see the night sky laid out with some of the clusters.  Below are the Stars you can learn about.  Find them on the map and see where they are placed in the sky.  Click on a Star card to learn more.

Mānawatia ngā rauemi ako

Kei te akiaki mātou i tō tūhura i te Tau Hou Māori mā ēnei rauemi ako, i waihanga mai ai i tā te Tāhūhū o te Mātauranga tautoko i te Rā o Matariki mā roto mai i te whakamōhio me te whakamānawa i a Matariki. Ka tautoko ngā rauemi nei i ngā mahi a Ngā Pou Whakaruruhau o Matariki, i whakatūhia ai kia tohu mai āhea, me pēhea hoki a Aotearoa e whakanui tahi ai i te Rā o Matariki mai i te tau 2022. Whakamahia ēnei i ō akomanga, hapori, i te kāinga hoki.

 

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We invite you to explore the Māori New Year through these learning resources created as part of the Ministry of Education’s work to support a modern acknowledgement of Matariki as a public holiday by increasing awareness and appreciation of Matariki. The resources support the work of the Matariki Advisory Group, which was established to determine when and how Aotearoa will celebrate Matariki together as a public holiday from 2022. Use these in your classrooms, community and at home.

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