Matariki

                                                         How to find the Matariki

To get to the Matariki cluster you have to find the Mahutonga (southern cross)  then go east untill you find Hinetakurua / Winter maiden (brightest star in our sky). Once you find that you keep on going along untill you come across three dots in a row that is the Tautoru (Orions belt / bottom of a pot) wich will then take us to where we need to go wich is to Te Matakaheru (Stars that make a Triangle shape). Just off of it's shoulder you will see a small cluster of stars and that is the Matariki.

Star names and what they are connected to.

Matariki- Reflection,Hope,our connection with our environment, Gathering of people and the health and well being of people.

Pōhutukawa-  To those who have passed on.

Waitī- fresh water bodies and the food sources that are sustained by those waters.

Waitā-  Ocean and the food sources within it.

Waipuna-ā-Rangi- The rain.

Tupuānuku- Everything that grows within the soil to be harvested or gathered for food.

Tupuārangi- Food growing in the Ngahere, up in the trees. Tane's domain.Trees,Birds and berries.

Ururangi- With the winds.

Hiwa-i-te-Rangi- Granting our wishes, and realising our aspirations for the coming year.