I enjoyed doing the most was macing the manu tukutuku and designing it and putting anything on it. what was surprising was the fact that Pleiades is another word for Matariki. this is what I learnt about Matariki. Matariki is the Māori name for a group of stars. The science name is the Pleiades and instead of ‘group’ they call it a star cluster. It signalled the start of the Māori New Year for some tribes. Maori people followed a lunar calendar. That means that the months were organised around the moon. Marama is the name for moon. That is why the calendar is called Maramataka.I want to learn how they came to the solar system and what their purpose is.
what I find interesting was that the science name is the Pleiades and instead of ‘group’ they call it a star cluster. enjoy my Matariki slide
