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The Puanga year can be traced back to India to ancient astronomers of the Hindu faith, where a schism occurred between two distinct rival schools of philosophy, creating the Puanga and Matariki traditions for the last six thousand years.
The Raupo Book of Māori Mythology is a new, updated and revised version of A.W. Reed's classic Treasury of Māori Folklore (1963). These vivid and entertaining stories have been revised by Ross Calman, and can now be enjoyed by a new generation of rea...
This guide has been compiled by Te Waka Kai Ora to introduce whānau to methods for establishing their own Māra Kai. The history of traditional agriculture in Aotearoa is briefly described and practical steps that are needed for growing your own food are...
This book is an introduction to the star group Matariki. Known in other cultures by names including the Pleiades and the Seven Sisters, Matariki featured strongly in pre-European New Zealand. It marked the beginning of the Māori calendar, and its rising...
This book explores the creative arts and interactions between older and newer social groupings such as iwi and urban Māori authorities. It also surveys the ways that Tikanga guides relationships between people, with the Gods and the land.
Set out here is the arrangement of the nights of the maramataka, the lunar month, according to the ancient knowledge of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui together with the elders' understanding of it, and as they saw it in their time and in their region. It is based...
From the Matariki celebrations of the Māori new year to Captain Cook's search for accurate longitude, people in Aotearoa/New Zealand have always looked to the skies. This book offers an excellent grounding for anyone wanting to know about the southern...
Incorporating a Moon map and 24 detailed custom-drawn charts covering the entire night sky visible month-by-month, the Guide shows you how to find and identify not only the stars, constellations and naked-eye planets, but also star clusters, galaxies...
This book covers the astronomical knowledge of the Māori, genuine and empirical, including data concerning their systems of astrogeny, astrolatry, and natural astrology, with notes on certain other natural phenomena.
Drawing upon the work of archaeologists and historians and quoting extensively from the myths and songs recorded by the Māori writers of the 18th century, this text vividly evokes the Māori experience of Aoteaora, while the photographs present the country's...
You may identify all the interesting sights without any further equipment. The book has simple to follow diagrams and photo images and a larger fold out colour star chart.
What is Matariki? Why did Māori observe Matariki? How did Māori traditionally celebrate Matariki? When and how should Matariki be celebrated? This book answers these questions and more.
This book explores what Matariki was in a traditional sense so it can be understood and celebrated in our modern society.
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