Indigenous health advocate

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23/06/2022

Happy Matariki! June 24th 2022 -Maori New Year

"The reappearance of the Matariki stars [Pleiadies star cluster] signals the beginning of the Māori New Year.

However, not all iwi
(iwi =tribes. Māori | Noun) celebrate at the same time. Some may begin festivities on the first full moon after the star cluster rises, or on the next new moon.

Many iwi speak of the Matariki stars as a mother and her daughters.

The mother is Matariki, and her daughters are:

Tupu-ā-nuku star associated with everything that grows within the soil to be harvested or gathered for food.

Tupu-ā-rangi Atlas – one of the stars in Te Kāhui o Matariki, the Pleiades star cluster.

Waipunarangi star associated with the rain.

Waitī star associated with all fresh water bodies and the food sources that are sustained by those waters.

Waitā star associated with the ocean, and food sources within it.

Ururangistar associated with the winds.

Matariki was used by the crews of voyaging waka (canoe) to guide them across the Pacific."

Info & second image from tepapa museum.

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My set up with childhood photos that help me connect with my inner child 🌸