Manawatia a Matariki – ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ช
This Friday marks an important milestone as our nation prepares to celebrate Matariki as our first public holiday that recognises te ao Mฤori.
This week our students will be learning more about Matariki, so….
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ?
Matariki takes its name from the Mฤori name for a cluster stars. The cluster is also known in other parts of the world as the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters, Makliโi or Subaru.
Matariki is an abbreviation of โNgฤ Mata o te Ariki Tฤwhirimฤteaโ (โThe eyes of the god Tฤwhirimฤteaโ). Ranginui, the sky father, and Papatลซฤnuku, the earth mother were separated by their offspring, one of their sons, god of the winds Tฤwhirimฤtea, became angry, tearing out his eyes and hurling them into the heavens.
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ?
When the Matariki star cluster becomes visible to New Zealand in mid-winter, it marks the start of the Mฤori Lunar Calendar. Celebrating the start of the Mฤori New Year is what makes up the Matariki celebrations and itโs an important time in Te Ao Mฤori (Mฤori world view).
There are three specific values that are central to Matariki:
โข Remember the past โ itโs a time to honour the people we have lost.
โข Celebrate the present โ itโs a time to appreciate what we have.
โข Look to the future โ itโs a time to consider what the future holds.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ?
Every iwi marks Matariki differently, although everything is underpinned by the three principles of remembrance, celebration and looking to the future. Generally itโs a time to get together with loved ones, whether thatโs sharing kai, telling stories of whฤnau who have passed away, or having a Dad’s and Daughters breakfast at Vogeltown School!
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ?
Matariki follows a lunar calendar system which is different to our modern solar calendar, so the Matariki dates change each year, just like Easter.
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