The Seven Stars of Matariki

The Seven Stars of Matariki PDF Author: Toni Rolleston-Cummins
Publisher: Huia Pub.
ISBN: 9781869693275
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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When he sees his brothers bewitched by seven beautiful women, the adventurous young Mītai must step in. The Seven Stars of Matariki is a contemporary myth of love, magic and adventure that celebrates Matariki and tells how the star cluster came into being.

The Seven Stars of Matariki

The Seven Stars of Matariki PDF Author: Toni Rolleston-Cummins
Publisher: Huia Pub.
ISBN: 9781869693275
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
When he sees his brothers bewitched by seven beautiful women, the adventurous young Mītai must step in. The Seven Stars of Matariki is a contemporary myth of love, magic and adventure that celebrates Matariki and tells how the star cluster came into being.

Stolen Stars of Matariki

Stolen Stars of Matariki PDF Author: Miriama Kamo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775435402
Category : Picture books for children
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Behind dusty orange hills, where the sky stretches down to the sea, theres a magical, wild, windy place called Te Mata Hapuku. Sam and Te Rerehua love to visit their Grandma and Poua at Te Mata Hapuku (aka Birdlings Flat). They like to collect agate from the stories, with a backdrop of whipping wind, flashing torchlight, and the splash of Pouas gaff in the water. But one night, Grandma notices something mysterious. Someone has stolen some stars from the sky. And then the patupaiarehe come out to play on the beach... Can Sam and Te Rerehua rescue the Matariki stars?

The Seven Kites of Matariki

The Seven Kites of Matariki PDF Author: Calico McClintock
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775434016
Category : Kites
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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It is a special time of year. A time when the whispering wind blows warm from the east, and a crescent moon rises in the wintry night sky. Seven little sisters make kites with eyes of seashells to celebrate the New Year. But that playfulwind whips those kites away... Matariki is here!

The Promise of Puanga

The Promise of Puanga PDF Author: Kirsty Wadsworth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775435815
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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There is a bright new star in the winter sky-Puanga, cousin to the Matariki sisters. Each year, she appears to the people of Aotearoa, a special sign for those unable to see Matariki, that winter and the Maori new year are coming. A new addition to Scholastic's popular Matariki range, this time introducing readers to the Puanga star, which is celebrated for Maori New Year and the coming of winter in place of Matariki along parts of the West Coast of New Zealand.

Matariki

Matariki PDF Author: Rangi Matamua
Publisher: Huia Pub.
ISBN: 9781775503255
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In mid-winter, Matariki rises in the pre-dawn sky, and its observation is celebrated with incantations on hilltops at dawn, balls, exhibitions, dinners and a vast number of events. The Matariki tradition has been re-established, and its regeneration coincides with a growing interest in Māori astronomy. Still, there remain some unanswered questions about how Matariki was traditionally observed. These include: What is Matariki? Why did Māori observe Matariki? How did Māori traditionally celebrate Matariki? When and how should Matariki be celebrated? Based on research and interviews with Māori experts, this book seeks answers to these questions and explores what Matariki was in a traditional sense so it can be understood and celebrated in our modern society.

Daniel's Matariki Feast

Daniel's Matariki Feast PDF Author: Rebecca Beyer
Publisher: Duck Creek Press
ISBN: 9781877378911
Category : Astronomy, Maori
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
Starting something new is always difficult. How will Daniel fit in? Luckily for him Matariki is a time of sharing and new beginnings.

The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades

The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades PDF Author: Munya Andrews
Publisher: Spinifex Press
ISBN: 9781876756451
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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Book Description
The seven sisters of the Pleiades are known throughout the world and appear again and again in stories from many cultures. Beginning with her grandmother's tale, Munya Andrews takes the reader to the stars, around and across the planet through Indigenous North America, Australia, Japan and the Pacific, and back through time to Ancient Egypt, India, Greece and South America. She explores the commonalities of legends to discover our common human origins. The Subaru from Japan share much with the young women depicted as birds in the stories from Greece and Indigenous Australia. The Pleiades have been the source of much mythology, wisdom and science over many millennia. The book is also an examination of culture and how culture is expressed through symbols and stories related to stars and other astronomical phenomena. Her work is distinguished from other studies in the field because she brings to it an Indigenous perspective which enriches its interpretative power. No other writer has captured the richness of this mysterious constellation.

Matariki Breakfast

Matariki Breakfast PDF Author: André Ngāpō
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780478168501
Category : Astronomy, Maori
Languages : en
Pages : 12

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Kara's whānau enjoys a Matariki breakfast, and Wai tells a story about the origins of Matariki, and how Matariki, the star, and her six daughters went in search of Tama-nui-te-rā.

Scoop and Scribe Search for the Seven Stars of Matariki

Scoop and Scribe Search for the Seven Stars of Matariki PDF Author: Tommy Kapai Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781869791742
Category : Children's stories, New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 78

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Scoop and Scribe are two young reporters who search for the secret of Matariki. This search takes them around the country as a mystical kaumatua takes them to find the seven stars of Matariki. They travel to Northland, Tauranga, Rotorua, Napier, Wanganui, Ohakea and down through the Southern Alps to Queenstown. In doing so they save the seven stars of Matariki and put them back where they belong. A lively, modern take on an ancient legend. Excellent Maori vocabulary is woven throughout the story.

The Witness of the Stars

The Witness of the Stars PDF Author: Ethelbert William Bullinger
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465603328
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291

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Book Description
Some years ago it was my privilege to enjoy the acquaintance of Miss Frances Rolleston, of Keswick, and to carry on a correspondence with her with respect to her work, Mazzaroth: or, the Constellations. She was the first to create an interest in this important subject. Since then Dr. Seiss, of Philadelphia, has endeavoured to popularize her work on the other side of the Atlantic; and brief references have been made to the subject in such books as Moses and Geology, by Dr. Kinns, and inPrimeval Man; but it was felt, for many reasons, that it was desirable to make another effort to set forth, in a more complete form, the witness of the stars to prophetic truth, so necessary in these last days. To the late Miss Rolleston, however, belongs the honour of collecting a mass of information bearing on this subject; but, published as it was, chiefly in the form of notes, unarranged and unindexed, it was suited only for, but was most valuable to, the student. She it was who performed the drudgery of collecting the facts presented by Albumazer, the Arab astronomer to the Caliphs of Grenada, 850 a.d.; and the Tables drawn up by Ulugh Beigh, the Tartar prince and astronomer, about 1650 a.d., who gives the Arabian Astronomy as it had come down from the earliest times. Modern astronomers have preserved, and still have in common use, the ancient names of over a hundred of the principal stars which have been handed down; but now these names are used merely as a convenience, and without any reference to their significance. This work is an attempt to popularize this ancient information, and to use it in the interests of truth. For the ancient astronomical facts and the names, with their signification, I am, from the very nature of the case, indebted, of course, to all who have preserved, collected, and handed them down; but for their interpretation I am alone responsible. It is for the readers to judge how far my conclusions are borne out by the evidence; and how far the foundation of our hopes of coming glory are strengthened by the prophecies which have been written in the stars of heaven, as well as in the Scriptures of truth.