Story: Maramataka – the lunar calendar

More links and websites

• Society of Māori Astronomy Research and Traditions (SMART)

  Information on many aspects of Māori astronomy.

• The Maori division of time

  Elsdon Best’s classic study, first published in 1922, has been made available online by The Knowledge Basket, a New Zealand research archive.

More suggestions and sources

• Firth, Raymond. Economics of the New Zealand Maori. Wellington: Government Printer, 1972 (originally published 1929).
• Matariki, he maramataka Māori, 2004/2005 Aotearoa−Pacific year: a bilingual journal/diary in Māori & English, with Māori fishing and planting guides. Auckland: Matakite, 2004.
• Tomoana, P. H. ‘Ko nga tau, ko nga marama, ko nga ra me nga po pai, whai kai, kore kai ranei i runga i a te Maori korero.’ Te Kopara 71 (October 1919).
• Tomoana, P. H. Te aroha o Rangi-nuikia Papa-tua-nuku o te tau. Hastings: Hart & Co., 1921.