He korero whakarapopoto
Ko wai a Matariki?
Ko Matariki te ingoa Māori mō te kāhui whetū e mōhiotia ana anō ko Pleiades. Ka whakakau ake i wē-takurua, ka mutu, ki tētahi tokomaha tonu o ngāi Māori, ko ia te tohu o te tīmatanga o te tau hou. E mōhio ana ngā iwi mō Matariki, ka whakanuia hoki puta noa i Aotearoa, ko tēnā iwi ki tōna anō momo whakanui, ko tēnā iwi hei tōna anō wā.
He whakapotonga a Matariki mō ‘Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea e tohu ana i tētahi kāhui whetū nui tonu, e mōhiotia ana anō ki Ūropi ko Pleiades. E ai ki ngā kōrero tuku iho a ngāi Māori, i te kaha riri o te atua o te hau o Tāwhirimātea i te wehea o ō rātou mātua, a Ranginui rāua ko Papatūānuku, e ōna tēina tuākana, ka tīkarohia mai e ia ōna mata, ka makaia ki te rangi.
Atu i te ora ki te mate
I ngā rā o nehe, ko te wā ki a Matariki te wā e whakamihia ai te hunga kua mate e tukua ai kia whetūrangihia. He wā anō tēnei e hoki ai a mahara, e whakamihia ai ngā atua mō ngā hua o te whenua, e hākari tahi ai te whānau me ngā hoa.
Te whakarauorahia o Matariki
He wā tōna i kaingākautia ai ngā mahi whakanui i a Matariki, engari tae atu ki ngā tau 1940, kua kore e tino whakanuia. I ngā 2000, ka whakarauoratia. I ēnei rā ka whai wāhi atu te mano tini ki ngā huihuinga whakanui i te tīmatanga o te Tau Hou Māori, me te whai wāhi atu anō ki ngā mahi whakanui a te whānau ki te mahara ake ki te hunga kua riro me te whakariterite mō te tau ki mua.