Audio file
Ko ētahi iwi ka whakanui i te mātahi o te tau hei te aranga o Matariki (Pleiades) i te ata pō. Ko ētahi anō iwi ka tatari kia roko marewa ko Puanga (Rigel). He pānga tō Takurua (Sirius) ki te hōtoke. He wāhi nui hoki tō Matariki, tō Puanga, tō Tautoru (Orion’s Belt) i te haerenga mai o Takitimu ki Aotearoa. He whetū nui, he whetū pūwhero a Taumata-kuku (Aldebaran).
Tuhinga
Hora ngā whetū, ki te Marae-nui-ātea
Tītiti tātai, ki te Uma o Ranginui
Mai te Kete o Te Hāruru, ko Te Whānau Mārama
Poutini, Tautoru, Rēhua, Matariki, Kōpū, Whānui, Autahi, Te Mangoroa (Te Mangoroa)
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
by Chris Picking
Sound file from Hirini Melbourne, Te wao nui a Tāne. Wellington: Huia Publishers, 1999
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