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)
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