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Kōrero: Maramataka – the lunar calendar

Maramataka

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Living by the calendar

Hei te marama o Hongonui (Hōngongoi, Hune-Hūrae ranei) ka makariri, ka tahutahu ahi te tangata. Ka tau te mātao. Kei tēnei pikitia e hikaina ana he ahi. Werohia atu te kaunati ki te whenua haere tonu atu te whakarui i te kaunati, kua tū. Ka auahi, ka pūhia kia mura te rākau.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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by Dianne Nothcott

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paul Meredith, Maramataka – the lunar calendar – Lunar months, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/5384/maramataka (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Meredith, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.