The nine stars of Matariki

In room 1 we have been learning about the nine stars of Matariki.

What is Matariki? Did you know Matariki has nine stars? Matariki is a group of nine stars that mark the beginning of the Maori New year. The stars names are Matariki,Tupu-a-rangi,Waipuna-a-rangi,Waiti,Tupua-nuku,Ururangi, Waita, Pohutukawa and Hiwa-i-te-rangi. The dates of when Matariki is celebrated always changes because the stars appear just after a new moon in June or July.Matariki is important because it tells when to harvest the kumara and other things. Matariki is celebrated by having bonfires and dancing and games, you could do this at home to celebrate Matariki as well. Matariki should be a public holiday because it is the maori new year and we have a public holiday for the 1st of January new year.

The challenge  was finding information about nine stars instead of seven.I really enjoyed learning about the eighth and ninth stars.

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