Over the past 3 weeks Room 12 has been learning about Matariki, the Maori new year, for our inquiry. we have learnt a lot such as when Matariki is, what we did to celebrate it in the past and now, the constellation, the different myths and more
Makariki appears in late May and early June. It is located just to the left of the bottom of the pot and North East of New Zealand. When you first see Makariki depends on where you are in New Zealand. You can see Matariki from anywhere in the world and lots of counties have different names and legends for Makariki
Lots of different people celebrate Matariki in different ways. Some of these things include: having bomb fires, a hangi, having a big family gathering, flying kites and more.
There are lots of different events you can go to to celebrate Makariki all over New Zealand from the bottom of NZ to the top. There are things to do such as planting trees for a future forest, walks with trees decorated with beautiful bright lights, a lot of art exhibitions and more.
In class we learned about some of the legends of Makariki, they were: Tane Mahuta was jealous about Matariki so he grabbed it from the sky and smashed it into seven pieces but it still shone brightly, another is about the chiefs in the sky and you can only see one of there eyes. The third we learned about was that Matariki is the prow of a great waka and other constellations make up the rest of it. The forth was about Matariki and her 6 daughters or Makariki and her 6 sisters and the last we learnt about was that Matariki is the 7 houses of the gods and you go there when you die. All the tribes have different beliefs and thats why there are so many myths
I have enjoyed learning about Matariki and my whole class has learned so much.
By Rylee Nattrass
In class we learned about some of the legends of Makariki, they were: Tane Mahuta was jealous about Matariki so he grabbed it from the sky and smashed it into seven pieces but it still shone brightly, another is about the chiefs in the sky and you can only see one of there eyes. The third we learned about was that Matariki is the prow of a great waka and other constellations make up the rest of it. The forth was about Matariki and her 6 daughters or Makariki and her 6 sisters and the last we learnt about was that Matariki is the 7 houses of the gods and you go there when you die. All the tribes have different beliefs and thats why there are so many myths
I have enjoyed learning about Matariki and my whole class has learned so much.
By Rylee Nattrass
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