Matariki – Māori New Year
Matariki is a small star cluster also known as Pleiades and the Seven Sisters (Subaru in Japanese). Matariki celebrations usually begin on the day of the first new moon following its appearance in the pre-dawn sky in New Zealand in late May/early June. Traditionally Matariki is the time to prepare the land for crops, plant […]
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