Matariki stars

                Matariki stars

Matariki star rise up during the winter month .It is only 7 star that rises,you have to wake up before dawn. Did you know that dawn is just before sunrise  , people these days get together  It rises and it the Maori new year . The 7 stars represents the 7 sisters

Back when Maori people were still alive they use it for traveling and that how they got to aotearoa . farmers and  Maori people  used it for heaps of things like traveling .Farmers say, “if the stars are clear then it will be a warm winter and if it is not clear then it going to be a cold winter”.

All maori people celebrate the seven stars . The do hangi and call people over for a party.I hope you enjoyed and do you know the names for the stars.