Survey

                                           

Today we went to the Pakuranga mall to do a survey. We asked only one question which was do you know what Matariki is? Out of 20 people 14 did not know what Matariki was and 6 knew about it we asked people from different cultures but all people lived in New Zealand. Some Maori people did not know about their new year too.

It shows us that many people don’t know about Matariki even though they live in New Zealand. We should celebrate Matariki more by putting Matariki on the calendar, putting up posters, decorate malls and put it on the radio. We should also celebrate it in the city so that people know about an important festival of New Zealand.

Big book

Matariki big book introduction

We in Aotearoa are busy preparing for
the Maori new year. It is Known as Matariki.
Matariki is an important Maori festival that
falls in the end of May or Early June.

Matariki is something to do with the cluster
of seven stars in the sky. It is commonly
known as Pleiades.

It is celebrated over 15 days. Matariki is
the time when families get together to wish
good fortune.

Matariki

The Matariki stars

Matariki tells us when a Maori new year is
beginning. It is a time for whanau to harvest
abundant crops and grow abundant plants,
then they store it in the storehouses.
Matariki marks the appearance of the
seven stars commonly known as the pleiades and
it rises in mid-winter. People celebrate
Matariki by fishing, weaving, harvesting
crops, flying kites and narrating legends
about Maori new year. People celebrate
Matariki to remember their ancestors and
the people who died.