Matariki Questions (W10, T2)

 MATARIKI, MAORI NEW YEAR - Questions

1. How did Papatuanuku, and Ranginui become separated? It happened when the mighty tane mahuta laid down on his back,pressed hard against his mother,pushed his feet up in the air against his father and tore them apart.

2. Where does the name Matariki come from? Matariki is the maori name for the pleiades star cluster

3. What time of the year does Matariki happen? In the maori language,Matariki is both the name of pleiades star cluster and also of the season of it’s first rising in late June or early july.

4. What part of the sky does Matariki appear in?Matariki appears in the horizon around the north east  part of the sky.

5. What does the article say Matariki is time for? Communities come together and celebrate the new year of matariki.

6. What do these Te Reo Maori words mean?

WORD	DEFINITION
whānau	Family
tupuna	Grandparent
rongoā	Medicene
waiata	song
mokopuna	Grandchild

7. Name each of the seven stars that make up the Matariki star cluster.waiti,waita,

tupu-a nuku tupu-a-rangi  waipuna a rangi,Matariki,urangi,pohutukawa,hiwa-e-te-rangi

1. What are the lessons we learn from each of them? The journey taken by these stars across the sky is also about whānau  it is to come and visit their tupuna wahine great grandmother, Papatūānuku. 

8. Which of these stars best represents the role you play in your whānau? 

Explain why in a PEEL Paragraph.

Why i chose Waipunarangi because the star is like me and she like the feeling of water and the ocean she feeds people who need it.She also watches the water how it evaporates by the heat. Waipuna Rangi know that  if you give to others, all that kindness will come right back to you, and it is this lesson that she shares with us`Waipunarangi accompanies her grandmother to the waters  the oceans, lakes and rivers – where she prepares the children of Tangaroa to feed the people.