Matariki: the māori new year
Maker and role
Libby Hakaraia, Author
Production date
2004
Object detail
Accession number
PUB-2017-4.2
Maker
Description
This book is an introduction to the star group Matariki. Known in other cultures by names including the Pleiades and the Seven Sisters, Matariki featured strongly in pre-European New Zealand. Libby Hakaraia includes interviews with astronomers Richard Hall and Vicki Hyde, well known navigator Hekenukumai Busby, and Hapimana Rikihana, who still practises the ancient Maori art of mahi whai, or string patterns. Today more and more people are celebrating the rising of Matariki. For those who wish to join this growing movement, there are suggestions on how to celebrate the Maori New Year - and, most importantly, a guide to finding Matariki in the night sky.
Includes bibliographical references (page 63).
Includes bibliographical references (page 63).
Signature/Marks and Type
"Im 23985 Copy 1" on title page Hand-written
Library card on title page
"Withdrawn" on title page Ink Stamp
Library card on title page
"Withdrawn" on title page Ink Stamp
Media/Materials
Physical description
63 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0790009684
Credit line
Libby Hakaraia. 2004. Matariki: the māori new year, PUB-2017-4.2. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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