The following are a selection from the Matariki booklist on the Christchurch City Libraries website.

Pukapuka / Books

Prepared by Jemma Wiki, Pou-kohikohinga Māori (Māori Resource Librarian) 

Children’s Fiction – Te Reo Māori 

• Tīrama, Tīrama Whetū Riki E by Renee Chin rāua ko Piripi Walker
• Ko Flit te Tīrairaka me te Mahere Matariki Nā Kat Quin rāua ko Pānia Papa 
• Te Huihui o Matariki by Toni Rolleston-Cummins 

Children’s Fiction 

• Matariki Around the World by Rangi Mātāmua and Miri
• The Stolen Stars of Matariki by Miriama Kamo
• Tāwhirimātea – a song for Matariki by June Pitman-Hayes
• The Little Kiwi’s Matariki by Nikki Slade-Robinson 

Children’s Non-Fiction - Te Reo Māori

• Hine Takurua
• He aha te hua o Matariki by Peti Nohotima 

Children’s Non-Fiction

• Celebrating Matariki by Libby Hakaraia 

Non-Fiction

• Matariki: The Star of the Year by Rangi Matamua
• Te Kāhui o Matariki – contemporary Māori Art for Matariki by Libby Hakaraia
• The Astronomical Knowledge of the Māori genuine and empirical by Elsdon Best 
• Puanga: Star of the Māori New Year by Sam Rerekura