On the 6th of June this year it will be Matariki.

Matariki is the Māori new year.  Matariki is the Māori name for the star cluster known as the Pleiades. Traditionally for Māori when it appeared just before dawn in late May or early June, it signalled the start of the Māori New Year.  For some tribes, the rising of Puanga (Rigel in Orion) signals the start of the New Year.

Matariki is celebrated by planting new trees and crops signalling new beginnings. Matariki was the best time for new harvests, and ceremonial offerings to the land gods Rongo, Uenuku and Whiro. People did this to produce good crops for the coming year.

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