Published date23 June 2022
Matariki is an abbreviation of Nga Mata o te Ariki Tawhirimatea (The eyes of the god Tawhirimatea)

According to Maori tradition, the god of the wind, Tawhirimatea, was so angry when his siblings separated their parents, Ranginui the sky father and Papatuanuku the earth mother, he tore out his eyes and threw them into the heavens.

Traditionally, Matariki is a time to acknowledge the deceased and to release...

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