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• Matariki Around the World

  a Cluster of Stars, a Cluster of Stories

  Matamua, Rangi, 1973-

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  This pukapuka (book) has a collection of stories that explores the origins of the Matariki cluster through nine named whetū (stars), as well as stories from the Pacific Islands to Australia, Asia, the Americas, Europe and Africa. It has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Star Dance

  Matariki at Kedgley Intermediate

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  Kedgley Intermediate students write about their feelings, experience and stories relating to the nine stars of Matariki.

• Hineahuone

  Hall, Xoë, 1986-

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  Matariki is known as the mother of the eight stars. Hineahone is a story of how Tāne-mahuta created the first woman out of clay and breathed life into her, naming her Hineahone. She is seen as the mother for all.

• Nanny Mihi's Medicine

  Ngā Rongoā a Nanny Mihi

  Drewery, Melanie, 1970-

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  Matariki is related to health and well-being. Nanny Mihi teacher's her grandchildren how to use different plants to help aid their sickness.

• Farewell Anahera

  Haere Rā, Anahera

  Hatley-Owen, Vanessa

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  Pōhutakawa is the star connected to those who have passed. In this story Anahera has passed on and is able to see her whānau bid her farewell and be welcomed home by her ancestors.

• How My Koro Became a Star

  Te Paa, Brianne

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  Pōhutakawa is the star connected to those who have passed. The boy learns from his koro about the rituals of Matariki and of Captain of Te Waka o Rangi, who gathers the spirits of passed loved ones and releases them into the sky as stars.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nana's Veggie Garden

  Te Māra Kai a Kui

  Munro, Marie, 1948-

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  Tupuānuku is associated with food grown in the ground. This pukapuka (book) is a story of mokopuna (Grandchildren) helping their nan grow, harvest and eat a wonderful garden.

• The Kai Stars of Matariki, Tupuānuku and Tupuārangi

  Kamo, Miriama, 1973-

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  Miriama Kamo Has written a series of pukapuka about stars in Matariki. This pukapuka is about Tupuānuku and Tupuārangi.

• Big Kererū and Friends

  Kererū Nui Me Ana Hoa

  Mahoney, Evie

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  Tupuārangi is related with food that comes from the sky and is connected to birds. Big Kererū and friends is a book with manu (birds) native to Aotearoa. Kererū were birds that were harvested for kai, as well as other manu.

• E rima ngā manu

  Five little birds

  Williams-Lemi, Siu

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  With Tupuārangi being connected to manu (birds), this simple pukapuka helps tamariki count to rima (five) using manu.

• Water

  Wai

  Munro, Marie, 1948-

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  Waitī, Waitā and Waipuna-ā-rangi are the water stars of Matariki. This pukapuka shows the journey of wai from the land, sea, into our homes and back into the sky, showcasing the never-ending process of the water cycle.

• He aha te ika?

  Tuʻakoi, Feana, 1965-

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  Waitī is the star connected to fresh waterways and the creatures within, and Waitā is connected to the ocean and represents food gathered from the sea. "He aha te ika?" is a simple book teaching tamariki (children) the names for some of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tide's Out

  Tai Timu

  Plumpton, Frances

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  With Wāitā being connected to saltwater and tides, this simple book shows what the ocean has to offer.

• Te wai o te rangi

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  Waipuna-ā-rang means the "water that pools in the sky" . Te wai o te rangi includes different states of water in the sky; rain, snow, mist and tears.

• The Twin Stars of Matariki, Waitī and Waitā

  Kamo, Miriama, 1973-

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  Waitī and Waitā are the water stars of Matariki. This pukapuka is a story of both stars.

• The Seven Kites of Matariki

  McClintock, Calico

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  Ururangi means "the winds of the sky". Seven sisters make kites in celebration of Matariki. Kites are one of the many things that rely on the wind.

• Breathe With Me

  Using Breath to Look After My Tinana, Hinengaro and Wairua

  Tutagalevao, Abel Junior

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  Although breath is not wind, we are constantly moving the air around us with every breath. "Breathe with me" encourages tamariki to take care of their hauora (health) through breathing.

• The Dream Factory

  Matuku, Steph

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  Hiwa-i-te-rangi is known as the wishing star, traditionally used to set goals and intentions. Steph Matuku wrote a fiction book about dreams being made in a factory and how a feather can mess things up.

• The Stolen Stars of Matariki

  Kamo, Miriama, 1973-

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  For some iwi, there are only 7 stars celebrated for Matariki. Miriama Kamo has written a children's book based on how Pōhutakawa and Hiwa-i-te-rangi are missing.