Matariki ki te aoMatariki ki te ao

"Ka mahuta aka ana a Matariki i te pae, he tau hou ka tīmata, me ōna hua nui e manakotia ana. He nui te hiranga o te kāhui o Matariki ki te Māori, ki ngā tāngata hoki o Aotearoa, ka mutu, e kitea ana, e whakanuia ana anō hoki tēnei kāhui puta noa i te ao. Mai i ngā rā o uki, kua ārahi ngā tohu o te kāhui nei i ngā iwi nō ngā whenua maha, waihoki, he nui ōna ingoa rerekē, pērā i a Makali'i, i a Pleiades me Subaru. Ka kōrerohia te orokohanganga o te kāhui whetū o Matariki i tēnei kohinga kōrero me ōna whakaahua rerehua i tuhia ai e te tohunga kōkōrangi, e Rangi Matamua rāua ko te kaipāpāho e aroha nuitia ana, ko Miriama Kamo, mā roto i ngā kōrero mō ngā whetū e iwa kua tapaine, tae atu ki ngā kōrero nō ngā moutere o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, nō Ahitereiria, nō Āhia, nō ngā motu o Amerika, nō Ūropi, nō Āwherika anō hoki."--Back cover.