Matariki The Maori New Year
the maori new year
$16.80
- Paperback
64 pages
- Release Date
29 May 2008
Summary
This book is an introduction to the star group Matariki. Known in other cultures by names including the Pleiades and the Seven Sisters, Matariki featured strongly in pre-European New Zealand. It marked the beginning of the Maori calendar, and its rising before the sun in late May or early June was greeted with great festivals. It was used as a guide to planting and harvesting, and was studied by tohunga as an omen which told whether the food-gathering season would be plentiful or lean. Libby …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143010180 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143010182 |
| Author: | Libby Hakaraia |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 29 May 2008 |
| Weight: | 172g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 212mm x 6mm |
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About The Author
Libby Hakaraia
Libby Hakaraia is well known as a radio presenter, having co-hosted National Radio’s Whenua show with Henare te Ua. Through her television company Kiwa Productions Libby has been associated with several award-winning documentaries. She is currently producing, directing and writing a number of television programmes. Libby lives in Kerikeri with her partner, Montana award-winning poet Glenn Colquhoun, and their baby Olive.
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