How do Maori celebrate Matariki? by Dresynn

How do Maori celebrate Matariki?

Matariki is really important because it's the Maori New Year. It is a Maori tradition to have a feast, spend time with whanau, and do arts and craft.

There are even myths and some history about Matariki. Matariki is named after the seven stars also known as the seven sisters. People also believe that Matariki is the mother of the other six stars.

The best thing to do during Matariki is to spend time with whanau and have delicious kai. This includes kaimoana or kumara. Also you can have a hangi, and for your Nan or your family you can get mussels.

When it’s Matariki, people celebrate by doing arts and crafts or dancing like haka. They can make nga whetu out of harakeke or they can make tauria with wood and do whakaira and make a ahimumura.

They go to the tatahi and have a good time and perhaps people can have a BBQ. You can sing with your whaea me te papa and your tuakana teina or your younger siblings. You can have a feed and remember your lost ones and invite some people that you know. They can bring kumara you can even do a haka with taiaha and go back  home and start planting your crops.

How do Maori celebrate Matariki? -By Ikos

How do the Maori celebrate Matariki?

Matariki is a special tradition. It’s the Maori New Year when the stars of Matariki come out. They believe the brighter the stars are, the more the crops will grow.

People believe that the Sky father Ragninui was so angry when he was separated from the Earth mother Papatuanuku that he threw bits of his two eyes into the heavens. These bits became the stars of Matariki. Of course, this is just one of the Matariki myths.

There are lots of things to do during Matariki. But the main thing people do, is spend time with whanau (family.) People usually have some quality family time having a nice big feast. To have even more family time the night before the feast people usually invite all of their family to have a family reunion.

During Matariki people usually have a celebration including lots of dancing and singing. (including the kids.) Celebrations include using Poi’s and big manly Haka. To celebrate Matariki people also go out on  the streets at night playing music and dancing to the rhythm.

Matariki by Jazzlyn

Matariki

Matariki is a Maori tradition. Matariki is the Maori new year. Matariki is a big celebration for Maori. 

They do a little waiata and cook some delicious food like mussels, bbq, buttered kumara, or they might do a big feast. 

During Matariki people spend time with whanau. People might do weaving and a haka or they might make kites. 

Matariki is a special celebration and is also known as the Maori new year celebration. The stars of Matariki were formed about a 100 million years ago. That's only 1/50^th the age of our sun. 

Matariki is the Maori new year. People love celebrating Matariki because they all come together to celebrate family time. 

How do Maori celebrate Matariki? By Mattia

How do Maori celebrate Matariki?

On Matariki it is a Maori New Year and is a Maori Tradition.

They wake-up early in the morning and they gather firewood. They have a feast and sing a waiata for the people that have passed away. They also welcome the 7 sisters and do a haka.

During Matariki people spend time with their whanau and have a feast. They eat yummy food like kaimoana. They do all sorts of things.

When it’s Matariki, they do Arts and Craft. They build a kite and then they fly it. When it is Matariki whanau like to spend time together and do the activities.

Matariki is important to Maori and is a special time to see the 7 sisters and retell their Myth.   

                  

     

How do Maori celebrate Matariki? - Makoe

How do Maori celebrate Matariki?

Maori celebrate Matariki because it is a Maori tradition.  Matariki celebrates the Maori New Year. The old legend of Matariki is a myth. Matariki is celebrated on June. They are the brightest stars but long ago Matariki was one big star then it broke into little pieces.

During Matariki people gather family and they sing, dance and have a feast. Some people go on the beach to celebrate Matariki and they set a fire and have a feast. They eat kaimoana, pig, kumara and celebrate.

When it’s matariki people talk about memories, family they have lost and people that have died.

Matariki is celebrated by Maori. During Matariki people talk about memories of those they have lost.

Matariki By Junior

How do Maori celebrate Matariki?

Matariki is a Maori tradition. Maori people celebrate Matariki because it is the Maori new year.

The seven sisters come at June every year. The seven brightest stars are also called the seven sisters .

Some food they eat is kumara and hangi and kiamoana. Family come together and have a bbq. They do the haka and sing Maori songs and they have a festival. They have fireworks and they crave wood.

Over all Matariki is about spending time with your family and looking after each other.

What is Matariki? by Amazon

What is Matariki?

Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. It rises in mid-winter and for many Māori, it heralds the start of a new year. Matariki literally means the 'eyes of god' (Matariki) or 'little eyes'.

Matariki is a Māori New Year tradition that represents the Maori new year. The myth and history of Matariki states that there are seven sisters. The seven stars come out in June every year on Matariki. Whanau see the stars and share history. They also spend time with each other by feasting. They eat Kumara and Hangi, kaimoana and barbecue. They like to sing, dance and do the Haka. They like to carve wood. 

Matariki is a Maori new year celebration.