Matariki

In the Māori language, Matariki is both the name of the Pleiades star cluster and also of the season of its first rising in late June or early July. This is a marker of the beginning of the new year. Different people celebrate Matariki at different times; some when Matariki rises in late June or early July, while others observe it at the first full moon or first new moon following the rising of Matariki.

Matariki

In the Māori language, Matariki is both the name of the Pleiades star cluster and also of the season of its first rising in late June or early July. This is a marker of the beginning of the new year. Different people celebrate Matariki at different times; some when Matariki rises in late June or early July, while others observe it at the first full moon or first new moon following the rising of Matariki.