The Seventh month (November-December) Hakihea The birds now sit on their nests. At this time, early summer, Matariki (the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus) is seen in the evening sky. Matariki is sometimes spoken of as the offspring of Raro (the earth or the...
The eighth month is called Kohi-tātea, Waru puāhaha or Te Waru patote. The fruits are now set. The people eat of the first fruit. The food crops are scarce, just prior to harvest time. At this time, in the forest, many of the edible fruits are set. As the month...
The Tuhoe name for the 9th month is Hui-tanguru. The ninth month is the period when the crops begin to furnish a partial food-supply The Ngati Awa name is Rūhi-te-rangi At this time, the foot of Ruhi rests on the earth. Rūhi-te-rangi (also called Peke-hawani) is a...
THE TENTH LUNAR MONTH (March-April) One name for the tenth lunar month was Pou-tu-te-rangi(Post that lifted up the sky). “When the children of Te Ranginui (the Sky Father) and Papatuanuku (the Earth Mother) determined to push them apart the question was how was it to...
Tuhoe: Paenga-whawha The refuse of food plants is piled on the margins of the fields. Ngahuru (tenth, Williams) 10th and 11th months are sometimes grouped together Willams) The new year began about two months after the harvest was gathered, but little notice was taken...
Haratua (the twelfth lunar month: May-June) “This is the last month of the year according to what the Maori says. On the nights of Tangaroa (i.e. 19th -21st May in 1922) Matariki (Pleiades star cluster) begins to sink and when it finally rises up, it is the nights of...
