WALT we are about Matariki
When is matariki?
Thes year it was on the 25th of june.
What is matariki?
It is the Maori new year and a cluster of stars
Where is matariki?
It is east of the southern cross east ot pot east and is best seen in the early morning
5 Facts about Matariki
1)What it is called around the world.
Maori - Tiny eyes or eyes of god
lish, it is called the Pleiades (its ancient Greek name) or the Seven Sisters. The Hawaiian name is Makali‘i, or ‘eyes of royalty’, and in Japan it is Subaru, meaning ‘gathered together’.
2) matariki tells maoriwhen to plant tleir vegtables
3)there are more than 500 stars in the matariki cluster but 6 or 7 can be seen without a telescope
4) it is 440 light years away from earth
5) it would take 4.8 billion years to get there at speed of a car going 100kmph
it was hard for me to find the facts because there was lot to read i liked the art because
i got to use the hot glue gun
do you celebrate Matariki?
