Matariki

• Matariki is the Maori name for a group of stars known as the Pleiads star or seven sisters.
• Some people think of Matariki, as a mother star with 6 daughters, and it is often reffered to as 7 sisters.
• Matariki appears in the eastern sky sometime around the shorted day of the year.
• It is thought to determine how successful the season.
• The brighter the stars the more productive the crop will be.
• It is the name of the Pleiades Star Cluster which was important for Agriculture in establishing the correct time to plant crops.
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