Nikau Hindin's detailed aute cloth star maps are part of an ongoing pursuit to see the world the way our ancestors did.

Different iwi have different ways of acknowledging the Māori new year depending on when certain stars are visible to them in the night sky.

Climate change has already irreversibly changed the maramataka, the Māori lunar calendar.

Nau mai haere ki ngā whetū o te tau hou, kia Matariki me Pūanga.

The gorgeous Haratua moon phase is the last moon cycle of the year, bringing us to the end of the Māori year.

We're entering the fourth phase of summer Matiti Kaiwai, known as the middle of summer. This is when the ground is so dry it opens up and thirsts for water.

It's Whiringa-ā-rangi/November, and Matiti Muramura, the third summer phase. Pōhutukawa blossom and kina are juicy and fat.

Whiringa-ā-nuku/October brings Matiti Hana (the second summer phase), the flowering native puawānanga (clematis) and ngā korowhiti o Tangaroa (the leaping mullet).

Mahuru/September marks the beginning of spring as well as the summer phases. It's time to get planting!

Arihia Latham reflects on the life lessons her daughters will take into a new future. 

While Matariki and Pūanga rose last month in Pipiri, they are most visible this month, in Hōngongoi (July). Our celebration of them continues.

The unknown future provides a seedbed for creating new opportunity.

The Matariki and Puanga stars are due to rise this month, signalling the Māori New Year. So how do we see them and what are the best dates? 

Haratua/May is the 12th lunar month in the Māori year; a time to prepare for winter and Matariki.

One way to pass time, which we suddenly have a lot of, is gardening. But where can you get seeds? And what do you plant in autumn?