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3rd November, 2021

Te taiao under threat: Indigenous voices speak up on climate change

Climate change has already irreversibly changed the maramataka, the Māori lunar calendar.
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By Leonie Hayden
Ātea Editor
Te whānau Matariki. (Image: Te Haunui Tuna, 2016, supplied by Rangi Matamua)
12th June, 2021

Learning to live by the maramataka: Pipiri – Māori New Year

Nau mai haere ki ngā whetū o te tau hou, kia Matariki me Pūanga.
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
Karamu berries (Photo: Phil Bendle/T.E.R.R.A.I.N)
7th May, 2021

Learning to live by the maramataka: Haratua

The gorgeous Haratua moon phase is the last moon cycle of the year, bringing us to the end of the Māori year.
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
(Image: Getty)
11th February, 2021

Learning to live by the Maramataka: Pēpuere

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.
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
Kina are fat and juicy in Whiringa-ā-rangi. (Image: Getty)
5th November, 2020

Learning to live by the maramataka: Whiringa-ā-rangi

It's Whiringa-ā-rangi/November, and Matiti Muramura, the third summer phase. Pōhutukawa blossom and kina are juicy and fat.
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
Tākeke (piper eggs) come ashore during Matiti Muramura, when the Rehua star shines bright in the sky, during a turning tide around the Oturu moon. (Image: Hyporhamphus ihi/piper, Frank Edward Clarke, 1875, Te Papa)
6th October, 2020

Learning to live by the maramataka: Whiringa-ā-nuku

Whiringa-ā-nuku/October brings Matiti Hana (the second summer phase), the flowering native puawānanga (clematis) and ngā korowhiti o Tangaroa (the leaping mullet).
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
Papatūānuku is fertile in Mahuru, a great time to get planting. (Photo: Getty)
2nd September, 2020

Learning to live by the maramataka: Mahuru

Mahuru/September marks the beginning of spring as well as the summer phases. It's time to get planting!
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
Te wā o Matariki me Pūanga (illustration: Toby Morris).
22nd July, 2020

After the longest school term in history, now is the time to reset

Arihia Latham reflects on the life lessons her daughters will take into a new future. 
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By Arihia Latham
Guest writer
Matariki
9th July, 2020

Learning to live by the maramataka: Hōngongoi

While Matariki and Pūanga rose last month in Pipiri, they are most visible this month, in Hōngongoi (July). Our celebration of them continues.
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
Traditional Māori knowledge has a new role to play as New Zealand recovers from the effects of Covid-19 (Getty Images).
9th June, 2020

Awakening the taniwha: Unleashing community potential from the rubble of Covid-19

The unknown future provides a seedbed for creating new opportunity.
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By Merata Kawharu
Guest writer
Time to reflect, and to feast! (Photo: Leoboudv)
3rd June, 2020

Learning to live by the maramataka: Pipiri, Matariki and Pūanga

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? 
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
kumara
1st May, 2020

Learning to live by the maramataka: Haratua

Haratua/May is the 12th lunar month in the Māori year; a time to prepare for winter and Matariki.
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
Berry plants pegged in place. Photo: Citizen of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
2nd April, 2020

Lockdown gardening: How to grow plants when you can’t buy them

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?
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By Josie Adams
Staff writer
(Image: Te Parapara gardens)
1st April, 2020

Learning to live by the maramataka: Paengawhāwhā

Paengawhāwhā (April) also known as Kaipō or Whetūkaupō (Deneb star) is the eleventh month of the Māori year and is a productive time. Get planting!
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
In Matiti Rautapata, the seed pods burst and the seeds fall (tapata) onto the dry leaf bed below. (Image: AoteaMade.co.nz)
3rd March, 2020

Learning to live by the Maramataka: Poutūterangi

Poutūterangi is a lunar phase, usually around March, marked by the rising of the star of the same name, also known as Altair. It is also the sixth phase of summer, Matiti Rautapata.
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
Freshwater Eel, colour. Anguilla reinhardti (Steindachner)
1st February, 2020

Learning to live by the Maramataka: Pēpuere

The blue moki are running and the tuna are returning to the sea. We're entering the fifth phase of summer.
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
In Hakihea, the call of the teoteo (female tūī) means the piipii tūī (chicks) have hatched. Image: nzbirdsonline.org.nz
4th December, 2019

Learning to live by the maramataka: Hakihea

Hakihea (December) brings clear skies, tui chicks and plenty of energy.
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
Photo: RNZ/Lynda Chanwai-Earle
7th November, 2019

Learning to live by the maramataka: Whiringa-ā-rangi

Whiringa-ā-rangi (November) brings blossoming native flowers and delicious kaimoana.
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
Plant seedlings on the Mahuru full moon (Sept 14) and your garden will thrive.
9th September, 2019

Learning to live by the maramataka: Mahuru

Mahuru (September) is a time of regrowth and rebirth and triggers matiti kura, the first phase of summer.
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer
Whakaahu Kerekere and Whakaahu Rangi (Castor and Pollux) are visible in the sky during Aponga. Image: Rogelio Bernal Andreo
9th August, 2019

Learning to live by the maramataka: Aponga

Chaotic weather and energy in August means it's a good time to take care of ourselves and our loved ones (and maybe plant some seeds).
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By Ayla Hoeta
Guest writer

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