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Te whānau Matariki

Matariki star (whetū) cluster with 9 representative faces.

Matariki is the mother of the other eight whetū in the star cluster: Tupu-ā-rangi, Waipuna-ā-rangi, Waitī, Ururangi, Tupu-ā-nuku, Waitā, Pōhutukawa and Hiwa-i-te-rangi.

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