Maramataka – the Māori calendar

Students can explore te ao Māori concepts in the context of farming and food production through Kiwi Kai virtual farm...

Knowledge of tohu – biophysical indicators – has been passed down from tūpuna over many generations. From years of observation...

This Connected article looks at the research by Dr Pauline Harris, a scientist of Rongomaiwahine and Ngāti Kahungunu descent. She...

Ururangi is a whetū in the Matariki cluster. It is connected to atmospheric conditions, winds and the sky. Ururangi means...

Winter brings opportunities to view the night sky and the opportunity to incorporate authentic cross-curricular science learning.

The maramataka is a traditional Māori lunar-stellar system based on the movements and phases of te Marama and ngā whetū....

The Earth is a dynamic system – a combination of interrelated, interacting parts that form a collective entity.

Māori ancestors possessed a wealth of astronomical knowledge that they referred to as tātai arorangi.

Each whetū in Te Kāhui o Matariki – the Matariki star cluster – is associated with an aspect of wellbeing...

Tātai arorangi, Māori astronomical knowledge, is fundamental to te ao Māori. It forms a significant pillar of whakapapa stretching back...