Matariki is the Maori name for the cluster of stars known as Pleiades. When it comes up in the north or eastern skies them the Māori people will know because when it appeared just before dawn in the late May or early June, it signalled the start of the Māori New Year. But For some tribes, the rising of Puanga (Rigel in Orion) signals the start of the New Year. Matariki begins on the 6 of June in 2016.
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