Tupuānuku
Wāhine/female (Greek: Pleione)
The star associated with everything that is grown in the soil to be harvested or gathered as food.
Tupuānuku ka pihi nuku, ka pihi rangi, kia makuru haere ake nei. Kia haumako roa hoki te puke ki a Rongo, i āhua mai i tawhiti. Ngā hua o Nukutū ka aohia nuitia, arā rā ngakingaki, ara rā tinaku. Hauhaketia rā te tau, he tau humi e.
Tupuānuku shoot up, and grow down, to be plentiful. May the mound dedicated to Rongo be forever fertile, that which was formed from afar. The bounty of Nukutū is scooped up in great numbers, till the soil, cultivate, harvest the year of copious abundance.
Paraone Glyone and Prof Rangi Mātāmua, TWoA, 2016
Te Iwa o Matariki
Learn about the stars that make up the Matariki cluster.
Sources and Resources
- Living By The Stars Matariki Webisode 7 - Tipuānuku & Tipuārangi
- Matariki The Star of the Year Rangi Matamua
- Matariki Te Whetū tapu o te Tau Rangi Matamua
- 'E Pākihi Hakinga a Kai: An examination of pre-contact resource management practice in Southern Te Wāi Pounamu Dr Jim Williams, 2004 University of Otago thesis [PDF]
- Ngāi Tahu Mahinga Kai series
- Ka taki mai te māuru: When the nor’wester howls Te Karaka
- Ngā Kōrero a Ngā Poupou o te whare: How to improve Crown and Local Authoriy-initiated environmental planning engagement, from the perspectives of Ngāi Tahu environmental kaitiaki Courtney Bennett, University of Canterbury thesis [PDF]
- About the star Pleione Wikipedia
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