Ka whakaari mai ng ā whetu te mea nei:“Ko t ē nei te w ā o Matariki ”…

1. Ka whakaari mai ngā whetu te mea nei:“Ko tēnei te wā oMatariki”… The stars display this fact:“This is the time of Matariki”…

2. … Engari, ka huna ō rātou karere i roto i ō rātou ahuatanga rereke o ia pō … But their message is hidden in their changing appearance from night to night

3. Te wero ma tātou; te akonga o tō rātou reo, hei mohio te karere The challenge for us: to learn their way of speaking so we can understand the message

4. Tuatahi: a mua i te korero o te tau hou, he aha te mea nei “he tau”? Firstly, before speaking of a new year, what is this thing “a year”?

5. I a tau, i a tau, ka whawhe te Ao nei i te Rā Each year the Earth goes around the Sun

7. A tona āwhio, ka huri hoki te Ao nei On its orbit, the Earth also turns

8. Pipiri/June Poutū-Te-Rangi/March Mahuru/September Hakihea/December

9. Na te huringa o te Ao nei, ka neke te ahua o te Ra i roto i te rangi ia ra, ia ra Due to the rotation of our Earth, it appears that the Sun moves in the sky each day

10. Ko tēnei te mea pono This is what actually happens … engari ki a tātou nei… … but to us…

11. … ko tēnei te ahua... … this is the appearance… … na te mea... … because…

12. … ka noho te Ra, ā, kei te noho tātou kei runga i te Ao e huri huri ana. …the Sun stands still and we are on the Earth that turns.

13. I a pō, ka huri te āhua o ngā whetū na tēnei take hoki Each night, it appears that the stars turn in the sky – for the same reason. Every night, the stars appear to turn for the same reason.

14. Te kitenga ki te taha Raki – ka noho te pito o te huringa kei raro i te paeroa, ā, ka huri nga whetū ki te taha maui The view to the North – the centre of rotation lies below the horizon and the stars rotate to the left Every night, the stars appear to turn for the same reason.

15. Engari ma te kitenga ki te taha Tonga – ka noho te pito o te huringa kei runga i te paeroa, ā, ka huri ngā whetū me he karaka But for the view to the South – the centre of rotation lies above the horizon and the stars rotate clockwise Every night, the stars appear to turn for the same reason.

16. For a moment we will forget the rotation of the Earth each day so we can see movement of a person each night at midnight Ma tētahi wā poto, ka warewaretia tātou te huringa o te Ao nei ia ra hei kite atu ki te nekenga o tētahi tangata i te poupou o ia pō

17. Each night this person sees a different view and the best way to see this phenomenon… Ia pō, ka kite atu tēnei tangata ki tētahi kitenga hōu, ā, ko te mea pai mutunga ma te kite atu ki tēnei mea…

18. … ka titiro atu ki te tai rāwhiti ia ata, na te mea ka tū ngā whetu ia ra e whā ngā mineti a mua i te ra a mua… …is to look to the east each morning because the stars rise four minutes earlier than they did the day before…

19. Na reira, ia ata, ka tū ētahi whetū hōu a mua i te tūnga o te ra Therefore each morning some new stars rise before the sun Every night, the stars appear to turn for the same reason.

20. Matariki I tēnei ra, ko Matariki ētahi o ēnei whetū hōu Today, Matariki (Pleiades) are some of these new stars

21. Ngā mihi nui ma te tau hōu nei!!! Happy New Year!!!