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The most popular Maori symbols are koru, pikorua, tiki, roimata, papahu, porowhita, manala, and matau. #peace #growth #love #health #symbolsage

The Maori (the indigenous people of New Zealand) which includes myself, have a very different way of defining health outcomes compared to western medicine. Te Wheke (the octopus) is often used as a…

Matariki is the Maori name for the group of stars also known as the Pleiades star cluster or The Seven Sisters which appears above the horizon in early June signifying the start of the Maori New Year.

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Favourite Māori Legends A.W. Reed, revised by Ross Calman Māori myths and legends have an important role in transmitting and regenerating traditional knowledge. Yet with the depletion of local publishing in New Zealand, fewer and fewer of these stories are made available to new generations. Libro International is therefore proud to be bringing back into print a new edition of Favourite Māori Legends, a much-loved edition of legends published in 1965 by that great collector of stories and…

In this activity, students are introduced to the concept of harnessing the Sun’s energy for our use on Earth. They will appreciate that the early Māori were also thinking about the Sun in relation to the Earth as depicted in the legend Māui and the Sun. The students will explore nuclear fusion (the nuclear reaction that releases energy in the Sun) and the electromagnetic spectrum (the energy waves that reach the Earth).