"Nga mihi atawhai – greetings to all in mercy!
Matariki starts on 4 June, and with it comes the call to join Maori in celebrating their new year.  The appearance of the Pleiades, a cluster of stars in the pre-dawn skies of the Southern Hemisphere, is the centuries-old signal for Maori that nature’s cycle of growth and life is about to begin once more."

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Matariki atua,
e whangai iho ki te mata o te tau, e roa, e:
Blessed Matariki,
bestow through our ministries the first fruits of this new year. Amen.