Matariki teacher resource 

Download the Matariki education resource. This booklet is filled with learning activities and information to help you teach a five lesson unit on Matariki.

Download the Matariki Waiata. Listen, learn and teach this song to your tamariki. Lyrics are provided.

Learn about the customary art of weaving, it's place in traditional Maori society, and the impact of today's society, through the making of woven items. 

Learn about taonga puoro (traditional Māori instruments) and their significance to Matariki.

For many centuries, the poi has been a dynamic feature of Māori arts. As an extension of the performer, the poi conveys a myriad of poetic meanings.

The art of Māori medicine was a well-developed field of learning within the whare wananga (place of learning).

Find out the Māori names for the days of the moon's cycle and the favoured times for activities such as fishing and planting.

Find out the names of the months of the year in te reo Māori, the Māori language.  

Pre-European Māori made the tools or implements they needed for survival from the natural resources of their environment.

Māori were essentially an agricultural people, with a large portion of their time and attention being given to cultivation.

Before the European settlement of Aotearoa around 1840, the taewa (or riwai) was a staple food crop of the Māori.