TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rolleston-Cummins,Toni
AU  - Slade-Robinson,Nikki
AU  - Morris,Hone
TI  - Te Huihui o Matariki
SN  - 9781869693305 (pbk.)
U1  - 499.44286 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Wellington, N.Z.
PB  - Huia
KW  - New Year
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Māori language
KW  - Written Māori
KW  - Children's stories, New Zealand
KW  - Matariki (Tātai whetū)
KW  - reo
KW  - Pakiwaitara
KW  - Whetū
N1  - Picture story book for children in Māori; Published simultaneously in English and Māori
N2  - When Mitai's seven handsome brothers are bewitched by seven beautiful wahine, Mitai seeks advice and learns that the women are patupaiarehe and must be cast far away. They are given to Urutengangana, the god of the stars, who places them in the far away heavens. Yet once a year, at winter solstice, he allows them to shine in the Eastern sky. An original story. Suggested level: junior, primary
ER  -