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- an offering of food to replenish the stars. Some Māori use the rise of Puanga (Rigel) or other stars to mark the new year. Celebration of Matariki declined...
- stars known to the Māori, Atutahi had a special place, along with Rigel (Puanga), because of their intimate ****ociation with kūmara cultivation. Their appearance...
- Marias" or "Tatlong Maria." In Māori tradition, the star Rigel (known as Puanga or Puaka) is closely connected with the celebration of Matariki. The rising...
- astronomers know the star as Puangahori ("False Puanga") which distinguishes it from its pair Puanga or Puanga-rua ("Blossom-cluster") which refers to a star...
- that if their child is female, he is to wash her. After their daughter Puanga is born, Tāwhaki washes her, but expresses disgust at the smell. Offended...
- Jardine. ISBN 0-473-01455-6. Gummer, R. Graeme (1997). A man from Te Riu o Puanga: Riu Batley. Auckland, [N.Z.]: R. Graeme Gummer. "Puke Ariki". Archived...
- Retrieved 12 June 2020. Wilson, Che (2021). "The difference between Puanga and Matariki. Ko Puanga, ko Matariki me ō rāua hononga". Museum of New Zealand. Archived...
- the chief of all the stars especially the Matariki. Rēhua is father of Puanga/Puaka (Rigel), an important star in the calculation of the Māori calendar...
- Other names included Vena (after a goddess), on Mangaia and Puanga-hori (false Puanga, the name for Rigel), in New Zealand. In the Society Islands,...
- watching the ceremonies. The Māori people of New Zealand named Rigel as Puanga, said to be a daughter of Rehua (Antares), the chief of all-stars. Its heliacal...