Matariki is the Māori name for a group of seven stars known as the Pleiades star cluster. Some people think of Matariki as a mother star with six daughters, and it is often referred to as the Seven Sisters.
There are about a thousand stars in Matariki only about seven are visible to the unaided eye
Others think that Matariki are the 'eyes of tawhirimatea In the Māori language Matariki is both the name of the Pleiades star cluster and also of the season of its first
rising in late May or early June
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