Date/Time
Date(s) - Mon 28 August
16:30 - 17:30
Location
AM102, Alan MacDiarmid Building, VUW
Rereata Makiha is scheduled to present a seminar about:
Using ancestral Māori knowledge to understand the environment and its changing characteristics aligned to the Maramataka.
Matauranga Science Knowledge Seminar
Abstract:
Indigenous experts consider the gravitational pull of the moon is a link to the level of water available in the soil. The amount of light coming from the moon may be another contributing factor. That is why, according to the Maramataka, there are specified times for harvesting, fishing and hunting.
Rereata Makiha (Ngāti Mahurehure, Te Aupōuri, Te Arawa) is the Ryman Healthcare Senior New Zealander of the Year 2022 and, a leading authority on the Maramataka (Māori lunar calendar). Rereata will speak to ancient traditions within a Te Ao Māori interface and will share his extensive traditional knowledge around the Māori lunar calendar and insights to planting, harvesting, fishing, and hunting using deeply seeded traditional understandings of the Maramataka as an expert and renowned Māori astronomer.
Any queries about this seminar, please email Kevin.Shedlock@ecs.vuw.ac.nz