The nine stars that make up Matariki

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The nine stars that make up Matariki

Kevin Pewhairangi
Matariki
The stars forming the Matariki cluster
Before sunrise around mid-June, a cluster of stars known to Maori as Matariki (Te Kahui o Matariki) or Pleiades or Messier 45, appears. To the nake, Mika Pewhairangi, Kevin Pewhairangi’s son, Mika, swimming in Samoa