The Maramataka, which literally means ‘the moon turning,’ is the Māori lunar calendar, and is the traditional Māori way by which time was marked.
Instead of following the movement of the sun throughout the year, iwi communities in history noted the movements of the moon over a typical month and year.
Each phase of the moon was named and each typical year was marked by the passage of 12 or 13 lunar months (depending on the location throughout the country
That’s very interesting Blake I didn’t even know the Māori had a lunar calendar, did you? Do you think they were more sophisticated then we thought?
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