Hune
1. (loan) (personal noun) June.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 47;)
Nō tētahi o ngā rā o Hune, ka mārenatia a Hōri Tūpou te Tuarua, Kīngi o Tonga, ki a Pirinihehe Rāwinia Kupu (TJ 28/9/1899:10). / One day in June, George Tūpou the Second, the king of Tonga, was married to Princess Lavinia Kupu.
Synonyms: Pipiri, Maramaono, Tahi o Pipiri, Te
Maramaono
1. (personal noun) June.
Heoi, nō te tekau o ngā rā o Maramaono, tau 1946, ka hūnuku māua ki Taumarunui (HP 1991:263). / And so on 10 June, 1946, she and I shifted to Taumarunui.
Synonyms: Pipiri, Hune, Tahi o Pipiri, Te
Pipiri
1. (personal noun) first lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to June. Also the stars Hamal and Sharatan in the constellation of Aries visible in the mornings a little earlier in the year than Matariki. Pipiri is also known as Pipirioterangi.
Ko te putanga mai o Matariki te tohu mō te marama tuatahi, ko ngā ingoa hoki ēnei o ngā marama katoa: Te Tahi o Pipiri, Te Rua o Takurua,Te Toru Here o Pipiri, Te Whā o Mahuru, Te Rima o Kōpū, Te Ono o Whitiānaunau, Te Whitu o Hakihea, Te Waru o Rehua, Te Iwa o Rūhi-te-rangi, Te Ngahuru o Poutū-te-rangi, Te Ngahuru mā tahi, Te Ngahuru mā rua (TP 1/3/1901:6). / The appearance of Pleiades is the sign for the first month and these are the names of all the months: The first is Pipiri, the second is Takurua, the third is Here o Pipiri, the fourth is Mahuru, the fifth is Kōpū, the sixth is Whiti-ānaunau, the seventh is Hakihea, the eighth is Rehua, the ninth is Rūhi-te-rangi, the tenth is Poutūterangi, the eleventh and twelth months.
Pipiri: Kua piri ngā mea katoa i te whenua i te mātao, me te tangata (Best 1922:15). / Pipiri: All things on earth cohere owing to the cold; likewise man (Best 1922:15).
Synonyms: Maramaono, Hune, Tahi o Pipiri, Te
Tahi o Pipiri, Te
1. (personal noun) first lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to June and traditionally used by Ngāti Awa.
Ki taku titiro, i tīmata te Haratua i te 28 o ngā pō o Āperira, nā ko te Tahi o Pipiri ka tīmata i te 27 o ngā rā o Mei (TTT 1/6/1922:13). / According to my observation, the month of Haratua begins on the 28th night of April, and the month of Tahi o Pipiri begins on the 27 of May.
perehia
1. (noun) New Zealand wind grass, Lachnagrostis filiformis - common throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand in coastal to subalpine open situations and often found as an urban weed, especially in waste land around puddles and in muddy ground. Common around lakes, and fringing ponds, streams and on wetland margins. Slender, upright, tufted, light to yellow green, annual or short-lived perennial grass up to 700 mm tall.
2. (noun) sand wind grass, Lachnagrostis billardierei subsp. billardierei - a native mainly coastal grass on sand dunes, cobble and boulder beaches, on cliff faces, in free draining sites alongestuarine river banks, and fringing coastal ponds and lagoons. Sometimes on limestone or calcareous sandstone bluffs well inland. Stiffly tufted, glaucous to bluish-green perennial grass, 100-600 mm tall. Flowers August - February and fruits December - June.
huamata
1. (noun) Ringatū planting rites - also the term used for the crops of the māra tautāne. The Ringatū ceremony is held on 1 June each year, but its origins come from the planting of this garden at the start of the Māori new year held when Matariki appears in the Tangaroa phase of the first month.
E rua anō ngā rā nui o te tau o te Ringatū i hiwaia e ia, arā, ko te huamata i te tahi o Hune me te pure i te tahi o Noema; he whakatō kai te tikanga o te huamata, ā, kia nui ai te hua o te kai i meinga ai te pure (TTR 1998:27). / There are two important days of the Ringatū faith that he focused on, namely the huamata on the first of June and the pure on the first of November; the huamata is when the planting rites are held, and the pure is so that the harvest is plentiful.
2. (noun) salad.
Matariki
1. (personal noun) Pleiades, Messier 45 - an open cluster of many stars in Te Kāhui o Matariki, with at least nine stars visible to the naked eye. The brightest star in the centre of the cluster, also known as Matariki (Alcyone), married Rehua (Antares) and is the mother of the other eight stars of the Pleiades known to Māori. The other eight stars are: Tupuārangi (Atlas), Waipunarangi (Electra), Waitī (Maia), Ururangi (Merope), Tupuānuku (Pleione), Waitā (Taygeta), Pōhutukawa (Sterope) and Hiwa-i-te-rangi (Calaeno). The first appearance before sunrise of Matariki in the north-eastern sky, in the Tangaroa phase of the lunar month, indicates the beginning of the Māori year - about mid-June - and is the cause for celebrations. Matariki disappears at the end of the Māori year and traditionally this was also a reason for celebration with some iwi. During this time when Matariki was absent from the sky, she was said to visit four places, each for seven nights, Maukahau, Tārarau-ātea, Papa-whakatangitangi and Tītore-māhu-tū. Matariki is a truncated version of the name Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea (the eyes of the atua Tāwhirimātea). Matariki is associated with good health and wellbeing.
Ko te putanga mai o Matariki te tohu mō te marama tuatahi, ko ngā ingoa hoki ēnei o ngā marama katoa: Te Tahi o Pipiri, Te Rua o Takurua,Te Toru Here o Pipiri, Te Whā o Mahuru, Te Rima o Kōpū, Te Ono o Whitiānaunau, Te Whitu o Hakihea, Te Waru o Rehua, Te Iwa o Rūhi-te-rangi, Te Ngahuru o Poutū-te-rangi, Te Ngahuru mā tahi, Te Ngahuru ma rua (TP 1/3/1901:6). / The appearance of Pleiades is the sign for the first month and these are the names of all the months: The first is Pipiri, the second is Takurua, the third is Here o Pipiri, the fourth is Mahuru, the fifth is Kōpū, the sixth is Whiti-ānaunau, the seventh is Hakihea, the eighth is Rehua, the ninth is Rūhi-te-rangi, the tenth is Poutūterangi, the eleventh and twelth months.
Mō te marama o Mei, arā o Te Hakiharatua ki tā te Māori, o te tau 1922: Ko Matariki te whetū kei te ārahi i tēnei marama, he wehenga tau ki tā te Māori whakahaere (TTT 1/5/1922:13). / For the month of May, that is Te Hakiharatua according to the Māori, of the year 1922: The Pleiades is the star that heralds this month and divides the year according to the Māori system.
See also Huihui-o-Matariki, Te, Tupuārangi, Waipunarangi, Waitī, Ururangi, Tupuānuku, Waitā, Tātai-o-Matariki
Synonyms: Huihui-o-Matariki, Te, Tātai-o-Matariki
Mātahi o te tau
1. (personal noun) first month of the Māori year. Its beginning was indicated by the first appearance of Matariki (Pleiades) on the eastern horizon before sunrise, about the 15 June. Sometimes shortened to Mātahi.
Ko te mātahi o te tau Māori (hei te takiwā o Hune) te wā e rere ai te piharau (Te Ara 2011). / The first month of the Māori year (around June) is the time when the lamprey are running.
2. (personal noun) eleventh lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to April.
He paku rerekē te Mātahi, i te mea e whakamahia ana mō te marama ngahuru mā tahi me te marama tuatahi, arā, mō Paengawhāwhā me Pipiri anō hoki (HJ 2012:142). / Mātahi is a little different because it is used for the eleventh and first months, that is for Paengawhāwhā and Pipiri.
Tātai-o-Matariki
1. (personal noun) Pleiades, Seven Sisters - an open cluster of many stars in the constellation Taurus, with at least six stars visible to the naked eye. First appearance before sunrise of Matariki in the north-eastern sky indicates the beginning of the Māori year - about the middle of June. According to some tribes, Matariki is the star of the old year and Puanga-rua the star of the new year.
See also Huihui-o-Matariki, Te
Synonyms: Huihui-o-Matariki, Te, Matariki
Aonui
1. (personal noun) first month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to June and traditionally used by Ngāti Kahungunu.
See also Pipiri, Tahi o Pipiri, Te
