
from a Reader
It is appropriate that New Zealanders celebrate the Matariki festival holiday of seasonal change with joy, as Northerners do the 1st of January. However, Laura Walters in a Stuff article takes a blinkered-view, appearing to assume that the cluster of stars, that Maori identify as Matariki, is exclusive to New Zealand.
I quote, ‘The detail around Matariki is clearly Maori.’ What is the undisclosed ‘detail’ to which she refers that make it Maori? It is no more exclusive to Maori than any of the other constellations of the heavens.
The Pleiades are prominent in the Northern Hemisphere, and mid-Southern latitudes. They have been observed for thousands of years – throughout-antiquity – by diverse cultures all around the world.
The earliest-known depiction of the Pleiades is the Nebra Disk, a German Bronze Age artefact dated circa 1600 BC.
A $1 commemorative coin issued in 2020 by the Royal Australian Mint. The Seven Sisters (Pleiades) are represented, according to an ancient story of Australian Indigenous tradition.
In the Western World, the Pleiades in Greek Mythology were the Seven Sisters – daughters of the god, Atlas, and the Oceanid Pleione. The hunter, Orion, pursued them until Zeus – King of the Gods – turned them into stars.
Galileo, by use of his telescope, discovered there were more stars in the cluster, that were invisible to the naked eye. He identified 36, subsequently publishing a treatise on it, ‘Sidereus Nuncius’ – Starry Messenger – in 1610.
The Old Testament identifies Pleiades as ‘Khima’, a bright anthropomorphic constellation. Job 38:31, refers to it as ‘sweet influences’, and the belief that the stars exerted power over human destiny. (Psalms 104:19; Zechariah 8:19.)
All cultures have identified seasonal change by observing a precise periodic effect of the sun and moon on vegetable life and animal behaviour – breeding and migration.
The Celtic Welsh call the cluster Tŵr Tewdws; the Irish, Streoillin; Hawaiians, Makali’I, Aboriginal Australians tribes have several traditional names. It is also known to Persians as Parvin; Hindu, Krittika and; Urdu, Parvi; the Chinese, Quechua; the Japanese, Subaru. The North and South American Ancient civilizations; Maya, Aztec, Sioux, Kiowa and Cherokee have made observations.
I conclude: another idiotic quote from the Stuff article, ‘this holiday allowed us to see these beliefs from a place of beauty, rather than a place of fear.’
Can one ‘see… beliefs?’ Are ‘beliefs’ visible? No ‘beliefs’ are mentioned. If they are visible, from which ‘place of beauty and which of fear,’ are they seen?
The length the msm will go to, in pandering to the Maori-so-called-elite; to those who are in the minority in NEW ZEALAND, and those who will take every opportunity to exploit, and benefit from, the msm (and politicians) pandering.
NEW ZEALANDERS ……………. wake up to what is happening in our country.
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These people are stupid, the seven sisters story may go as far back as 100,000 years.
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I’m from the Northern hemisphere and as a child it was the second constellation I learnt, the Seven Sisters, I couldn’t say Pleiades at the time.
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Sorry Hyden, but this world was only created by our Holy God approximately 6,000 years ago, not 100,000. Have a nice day.
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Says who?
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I know you are a good woman Pureblood, but on the age of the world you might be a bit wrong. In Genesis 1 it is said “the earth was “tohu and bohu” = Hebrew “chaos and confusion” or similar. Then we are told a super being called God “restored” the earth – established “light”, followed by sun, moon, plants, animals, birds, fish, people. An interesting one. So in point of fact the earth was already in existance – and who lived here before Genesis? Very interesting question. Here is a thought-provoking item: I cannot say yay or nay for it. https://www.bitchute.com/video/FOj7fFqNkUmL/ but it sure has some very interesting facts.
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Oh my goodness, well one thing, I think it IS a new year coming up:
– Mark Attwood is an Englishman who is on the level. We have to expand our knowledge and thinking – and that includes those who are celebrating “matariki”.
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Sounds like bait from here.
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look at this idiot after I sent him a Waikanae link… Sent to David Fisher
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From: hayden redwood
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2022 2:22:26 PM
To: David Fisher
Subject: Re: Serious Adverse Events of Special Interest Following mRNA Vaccination in Randomized Trials
British Medical journal follow the first link
hayden redwood
But why the New Zealand Herald?
Maybe because Waikanae to proper journalism, unlike some who received over 50 million dollars from Jacinda’s government money to preach their narrative.
From: David Fisher
Sent: Friday, 24 June 2022 2:38 pm
To: hayden redwood
Subject: Re: Serious Adverse Events of Special Interest Following mRNA Vaccination in Randomized Trials
But why Waikanae Watch?
I replied
hayden redwood
But why the New Zealand Herald?
Maybe because Waikanae to proper journalism, unlike some who received over 50 million dollars from Jacinda’s government money to preach their narrative.
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You have to be Educated to understand us Maori first of all.
Secondly read the Maori dictionary.
Thirdly we were first to NZ remember that ??? Kool aye!!!…
Too peeps only.
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