Matariki Investigation

This week we have been researching about Matariki, and we all got put into groups to research about a certain topic that we are given when we were put into our groups. The topic that I have been tasked with researching about with a group of friends is .... What is Matariki ?? And why is it important ?? So far in my group we have researched about our topic and have got a good idea of what Matariki is and why it is important we have also got some extra information from researching and reading about it. A couple of things that I have learnt from this topic is that it is a time to spend with family, share stories and remember people that you have lost in the passing year. I also learnt that each of the Matariki stars have different tasks and different qualities that they share with the rest of their family and with the rest of the world.