So I think back to the time a Hau Tapu ceremony was organised at Te Papa. Dr Rangi Mātāmua was there directing the proceedings. There are two things that come to mind at the time of that gathering. The first is the food was good, the food was very good. The second was that we gathered together and thought about the regional variations in customs and what the similarities were. He said there were three things the same: the stars, the moon, and the time of the year. If you agree with that, then you are able to see that the spirit and the essence of the customs around Matariki are similar.