Ka kawea mai a Matariki te tau hou Māori, te wā e whakanuia ai kaua e ngāi Māori anake engari e ngā iwi puta noa i Aotearoa. He whakarāpopoto a Matariki mō Ngā Mata o te Ariki. E kōrero ana mō ngā whetū e iwa e mōhiotia ana ko Te Kāhui o Matariki, ka ara ake i te huapae i waenganui takurua, Tāwhirimātea. I nga rā o mua ko Matariki te tohu o te wā pai katoa ki te hī ika ko te mahi mātaitai ki te tanu rākau, ki te hauhake ki te kohi kai.