The rising of the cluster usually occurs in the winter (this year it will happen on the 14 July) and marks for Maori people the beginning of the New Year.
One of the most important star clusters in the Maori worldview is Matariki or the Pleiades in Western culture. The rising of the cluster usually occurs in the winter (this year it will happen on the 14 July) and marks for Maori people the beginning of the New Year.