Maramataka

Fishing & Planting by the Moon

Taumaunu, Moni [1962] Te Ao Hou September Issue

Nga Marama

Pipiri - June                                                      Hakihea - December

Hononoi - July                                                 Kohi-ta-tea - January

Here-turi-koka - August                             Hue-ta-nguru - February

Mahuru – September                               Poutu-te-rangi - March

Whiringa-nuku – October                        Paenga-whawha - April

Whiringa-rangi – November                    Haratau – May

To read this calendar: 

Hei whakamaori I tenei mau aka nei:

No.1  WHIRO falls on the day AFTER a new moon on the pakeha calendar

No.1  WHIRO ko te ra i muri iho o ta te pakeha new moon

No.15 RAKAUNUI is the day AFTER the full moon on the pakeha calendar

No.15 RAKAUNUI ko t era i muri iho o ta te pakeha full moon

To see what the phase of the moon is today (on the pakeha calendar!), check https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/phases.html.