When to plant and fish
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When to plant and fish
Traditionally, Māori measured time according to the nights rather than the days. Nightly cycles began with the new moon. Each night of a lunar month was named and described according to how favourable or unfavourable it was for fishing, eeling or planting. Te Matarēhua Wikiriwhi describes how Māori planted and fished according to the nights of the moon.
Sound file from Sound Archives / Ngā Taonga Kōrero
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