Manawatia a Matariki

 

At some point over the last week or so a good number of New Zealanders have got up before dawn to look for the New Year stars of Puanga (Rigel) and Matariki (Pleiades). While Matariki is hard to see in this area because of the hills I can see Puanga which rises over my garage.

That’s the moon in the photo, didn’t get up quite early enough for a good photo of the stars, you’ll just have to trust me that they’re there.