Ngā rauemi (the resources)

Rārangi Tohutoro — Reference list

The sources used to check the kōrero held across Kupurā.

Te Papa — Nights in the MaramatakaMaramataka — nightly guidanceA cross-iwi sequence of lunar nights and recorded food-gathering activities, used to check individual descriptions rather than impose one universal order.
Ngā Pātaka Kōrero o Te Arawa — Te Huringa MaramaMaramataka — Te ArawaTe Arawa guidance explaining that maramataka depends on time, place and energy, and that some lunar nights are interchangeable between seasons.
Elsdon Best — The Māori Division of TimeMaramataka — historical recordAn early compiled record of Māori timekeeping used only where it explicitly names lunar-day connections, with its historical and cross-tradition limitations kept visible.
Te Aka Māori DictionaryMaramataka — nightly guidanceThe dictionary records behind the individual lunar nights — their positions, activity guidance and variation between iwi traditions. Each night's own links are kept with that night on the Maramataka page.
Te Maramataka o Te MatorohangaMaramataka — Ngāti Kahungunu ki WairarapaA 30-phase maramataka based on the teachings of Moihi Te Matorohanga, used for the night-by-night activity guidance while retaining its named tradition and regional limits.
Te Papa — How to use the MaramatakaMaramatakaAn introduction to observing lunar energy and using a maramataka to plan activities with whānau, including regional differences in aligning the lunar cycle.
Te Ara — Māori creation traditionsAtua and whakapapaTe Ahukaramū Charles Royal's overview of Te Kore, Ranginui, Papatūānuku, their separation and the atua lines that follow.
Te Ara — Te Waonui a TāneTāne MahutaA reference for Tāne's part in separating earth and sky, and his relationship with forests and birds.
Te Ara — Tangihanga: mythological originsHine-nui-te-pōBackground on Hine-tītama becoming Hine-nui-te-pō and on Māui's encounter with death.
Te Ara — HineteiwaiwaHine-te-iwaiwaA dedicated reference for Hine-te-iwaiwa, kept distinct here from the existing Hine-te-repo wetland profile.
NZETC — Grey, Polynesian MythologyPūrākauSir George Grey's 1855 collection, a source for Māui and Muri-ranga-whenua, the winds of Tāwhirimātea and the Te Arawa voyage past Te Parata.
NZETC — Best, Maori Religion and MythologyPūrākauElsdon Best's records on Rehua, Pani and the kūmara, Te Parata and the tides, and the guardians of birds and reptiles.
Te Whare Taonga o Waikato — Returning to Hine-te-iwaiwaHine-te-iwaiwa and whatuDr Hinekura Smith's museum essay connecting Hine-te-iwaiwa with the knowledge and practice of whatu.
Manaaki Whenua — Te reo o te repoWetlandsGeneral mātauranga and restoration context for repo. This supports the wetland material, not a claim that one profile represents every iwi tradition.