Acknowledgements

Karakia and kōrero (canonical)

All karakia and per-star kōrero on this site are verbatim from the official matariki.com per-star PDFs, composed by Professor Rangiānehu Mātāmua, published by Te Arawhiti / Manatū Taonga. © Rangi Matamua 2023. ISBN 978-1-77550-870-0 (Online). Used under matariki.com non-commercial celebration terms.

Imagery

Pleiades wide-field (hero on many star pages): NASA / ESA / AURA / Caltech / Palomar Observatory. STScI release opo0420, 2004. Public domain. Wikimedia mirror.

Te Kahui o Matariki star map: matariki.co.nz. Used as supporting reference.

Scene imagery (Whānau gathering, wharenui, waka, etc.): sourced from matariki.co.nz — flagged for cultural-advisor review (G2). Several images on matariki.co.nz appear to be AI-generated; the design doc rules out AI imagery for public deploy. For localhost demo only.

Matariki tohu: official 9-X cluster mark, unmodified, from matariki.com Public Logo Pack.

Visual identity

Cinzel + Cormorant Garamond, gold + star-blue, mountains/waterline/waka/flax/koru — adapted from Jay Upadhyay's matariki-quiz.html (23 June 2026, per Decision D9 in the Full Solution Design).

Te Waka o Rangi concept

The celestial-canoe interpretation of the Matariki cluster is canonical Mātauranga Māori, most accessibly taught by Prof. Rangiānehu Mātāmua. The waka illustration in this experience is independently rendered (no scraping of Mātāmua's commercial posters from livingbythestars.co.nz).

Open links

matariki.com — official MCH source
teara.govt.nz — Te Ara, Encyclopedia of NZ
sciencelearn.org.nz — Science Learning Hub
stardome.org.nz — Stardome Observatory
livingbythestars.co.nz — Mātāmua's posters and resources

Karakia by Prof. Rangiānehu Mātāmua.
Published by Te Arawhiti / Manatū Taonga at matariki.com.
© Rangi Matamua 2023. Used under matariki.com non-commercial celebration terms.
ISBN 978-1-77550-870-0 (Online).