stars

Some stars are humongous or small because of their distance.The smallest stars humongous but it is so far away that it looks smaller than earth.There are four types of stars a red dwarf but there is one sun white stars and the biggest star is a blue star.In the olden days there were no calendars so people used the stars to tell the day.Some people used the stars to tell when it is good to also to navigate their way.Maori used Matariki to tell when it is good to plant crops.Some of the stars make a drawing some people tell their family about what those drawings mean.there are billions and hundreds of stars in are solar system.The hottest star of all is the star because the hottest layer of a candle is the bottom it is so hot that if anything gets near it it will burn instantly.

matariki big book

   Matariki big book

There are lots of maori legends about matariki.the most famous story about matariki is when maui the maori god roped tama nui te-ra, the sun to slow him down the sun was seriously wounded and tired of being pulled by the ropes.he felt miserable and hid away in his cave for several days. The days grew colder and colder and winter was born.plants could not grow and people were of the cold maui felt guilty because people were raged and wanted the sun to rise back.