Tatai arorangi
What is Tatai Arorangi? - Astronomy, knowledge of celestial bodies.
Dr Pauline Harris
Astronomical knowledge is really important for us and to a lot of our people, because when you talk about astronomical knowledge, that actually infused its way through much of Māori life and traditions – the fact that, when we look at how the universe was formed within our genealogies or our whakapapa, we actually whakapapa back to these stars. So, we fundamentally, within traditional belief, believe that we came from or are related to the stars.
What is Pauline Harris saying here? - I think that Pauline Harris is saying that Astronomical knowledge is important to Maori people because in their beliefs they say that we may be related or come from stars.
What are the main words in Pauline Harris’ discussion here?
Traditional belief
Astronomical knowledge
Stars
Genealogies
Whakapapa
Fundamentally
What is astronomical knowledge? - I think that Astronomical knowledge is the study of stars and planets.
