Puanga is the Taranaki Maori New Year. Puanga (Rigel) is witnessed rising from the East just before the sun to mark the start of a new year. The Maori New Year is also marked by Matariki, the Pleiades star cluster. Matariki rises just after Puanga, a little to the left on the horizon. This video is … Continue reading Puanga/Matariki 2018 from New Plymouth, New Zealand