Matariki

Many, many centuries ago a mother fish told her seven little fish to stay by the rocks. The seven little fish were so caught up in their game of tag they forgot all about their mother’s warning. Then suddenly disaster struck - Tataraimaka’s net hit the water. He had made his net by magic from the flax that grows in Spirits Bay. Tane, the god of light, had pity on the little fish so he hauled Tataraimakas net up into the sky with the fish still in it and they up there in the sky as stars. They are now known as Matariki.