Matariki

A long, long time ago there lived seven fish in a ocean. One day their mum told them to play by the rocks because Tataraimaka, the giant, was going fishing with a net. Soon the fish were having so much fun that they forgot their mum’s warning. Disaster struck and the net hit the water. The fish cried and cried. Tane, the god of light, felt so sorry for them that he took the net off Tataraimaka and hurled it into the sky and they turned into stars. Now they remain as Matariki and can be seen in early June.