Unlock the mysteries of the land on MARAMATAKA – ONCE WERE GARDENERS with the series premiere on Maori Television on Sunday November 11 at 5.30 PM.

A talk on the wisdom of the Maramataka, or Māori lunar calendar, promises to be thought-provoking and enlightening. Rereata Makiha (Te Mahurehure, Te Arawa) ...

Maramataka 1. (noun) almanac, Māori lunar calendar - a planting and fishing monthly almanac. For most tribes the lunar months began with the new moon, for some with the full moon (Rākaunui).