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Come and use FAB LAB’s technology to design and make a light-up pendant that holds meaning for you.At night, the lights on your pendant will highlight the laser-engraved image.
You could choose whetū (stars), names of loved ones past and present, your wishes for the future, or anything that inspires you.
We're inspired by our stars Pōhutukawa and Hiwa-i-te-rangi...
Hiwa-i-te-rangi is the youngest star in the Matariki cluster. It is to Hiwa that we send our dreams and desires for the year in the hope that they might be realised. This tradition is similar to wishing upon a star, or a New Year’s resolution.
Pōhutakawa is the whetū that connects Matariki to the deceased. People cry out the names of the dead and weep when Matariki is seen rising in the early morning.
Māori belief determines that when an individual dies, their spirit leaves their body and undertakes a journey along Te Ara Wairua, the pathway of the spirits. This journey ends at the northernmost point of the North Island at a place called Te Rerenga Wairua (the departing place of the spirits). The dead travel along the rocky ledge towards the ocean where an ancient pōhutukawa tree stands. They then descend the aka (root) of this tree and disappear into the underworld. Below Te Aka, the long dry root of the pōhutakawa which does not quite reach the sea, is Maurianuku, the entrance to the underworld.
Source:
https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/matariki-maori-new-year/what-and-who-matariki/stars-matariki
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