Maramataka (Calendar)

By Vicki Budge

Can you correctly place each of the Maori days of the week in the puzzle below?

Monday	Mane
Tuesday	Turei
Wednesday	Wenerei
Thursday	Taite
Friday	Paraire
Saturday	Hatarei
Sunday	Ratapu

Answers:

• (1) Hatarei (Saturday), (2) Ratapu (Sunday), (3) Paraire (Friday), (4) Taite (Thursday), (5) Turei (Tuesday), (6) Mane (Monday), (7) Wenerei (Wednesday).

These animal designs are taken from paintings done by island natives. Can you find a kangaroo, marsupial rat, long-necked turtle, and an emu (bird)?