Notes

This is a contemporary myth of love, magic and adventure that celebrates Matariki and tells how the star cluster came into being. When Mitai’s seven handsome brothers are bewitched by seven beautiful women, Mitai seeks advice and learns that the women are patupaiarehe (fairy women) and must be cast far away. They are given to Urutengangana, the god of the stars, who places them in the far away heavens. Yet once a year, at winter solstice, he allows them to shine in the Eastern sky.