![Matariki star (whetū) cluster with 9 representative faces.](http://static.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/images/000/004/340/full/ACT_Naming_the_whet%C5%AB_in_te_k%C4%81hui_o_Matariki_Te_HaunuiTuna2.jpg?1674173837)
Matariki is the mother of the other eight whetū in the star cluster: Tupu-ā-rangi, Waipuna-ā-rangi, Waitī, Ururangi, Tupu-ā-nuku, Waitā, Pōhutukawa and Hiwa-i-te-rangi.
Matariki is the mother of the other eight whetū in the star cluster: Tupu-ā-rangi, Waipuna-ā-rangi, Waitī, Ururangi, Tupu-ā-nuku, Waitā, Pōhutukawa and Hiwa-i-te-rangi.