Tuesday 19 November 2019 | Published in Weekend
A telescope view of Pleiades showing some of the thousands of stars. The main stars are outlined by a stingray swimming from right to left across the Southern Hemisphere sky. The full moon is shown on the same scale as the Pleiades in this diagram. 19111816/ 19111817
In Cook Islands, Matariki rises in November – unlike New Zealand when it is first seen in June. Gerald McCormack, of Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, explains how to see this herald of our own New Year.
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