Author(s): Witi Ihimaera; Isobel Joy Te Aho-White

NZ Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds | Matariki

The Astromancer is looking for four new apprentices to learn about Matariki and the Maramataka calendar. She chooses three boys and an orphan girl, Aria, who will come only if she can bring her smelly dog. Aria, though, is bored by the lessons, and she doesn't want to be told what to do. But these are dangerous times, and Ruatapu the Ravenous is about to threaten the safety of the whole tribe. Will Aria step up to save them?

Also available in te reo Maori edition as: Te Kо̄kо̄rangi: Te Aranga o Matariki (The Astromancer: The Rising of Matariki - Te Reo Māori Edition) ISBN 9780143778271