; months.txt
; Names of Months
; This deck includes the modern Maaori names for months, as well as traditional names for lunar months. Lunar months cannot be directly translated into the modern calendar. The Maaori year started when the Pleiades star cluster was visible before sunrise. This occurs in summer, sometime between the last two weeks of May through to the middle of June (source: H.W. Williams Maaori Dictionary). These flash cards translate the first Maaori lunar month as June which must be remembered is not strictly correct. It should be noted also that there may be twelve or thirteen lunar months in a year. Translations for the thirteenth month are not given here.

English	Maaori (Modern)	Maaori (Modern Lunar)	Maaori Lunar Month Numbers	Tuhoe Months	Ngati Awa months	Kahungunu months	Takitumu District months	Kaai Tahu months
January	Haanuere	Kohitatea	month 8	Kohi tatea	Kai tatea	Ahuahu mataora	Te Waru	Waru
February	Peepuere	Huitanguru	month 9	Hui tanguru	Ruhi te rangi	Te Ihonui	Te Iwa	Iwa
March	Maaehe	Poututerangi	month 10	Poutu te rangi	Routu te rangi	Putoki nui o tau	Te Ngahuru tuhoehoe	Ngahuru
April	Aaperira	Paenga whawha	month 11	Paenga whawha	Paenga whawha	Tikaka muturangi	Te Ngahuru ma tahi	Mati
May	Mei	Haratua	month 12	Haratua	Haki haratua	Uruwhenua	Te Matahi	Epereri
June	Hune	Pipiri	month 1	Pipiri	Te Tahi o Pipiri	Aonui	Pipiri	Matahi/Me
July	Huurae	Hongongoi	month 2	Hongonui	Te Rua o Takurua	Te Aho turuturu	Maruaroa	Maruaroa
August	Aakuhata	Here turi koka	month 3	Hereturi koka/Te Toru o Here/Turikookaa/Ngatiawa	Te Toru o Hereturi koka	Te Ihomatua	Te Toru	Matoru
September	Hepetema	Mahuru	month 4	Mahuru	Te Wha o Mahuru	Tapere wai	Te Wha	Wha
October	Oketopa	Whiringa a nuku	month 5	Whiringa nuku	Te rima o Kopu	Tatau urutahi	Te Rima	Rima
November	Nooema	Whiringa a rangi	month 6	Whiringa rangi	Whitianaunau	Tatau uruora	To Ono	Ono
December	Tiihema	Hakihea	month 7	Hakihea	Hakihea	Akaaka nui	Te Whitu	Whitu
								
