Add Maori maramataka (lunar calendar) for Aotearoa New Zealand

76b2fa1bbf56b6ba41f935c1f7dfd619b5be170a · Pavel Safronov · 2026-06-20 22:40:42 -0700 · parents 363ec6dcc19b

Add Maori maramataka (lunar calendar) for Aotearoa New Zealand

Descriptive-only lunar calendar with no continuous numbered year; the era
is left open-ended since the maramataka, suppressed during colonization,
was revived from 1990 and remains in active use today.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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 src/data/calendars/maori.json                      |  40 +++++++++++++++++++++
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+{
+    "region": {
+        "name": "Aotearoa New Zealand",
+        "geo": {
+            "type": "Polygon",
+            "coordinates": [
+                [
+                    [172.6, -34.4],
+                    [178.6, -37.6],
+                    [178.0, -39.1],
+                    [176.9, -40.3],
+                    [174.7, -41.3],
+                    [173.0, -40.8],
+                    [166.4, -45.9],
+                    [166.5, -46.7],
+                    [169.0, -46.7],
+                    [171.2, -44.2],
+                    [173.9, -41.5],
+                    [174.6, -38.6],
+                    [172.6, -34.4]
+                ]
+            ]
+        }
+    },
+    "eras": [
+        {
+            "name": "Maramataka (lunar calendar)",
+            "start": null,
+            "end": null,
+            "calendar": "Maramataka (Māori lunar calendar)",
+            "usedBy": "the Māori people",
+            "description": "The maramataka ('the moon turning') reckons time by lunar months of about 29.5 nights, each tracked by name and associated with favorability for planting, fishing, and hunting; some tribes added an occasional 13th month to keep the roughly 12-month lunar year aligned with the seasons. Tribal traditions vary on whether the lunar month starts at the new moon (Whiro) or full moon (Rākaunui). The year traditionally began with the first new moon after Matariki (the Pleiades) rose before dawn, usually around June–July. It has no continuous numbered year. Suppressed during colonization, the maramataka was revived from 1990 by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (the Māori Language Commission) using traditional month names rather than transliterated English ones, and remains in active use today.",
+            "sources": [
+                "https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/maori/matariki-maori-new-year/what-maramataka-maori-lunar",
+                "https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/maori/matariki-maori-new-year/months-maramataka-maori-lunar",
+                "https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/maori/matariki-maori-new-year/nights-maramataka-maori-lunar"
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}