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Sign in the sky heralds new Māori monarch

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Looking west, just after sunset on Thursday evening - the planet Venus (top right) at 90% illumination, 224 million kilometres from Earth. Below is the waxing crescent of the New Moon, just 1.9 days old, 405,400 kilometres from Earth. Photo / R. Handford

The heavens heralded the choosing of a new Māori monarch on Thursday evening with a close alignment of the New Moon and Venus. 

On the day Te Puhi Ariki Ngā Wai hono i te pō Paki took the title of Māori Queen, Venus (Kopu) greeted the New Moon (1.9 days old) just after sunset. 

In the olden days, at important occasions, Māori would search the skies looking for signs from...

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