Puru Wēra - Blue Whale 

Ngā Mataora - Spiritual Time

Ngā Rangi Tūhāhā – The Thirteen Heavens
(Cosmological and Spiritual Order)

Ngā Rangi Tūhāhā is a cosmological system originating from Whare Wānanga knowledge. It is not a calendar and is not a mechanism for measuring days or months. It is the ordering of existence itself, structuring whakapapa, consciousness, and the relationship between the seen and unseen realms. PIRI upholds Ngā Rangi Tūhāhā as sovereign and complete.The Thirteen Heavens are named as follows:

1.Te Rangitūātinitini
2.Tikitiki-o-ngā-rangi
3.Tiritiri-o-matangi
4.Rangi-naonao-ariki
5.Rangi-te-wanawana
6.Rangi-nui-ka-tika
7.Rangi-mata-ura
8.Tauru-rangi
9.Rangi-mata-wai
10.Rangi-maire-kura
11.Rangi-para-uri
12.Rangi-tamaku
13.Rangi-nui-a-tamaku-rangi

These Rangi are upheld as celestial reference points within which all expressions of time and life exist.

Declaration of the Additional Rangi

After two thousand years of ancestral continuity, and thirty years of conscious preparation in this era, the Ngā Manukura Ariki o Te Moana Nui a Hiva have undertaken the reopening of Ngā Rangi Tūhāhā. Through this reopening, Pacific Inherent Relations International formally acknowledges and declares Te Rangitūātinitini as the additional Rangi now named and affirmed in this time. This declaration does not displace or diminish any existing Rangi. It reflects a return to completeness made possible through readiness, lineage, and the reactivation of ancestral pathways long held in waiting.

Ngā Marama o te Whare Wānanga – Traditional Mauri Seasonal Months (with English Month References for Orientation Only)

The marama upheld by PIRI come from traditional Whare Wānanga teachings. These marama are seasonal and relational cycles, traditionally observed through environmental tohu, celestial movement, and lived relationship with whenua, moana, and rangi.
The Thirteen Marama are:

1.Ahuahu-mataroa — September
2.Te Iho-nui — October
3.Putoki-nui-o-tau — November
4.Tikaka-muturangi — December
5.Uru-whenua — January
6.Ao-nui — February
7.Te Aho-turuturu — March
8.Te Iho-matua — April
9.Tapere-wai — May
10.Tatau-uru-tahi — June
11.Tatau-uru-ora — July
12.Akaaka-nui — August
13.Akaaka-roa — Completion and transition between cycles

Declaration of the Additional Marama

In alignment with the reopening of Ngā Rangi Tūhāhā, Pacific Inherent Relations International formally declares Akaaka-roa as an additional Marama. This recognition restores balance and coherence to the seasonal cycle while leaving all other marama unchanged.

Te Tūnga o Nāianei – Current Position Within Ngā Marama
(Orientation Reference Only)

At the time of this writing: 10.45pm, Tahiti
Gregorian reference date: 15 January 2026
Ngā Marama: Uru-whenua
Day within the Marama: Rā 15 o Uru-whenua
Maramataka Mauri day: Tangaroa-amua

This reference is provided solely to assist orientation for the reader. Ngā Marama are not defined by Gregorian dates, and the authority of time remains with Te Taiao and the Maramataka Mauri.

Maramataka Mauri – The Thirty-Day Lunar Daily Cycle

The Maramataka Mauri is a daily lunar knowledge system operating on a thirty-day cycle. It governs daily action, rest, ceremony, planting, harvesting, fishing, and decision-making.
The thirty days are:

1. Whiro 
2.Tirea 
3.Ohoata
4.Oue 
5.Okoro
6.Tamatea 
7.Tamatea-ngana 
8.Tamatea-aio 
9.Tamatea-whakapau 
10.Huna 
11.Ari 
12.Hotu 
13.Mawharu 
14.Atua 
15.Ohua 
16.Turu 
17.Rākau-nui 
18.Rākau-matohi 
19.Takirau 
20.Oike 
21.Korekore 
22.Korekore-turua 
23.Korekore-whakapiri ki Tangaroa
24.Tangaroa-amua 
25.Tangaroa-aroto 
26.Tangaroa-kiokio 
27.Ōtāne 
28.Orongonui 
29.Maurea 
30.Mutu 

This cycle remains intact and sovereign.

Matariki – Celestial and Seasonal Foundations

Pacific Inherent Relations International honours both the celestial and seasonal expressions of spiritual time. The celestial year begins with the rising of Matariki in Pipiri, unchanged across thousands of years and acting as an entry point into Ngā Rangi Tūhāhā. The seasonal year turns with renewal within Te Taiao. Both are honoured. Neither replaces the other.

On Mental Constructs and Living Reality

What is presented here is a mental construct — a way of describing and communicating relationships within Te Ao Tukupū, Te Taiao, and Te Tai Moana. This construct can never replace the living environments themselves. It exists to support listening, alignment, and responsibility — not control.


Closing Statement

By upholding Ngā Rangi Tūhāhā, Ngā Marama o te Whare Wānanga, and Te Maramataka Mauri as autonomous yet relational systems, and by declaring the additional Rangi and Marama following the reopening of Ngā Rangi Tūhāhā by Ngā Manukura Ariki o Te Moana Nui a Hiva, Pacific Inherent Relations International affirms that spiritual time is ancestral, living, and sacred.

Nothing is collapsed.
Nothing is replaced.
Everything is respected.