Kāpehu Whetū: Maori Star Compass
Across
- 4. The heavens are where we get our clues
- 6. The south-west winds
- 7. The Sun
- 9. Land bird (the brown noddy) used by navigators to find land
- 10. West where the Sun returns to the ocean
- 12. The waka as a bird flying across the ocean
- 13. The north-west winds.
Down
- 1. Where the Sun lives
- 2. The void where there are no clues, where the true challenge begins.
- 3. The navigator listens to the voices of the stars that guide him
- 5. East where the Sun rises out of the ocean
- 6. To the left of the Sun’s passage
- 8. The north-east trade winds
- 11. The south-east trade winds
- 14. To the right of the Sun’s passage through the sky