Pūtaiao

tau

year

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WHAKAMĀRAMA

Te wā e oti ai te amionga kotahi a Papatūānuku i te Rā. E 365.25 rā e oti ai te amionga kotahi. I whakatauria kia 365 te roa o te tau noa, otirā ia whā tau ka tāpirihia ngā 0.25 rā e whā, ā, ka whakaroatia te tau ki te 366 rā, koia tērā ko te tau kuhurangi. Ka kuhuna taua rā tāpiri ki te marama o Huitanguru.

The time taken for the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun. This is equal to 365.25 days. The convention has been established whereby an ordinary year is deemed to be 365 days in length, and every four years the quarter days are added together and the year is lengthened to 366 days, a leap year. The extra day is added to the month of February.

Tauira KŌrero

He aha i roa ake ai te tau o te aorangi Matawhero, tērā i te tau o Papatūānuku?

Whakamāramatia mai te hononga o te tau noa me te tau aho.

Ko te tau tētahi o ngā waeine matua mō te wā.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga

He rerekē te roa o te tau o ia aorangi nā te mea he rerekē te roa e oti ai i tēnā, i tēnā tētahi amionga kotahi o te Rā. Ko Apārangi te aorangi pātata rawa ki te Rā, nō reira koia te aorangi he poto rawa tōna tau – e 88 rā e oti ai te amionga kotahi o te Rā. Ko Whiro te aorangi tino tawhiti rawa i te Rā. E 90,588 ngā rā e oti ai i a ia te amionga kotahi:

Tauira KŌrero

He aha i roa ake ai te tau o te aorangi Matawhero, tērā i te tau o Papatūānuku?

Whakamāramatia mai te hononga o te tau noa me te tau aho.

Ko te tau tētahi o ngā waeine matua mō te wā.