The seven sisters- by Augustine

The seven sisters

In the beginning, there was a young boy called Mitai and lived with his seven brothers.
Mitai was the youngest out of the seven brothers. All of them were raised by their father named Poroa. The seven brothers were strong and very handsome. But Mitai can transform into any bird. 

But one day, they found seven sisters in the sky. when the sisters saw them, the brothers fell in love with them. But when Mitai saw the sisters, he refused to the brothers to not let them in. He told them they might harm us and they are not like us.

But the seven brothers ignored Mitai and was interested in the wemen they love. So they brought them to their village to become their wife. But Mitai did not like the wemen. 

Later, the brothers did not go out hunting, they stayed with their wife. But the wife refused to eat any food beside sea food.

The brothers were bony and the handsomeness was gone. They could not eat or even look after their garden. Mitai was really worried so he hid and looked at his brothers wife. But the wife in each house will not go out of the house.

When the oldest brother finished fishing, he called out his wife. But no wife was to be seen. So he visited and asked all of his brothers. But they also have lost their wife. So Mitai walked and looked for them. One day he his behind a tree and saw six fantails near a house. Soon he found the seventh fantail which came out of the house and flowed the other fantails.

Mitai transformed into a Kereru  and followed the fantails. They arrived at a rocky hill and made a plan after they transformed back into the sisters. While Mitai was still the bird, he herd the plan. He herd them say to let your husbands starve to death. So Mitai flew back to his brothers and told them the sisters plan. 

But the brothers refused to listen. But Mitai said " look at each other. You used to be mighty and good looking" So they listened and told Mitai told them to visit Terafata and tell him all about the seven sisters. So The father gave them a magical net. To catch them.

The next day, they all hid waiting for the seven fantails. As soon as they saw seven fantails, they caught them with the net. Then the fantails turned back to the sisters. Mitai turned to a albatross and flew them to the sky. He gave them to the god of stars and told him to put these sisters far far away from heaven and earth. 

But only once a year they can only see the stars to shine. Those sisters and the stars of Matariki. The names of the sisters are called Matariki, Ururangi, Waipurarangi, Waite, Waita, Tukuwanuku and Tukuwarangi.