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Following the Moon invites us to a close-up look at printed calendars from 19th-century Rarotonga, Fiji, and Samoa. The calendars reveal pre-colonial practices that link lunar cycles with harvests, ceremonial activities, and environmental practices. These precious collections help us to comprehend past practices and open an opportunity to better understand our natural world today. Printed calendars from 19th-century Rarotonga, Fiji, and Samoa are presented in this episode of Ngako: The Collections Talk. These calendars illustrate pre-colonial concepts of the lunar cycle and links between the moon and harvests, ceremonial activities, and environmental practices across time. Through these records, we question how heritage collections might help us better understand our world today.