Describe places on Marae Flashcards
Urupā
Cemetery, usually reserved for the hau kāinga and whānau.
Kōhanga reo
Total immersion reo Māori pre-schools
Kura Kaupapa Māori
schools for intergenerational reo transmission steeped in tikanga Māori
Māra ka
Vegetable garden
Kāuta
Kitchen, cooking shed, cookhouse - the heart of marae hospitality and whānau networking.
Wharekai
The dining room, where you will never leave hungry.
Rua hāngī
Hāngī pit. Where the hāngī goodness happens
Paepae
Where the kaikōrero sit during the formalities on the marae.
Whare puni
Guest house, sleeping house or principal house
Whare moe
sleeping house
Whare tupuna
Ancestral house
Wharenui
Great house, big house, meeting house
Whare karakia
Church, place of prayer.
Whare mate
The whare where the tūpāpaku lies in state.
Wharau
Temporary shelter, shed. In the context of this matapaki the wharau is a shed near the garden.
Wharepaku
The ‘little room’ in reference to the toilets and shower facilities.
pare
lintel, carved slab over the door of a house