Foundations (2-10) Flashcards
According to Ngāpuhi tohunga, Māori Marsden, where did Io exist eternally?
Te Korekore
Tangaroa or Takaroa in the Kai Tahu version of Rangi and Papa is Papa-tūā-nuku’s
Son
In the Kai Tahu version who is the daughter and wife of Tāne?
Hine-ā-tauira
Why are creation narratives so important for Māori society?
They provide an explanation of how their world began, who they are, where they come from and why they live the way they do.
Within the narratives we can see that the relationship between men and women are …
There is no gender imbalance
What are the three overarching governing principles of Māori Society?
Whananungatanga, manaakitanga and aroha
Which of the following can translate to mean bones?
Iwi
Which of the following best explains extensions or extrinsic tapu?
It is when an additional layer of tapu is placed on a person, place or thing in order to keep it safe during a specific period of time or within a specific situation or context, it is then removed when it is no longer needed.
Which of the following is inherited mana?
Mana tupuna
Which of the following best describes Mauri?
It is the life force that binds the physical and spiritual elements required to exist and it dies when you do.
Which of the following provides a reason why people left Hawaiki?
Conflicts over land boundaries and conflicts between men of rank seeking to marry the same woman.
Who was the female leader of the Tainui waka?
Whakaotirangi
Which cultural concept links our social and kinship structures together?
Whakapapa
Your older sibling or cousin of the same sex to you is your …
Tuakana
Which of the following leaders is known to be an expert within a particular field?
Tohunga
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is the …
Tribal regional authority for Ngai Tahu.
The Moeraki Boulders are said to be petrified …
Cargo from Arai-te-Uru waka.
‘He taonga nō te whenua, me hoki anō ki te whenua’ translates to …
What is given by the land should return to the land.
Landscapes hold great significance for Māori today because …
They are a source of identity, economic resources and hold a history and memory for the people.
Māori have always held the responsibility of land by upholding the mana of the land, protecting the land and acting in the best interests of the land in order …
to ensure the use for future generations.
Taputapuātea is known as the ___________ marae?
Mātāmua
Which of the following events trumps all other events on the marae?
Tangihanga/Funerals
What is the purpose of a ‘wero’?
To allow the tangata whenua to gage the intentions of the manuhiri side by placing a taki in front of them.
The ‘hākari’ is …
The final process in which uplifts the tapu of the manuhiri side.
The marae-ātea is the realm of which atua?
Tūmatauenga
Which star of the Matariki cluster signifies death?
Pohutukawa
Sprinkling water over oneself and/or saying a karakia when leaving an urupa is the process of …
Whakanoa
Which atua is the kaitiaki of Rarohenga (underworld).
Hine-nui-te-pō
Who went with Thomas Kendall to Britain in 1820?
Hongi Hika
Who was the Ngāi Tahu rangatira in the 1830s and 1840s?
Tahu Pōtiki
What was the name of Tāne-Mahuta’s wife that he sculptured from Hawaiki clay in the Ngāti Kahungunu version of the creation of humanity?
Hine-ahu-one
Which of the following is the mana you get from achievements?
Mana whakatipu
Who is the leader of a hapū?
Rangatira
What is a ‘tenia’?
Younger sibling of the same sex
Who was the ‘commander’ of the Takitimu waka?
Tamatea
What did the voyagers do when they landed in Aotearoa?
Erect a tūahu to pay tribute back to the atua
Kaitiakitanga acts as a:
Right Māori have to the whenua, Responsibility Māori have to protect the whenua and Way for mana whenua to conserve and maintain their whenua
The whare tūpuna / wharenui is the realm of which atua?
Rongomātane
What does the ‘kaiwero’ (person doing the wero) lay on the ground?
A taki
What is the pō poroporoaki?
The last night of the tangihanga process where the grieving family is afforded the
chance to speak.
The values of whanaungatanga and manaakitanga are often brought beneath the “umbrella” of which cultural concept?
Aroha
What is the name of the oldest known (mātāmua) marae in the Pacific?
Taputapuātea.
According to the Ngāi Tahu narratives of creation, Takaroa was Papatūānuku’s…
Husband
Which of the following is the type of mana you inherit through whakapapa?
Mana atua.
When manuhiri are being welcomed onto a marae, what is the purpose of the “wero”?
For the mana whenua to discern the intentions of the manuhiri.
Who led the Te Arawa waka?
Tama-te-kapua.
Which of the following best describes the practice of whāngai?
The movement of a child from one whānau household to another whānau household for a specific reason.
Pan-tribal urban marae were created to…
Support a wider dislocated Māori community living in the same city region.
The narratives of Io are seen by some iwi as an adaptation of Christianity. Which two iwi hold that Io has long been part of their tribal traditions?
Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kahungunu.
