Kupu Whakarite

Question 1

People that question, challenge, and encourage discussion, ‘ruffle feathers’.

Answer 1

manu tutetute

Question 2

The sun is at its zennith.

Answer 2

Kua noi te rā ki runga.

Question 3

hard worker/leader

Answer 3

ringa whero / ringa raupaha

Question 4

speaker/orator on behalf of iwi/hapu

Answer 4

kākā tarahae

Question 5

tauihu o te waka taua/leader/canoe figurehead

Answer 5

pītau whakareia

Question 6

leader who has many followers (apataki)

Answer 6

taniwha hikuroa

Question 7

steerer/leader

Answer 7

kaiurungi

Question 8

someone will a beautiful singing voice

Answer 8

manu tioriori

Question 9

someone or something who leads

Answer 9

He whetu takiaho

Question 10

glimmer of light, one of the shining stars

Answer 10

I tōna wā he hīnātori [koutou] i te pōuri, ināianei he whetū mārama [koutou] [mō te kaupapa]

Question 11

brightest star in the sky [person]

Answer 11

He whetu tāraki ki runga

Question 12

Shooting stars - when a person is all over the place

Answer 12

Me te kōtiritiri

Question 13

a dreamer, someone with their head in the clouds

Answer 13

Waewae kai kapua / Waewae kaipukiaka [“Hoki mai ki te aroaro whenua!”]

Question 14

the sheltering cloud (return to the hau kainga/maunga)

Answer 14

te kapua whakapipi

Question 15

two whakapapa lines

Answer 15

Uenuku tuwae[wae]rua

Question 16

morning, a new day, a good day for kids to play outside

Answer 16

He rangi mokopuna

Question 17

when someone or some event is the reason for one’s happiness

Answer 17

[E tama/hine] whakawhiti o te rā

Question 18

a leader, instructor (day or night)

Answer 18

He rite kōrua ki te marama rāua ko te rā

Question 19

moon has pulled the nighttime up from the earth/day

Answer 19

Kua tōia mai te kākahu o te pō e te marama

Question 20

Tama-nui-te-rā (sun) rising

Answer 20

Tōia mai na e tama i te rā kahu o te awatea

Question 21

We need your help

Answer 21

He kākano o te pūriri mātou, kei te hiahia mātou i tāu āwhina / Ko mātou ngā rākau pūriri, ko koutou ngā kererū whakahora kākano

Question 22

A peacemaker, a person who can settle disputes

Answer 22

E te whakaaio i te whenua

Question 23

Hospitable person

Answer 23

He tangata marae koe

Question 24

Annoying person

Answer 24

He namu ngau

Question 25

The anger has been settled

Answer 25

Kua huripokia te waka tauā

Question 26

Someone with a beautiful reo/karanga/waiata voice

Answer 26

E ngā reo wainene o te motu

Question 27

Mihi to the wai, iwi of the motu

Answer 27

E ngā rau roma o te motu

Question 27

A liar, cunning, deceiving

Answer 27

He waha hukahuka

Question 28

A hard worker (the hand that pulls the weeds)

Answer 28

Tēnā te ringa tango parahia

Question 29

A good person at saying yes, but doesn’t do the work (accept in the evening, reject in the morning)

Answer 29

Tūtohu ahiahi, whakarere hāpara

Question 30

Addressing people from all over the country / all directions

Answer 30

E ngā hau e whā…

Question 31

The multiple rivers affiliated with the many canoes across the country, multitudes of people

Answer 31

Ngā rau awa o ngā waka o te motu

Question 32

Elevated mountains of ancient times, a mihi to the maunga whakahī of each person

Answer 32

Maunga whakahī o tāukiuki rā anō

Question 33

Multiple knots of the vigorous tōtara - i.e. many skills, experience

Answer 33

Pūioio rau o te tōtara haemata

Question 34

The many spirals of the tattooed face - ‘two-faced’

Answer 34

Ngā rauru o kurumatarērehu

Question 35

Just like someone who sings like a bellbird at dawn

Answer 35

He rite ki te kōpara e kō nei i te ata

Question 36

First victim

Answer 36

Ika i te ati / mātāngaohi