Mai I te kākano

Question 1

To misunderstand, think mistakenly

Answer 1

Pōhēhē

Question 2

To spur on, encourage, inspire, give someone the hurry-up

Answer 2

Whakakipakipa

Question 3

Sand

Answer 3

Onepū

Question 4

To curl (as a wave)

Answer 4

Kapukapu

Question 5

1. Wall, sidewall (of a house)
2. Gossip scandal

Answer 5

Pakitara

Question 6

1. To carry in numbers
2. To waste

Answer 6

Maumau

Question 7

Roof of the mouth

Answer 7

Pikiarero

Question 8

Dark in colour, dark green

Answer 8

Uriuri

Question 9

To be fixed, constant, permanent, true to, steadfast, faithful staunch

Answer 9

Pūmau

Question 10

To go on, lets go, usually a command to head off together

Answer 10

Hoake

Question 11

To be shut, closed, doubled together

Answer 11

Kopi

Question 12

Tool, property, equipment

Answer 12

Utauta

Question 13

One who is experienced with dealing with difficult tasks, accomplished, able

Answer 13

Waewae kai pakiaka

Question 14

Inexperienced

Answer 14

Ihu hūpē

Question 15

To train, to defend, to protect

Answer 15

Whakangungu

Question 16

One who habitually sleeps in, late riser, sleepy head

Answer 16

Tohetaka

Question 17

To dawn
Opening of a river to the sea, river mouth

Answer 17

Pūao

Question 18

First light, early dawn

Answer 18

Ata pūao

Question 19

Nomad, itinerant, traveller, drifter, wanderer

Answer 19

Tangata takapau pōkai

Question 20

whakarongo pīkari

Answer 20

(verb) to listen attentively

Question 21

kanohi hōmiromiro

Answer 21

(noun) someone with an eye for detail, someone with keen eyesight, sharp sighted, sharp-eye, eagle-eye - a saying based on the observation that the hōmiromiro (tomtit) has keen eyesight and watches for its food on the ground and on trunks of trees, etc.

Question 22

he ngutu kau

Answer 22

it’s just paying lip service, hypocrite - an idiom for someone who doesn’t fulfil a promise.

Question 23

taringa pākura

Answer 23

(modifier) stubborn, obstinate, inflexible, hard-nosed, intractable, obdurate

Question 24

hinengaro makere

Answer 24

(verb) to be forgetful, absent-minded

Question 25

ringa mākohakoha

Answer 25

A man with smooth hands. (A saying for a lazy person, hence the smooth hands from lack of work.)

Question 26

ringa tōhau nui

Answer 26

(noun) industrious person, hard-working, active, tireless, conscientious, zealous - sometimes as ringa tōhaunui

Question 27

tahuti

Answer 27

(verb) to run away, hasten

Question 28

pahure

Answer 28

(verb) to be accomplished, achieved
He kai, ko tāu e pahure; ko te mahi, e kore e pahure (W 1971:249). / Eating is your accomplishment, work is not.

Question 29

tohetaka

Answer 29

(noun) one who habitually sleeps in, late riser, sleepyhead

Question 30

ata pūao

Answer 30

(noun) early dawn, first light

Question 31

tangata takapau pōkai

Answer 31

(noun) nomad, itinerant, traveller, drifter, wanderer

Question 32

kirimana

Answer 32

(loan)(noun) contract, agreement

Question 33

karaka maoa

Answer 33

(noun) person who can't swim - figurative term likening a non-swimmer to a mature karaka berry that sinks in water

Question 34

toitoi okewa

Answer 34

(noun) inviting a lack of success in hunting, fishing, etc., counting one's chickens before they hatch

Question 35

pao

Answer 35

(verb) hatch (an egg)

Question 36

pūhore

Answer 36

(modifier) unsuccessful, fruitless, unproductive, unfortunate

Question 37

kei hea mai

Answer 37

it was outstanding, terrific, that's wonderful, choice - an eastern dialect idiom exclaiming about the outstanding quality of something or someone, or his/her work. Sometimes it is used to compliment the thought, rather than the actual contribution. In this idiom, atu can replace mai

Question 38

mei kore ake

Answer 38

in case…may, were fortunate, to see whether, if it were not for, thanks to, it’s just as well - an idiom praising the importance of someone’s or something’s contribution.

Question 39

hemonga

Answer 39

(noun) object of desire, obsession, passion, enthusiasm

Question 40

tupurangi

Answer 40

(modifier) random, disconnected

Question 41

komo

Answer 41

(verb)(-hia,-tia) to thrust in, put in, insert, put on (clothes, shoes, etc.)

Question 42

putuputu

Answer 42

(adjective) be frequent, at short intervals, in stages, frequently, often

Question 43

tuawhiti

Answer 43

(verb) to be thick, fleshy, succulent, fat, of good quality, of substance

Question 44

Purapura tuawhiti

Answer 44

I tā mātou hui ētahi purapura tuawhiti me ngā tāngata rongonui o te ao Māori. / There were some great leaders and famous people of the Māori world at our gathering.

Question 45

iho

Answer 45

: (noun) heart, essence, inside, inner core, kernel, pith of a tree, essential quality, nature

Question 46

pokapoka

Answer 46

(adjective) be irregular, imperfect

Question 47

tiriwā

Answer 47

(verb)(-tia) to fill (a gap), stop (a gap)

Question 48

nanakia

Answer 48

(noun) demon, pest, villain, scoundrel, tricky character, interesting character

Question 49

tūāporoporo

Answer 49

(verb) to be fragmentary, piecemeal

Question 50

autaia

Answer 50

(adjective) be pretty good, not too bad - a colloquialism used to say that a person, or something a person has done, is good or quite good and perhaps better than expected

Question 51

turukitanga

Answer 51

(noun) additional part, follow-up, supplement, encore, epilogue

Question 52

paihere

Answer 52

(verb)(-a,-ngia,-tia) to unite, bind, unify

Kei te hiko atu ōku whakaaro kia whānui, kia hōhonu, kia tino kaha rawa ngā mimire o te taura e paihere nei i a tātau

My thoughts are stimulated into ways to broaden, deepen and strengthen the strands of the rope that unites us all.

Question 53

waingōhia

Answer 53

(verb) to be talented