Maori Terms

Question 1

Aroha

Answer 1

Love

Question 2

Hekenga

Answer 2

Migration/movement of people

Question 3

Iwi

Answer 3

Tribe

Question 4

Kaitiakitanga

Answer 4

To “care for” the environment

Question 5

Karakia

Answer 5

Prayers

Question 6

Koha

Answer 6

A gift

Question 7

Kōrero pūrākau

Answer 7

A legend or story that explains an event or activity

Question 8

Mana whenua

Answer 8

territorial rights, power from the land, authority over land or territory

Question 9

Mana

Answer 9

Respect given to those of status

Question 10

Manaakitanga

Answer 10

Hospitality and care for visitors

Question 11

A formal welcome speech

Answer 11

Mihi

Question 12

Is a resource/object, either physical or cultural that can be found in the environment. All taonga are tapu/sacred

Answer 12

Taonga

Question 13

Sacred or special. All taonga are tapu

Answer 13

Tapu/noa

Question 14

The customs and traditions Māori live by and practise within the environment

Answer 14

Tikanga Māori

Question 15

Includes the rights, responsibilities and obligations involving the use, management and control of the land and other resources

Answer 15

Tino Rangatiratanga

Question 16

Song or chant

Answer 16

Waiata tawhito

Question 17

Māori settlement that is/was chiefly governed by access to resources

Answer 17

Whakanohonoho

Question 18

Genealogy/ancestry of a taonga or person

Answer 18

Whakapapa

Question 19

Relationship, kinship, sense of family connection - a relationship through shared experiences

Answer 19

Whanaungatanga