Maori translations Flashcards

1
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Hapū

A

Sub tribe

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2
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Iwi

A

Tribe

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3
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Tohunga

A

Expert / specilist

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4
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Pūrākau

A

Naratives
- means of passing information through generations

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5
Q

Atua

A

God/ ancestors

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6
Q

Te Waipounamu

A

South island
- several iwi

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6
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Rakiura

A

Stuart island

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7
Q

Rekohu

A

Chatham islands

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8
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Te Ika-a-Maui

A

North island
- lots of maori

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9
Q

Who are dunedins iwi

A

Kāti Tahu,
Kāti Mamoe
Kāti Waitaha

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10
Q

Tohunga

A

importnat person who communicated with spirits/god

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11
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Matauranga Māori

A

knowlege and comprehension of everything exsisting to maori across the universe which is added to by new generation

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12
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Hine Ahu One

A

first woman created from earth with breath of life breathed into them

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13
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Tawhaki

A

story about ascendance to te highest hevan and returning with knowledge to earth

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14
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Kaupapa Māori

A

by maori for maori
- assumed normal way of doing something
- includes education + health

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