Maori translations Flashcards
Hapū
Sub tribe
Iwi
Tribe
Tohunga
Expert / specilist
Pūrākau
Naratives
- means of passing information through generations
Atua
God/ ancestors
Te Waipounamu
South island
- several iwi
Rakiura
Stuart island
Rekohu
Chatham islands
Te Ika-a-Maui
North island
- lots of maori
Who are dunedins iwi
Kāti Tahu,
Kāti Mamoe
Kāti Waitaha
Tohunga
importnat person who communicated with spirits/god
Matauranga Māori
knowlege and comprehension of everything exsisting to maori across the universe which is added to by new generation
Hine Ahu One
first woman created from earth with breath of life breathed into them
Tawhaki
story about ascendance to te highest hevan and returning with knowledge to earth
Kaupapa Māori
by maori for maori
- assumed normal way of doing something
- includes education + health