Marae

Question 1

Marae

Answer 1

Collection of buildings built on kinship land, physical manifestation of whakapapa

Question 2

Whare tīpuna/whare nui

Answer 2

Main building - tapu - symbolic of ancestors, domain of Rongo - usually named after an ancestor.

Question 3

Whare kai

Answer 3

Dining hall-noa.

Question 4

Whare mate/whare tūroro

Answer 4

House for dead/dying - tapu.

Question 5

Whare paku

Answer 5

Toilet facilities - noa.

Question 6

Marae atea

Answer 6

Courtyard in front of whare tīpuna - sometimes tapu sometimes noa - domain of Tū - where debates occur.

Question 7

Urupā

Answer 7

Cemetary - very tapu

Question 8

Tūrangawaewae

Answer 8

“A place to put your feet” - a place in which you belong

Question 9

Tekoteko

Answer 9

Carved symbol of ancestor, situated on peak of whare nui

Question 10

Koruru

Answer 10

Face of ancestor, situated underneath tekoteko at peak of whare nui.

Question 11

Maihi

Answer 11

Carved bargeboard on whare nui - symbols outstretched arms of ancestor.

Question 12

Tāhuhu

Answer 12

Ridgepole of whare nui - spine of ancestor

Question 13

Heke

Answer 13

Rafters in whare nui - ribs of ancestor.

Question 14

Pou tokomanawa

Answer 14

Centre-pole of whare nui - heart of ancestor

Question 15

Pou

Answer 15

Pillars in whare nui - link between Papa and Rangi

Question 16

Poupou

Answer 16

Carvings of ancestors