Term Two Face To Face Flashcards
Tangata
People
Wait a
Song
Karakia
Prayer and chant
Kaumatua
Wise elders
Tamariki
Children
Whakapapa
History of the family over generations
Mana
Power prestige authority
Whenua
The land
Waka
Canoe
Iwi
Major tribe
Harakeke and 5 uses
Flax
Making twine or rope Baskets to collect food like berries Making rooves on houses Medicinal antiseptic put on boils and cuts Clothing flax skirts
Pataka
Small building on stilts or poles to store food off the ground
Cenotaph
Memorial for those who died in the war
Example cenotaph at the Auckland museum
Tangatawhenua
People of the land
Atua
Gods
Ranginui
Great father of the heavens
Utu
Revenge
Because the Maori carried out their revenge Cook thought they were war like. Also because they carried weapons and lived on fortified Pa
Tapu
Sacred or forbidden
Example: The land of their ancestors was tapu (sacred)
Example: women weaving cloaks from flax and feathers was so sacred it was TAPU while it was being made and no one could touch it
Tapu or restrictions could be put in place on an area or a person so it was forbidden to go near them
Example the forest was TAPU
Ceremony to lift a tapu was called a whakanoa
Hui
Meeting, talking
Cannibalism
Humans eating humans