Terms/translations Flashcards
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3 fundamentals of societal structure
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mana, manaaki, whakapapa
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3 governing principles of maori society/tikanga
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aroha, manaakitanga, whanaungatanga
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ahi-kā
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keeping the fires burning
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ahi-matao
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fires gone cold
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ahu
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restricted place/temple
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ariki
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leader of iwi
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aroha
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love, compassion, support for others
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atawhai
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to show kindness, to foster
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atea
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open space infront of marae
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Ngai tahu creation
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tane creates human and female, copulates and experiments with her. io-wahine and tiki-auaha got married, their children are the offspring of the world
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Ngati Kahungunu creation narrative
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tane creates female from the earth, breathes te manawa ora into her and she sneezes sneeze of life
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tangihanga
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funeral
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hapu
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subtribe, to be pregnant
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hakari
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8th part of powhiri. feast
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hinengaro
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mind
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iho whenua
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placenta, inherited land
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iwi
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tribe, bones of ones kin, people
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kaitiakitanga
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guardianship of the environment and its people (flexible tikanga)
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karakia
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chant/prayer performed by tohunga
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karanga
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3rd part of powhiri, performed by women. acknowledges reason for gathering
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kaumatua
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male leader of whanau
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kawa
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protocols, how each region performs their tikanga
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koha & hongi
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7th part of powhiri. gift and pressing noses (sharing breath)
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kohanga
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maori kindergartens
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koroua
grandfather
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kuia
female whanau leader/grandma
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mana
authority and power
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mana whenua
people of the land, obligations
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manaaki
how you treat others
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manaakitanga
hospitality
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manuhiri
guests
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marae atea
marae courtyard
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matamua
first born
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matauranga maori
maori knowledge
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matua
father, uncle
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mauri
life force
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mokopuna
grandchild
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muru
compensation for being in the wrong
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nga puhi io narrative
3 epochs: void, abyss, night. forms the seed bed of creation: mauri implanted, then subconscious, then hauora. rangi and tane continue his creation
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ngati kahungunu io narrative
tane separates his parents with 4 poles. tane climbs to io, other brothers don't make it. tane gets 3 baskets of knowledge and 2 sacred stones. puts them in the wharekura
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noa
free from restriction
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paeke
speaking at whaikorero
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potiki
last born (potential to be good leaders)
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rahui
temporary restriction on an area
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rakau
stick laid down in wero
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rangatira
leader of hapu, chief
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rapa nui
easter island
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rau
leaf
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rua
kumara storage facility
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Ngai tahu rangi and papa
papa and takaroa married, he goes to bury the placenta. she marries raki, has children. takaroa returns and fights raki on beach and takaroa wins. papa instructs tane to split raki and papa to see the light. tane couples with his daughter, she finds out and runs away to the night/underworld.
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te arawa rangi and papa
rangi and papa embrace in darkness. sons all decide to separate them to seek light. tane mahuta pushes them apart, rangi becomes sky, papa remains parental earth.
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tamaiti
one child
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tamariki
children
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tane
forests and birds
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tāne
husband, man
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tangaroa
sea and waterways
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tangata whenua
people of the land
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taonga
treasures
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tapu
sacred. intrinsic - what born with
| extrinsic -can be applied or removed
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tauutuutu
speaking at waikorero (taking turns)
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tawhirimatea
wnid and weather. helps dominance between tane and tangaroa
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te ao maori
Holistic, cyclic
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te taka kikokiko
physical side of ppl
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te taka wairua
spiritual side of ppl
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teina
younger same sex sibling/cousin
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tika
right way to do things
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tikanga
plan, protocols, customs
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tinana
body
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tohunga
expert, priest, scholar
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tuahine
sister, female cousin
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tuakana
older, same sex sibling/cousin
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tuku whenua
giving land with expectation of return
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tungane
brother, male cousin
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tupuna
ancestors
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turangawawae
a place where someone has the right to stand
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urupa
cemetary
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utu
compensation
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waerea
1st step of powhiri, karakia performed by manuhiri for protection
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waewaetapu
newcomer to the marae
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waharoa
entrance/gateway
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wahine
woman, wife
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waiata tautoko
6th part of powhiri, support singing after each speech (often women)
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wairua
spiritual life principle. stays when you die
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wero
2nd step of powhiri, lay down rau/rakau for manuhiri to accept or challenge
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whaea
aunty
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whaikorero
5th part of powhiri, speeched by men on both sides
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whakaeke
4th part of powhiri, slow movement of manuhiri onto marae atea
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whakapapa
genealogy
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whanau
family, to be born, to give birth
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whanaungatanga
kinship network, relationship
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whangai
to feed
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whare kai
eating house
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whare karakia
church
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whare tupuna
ancestral house
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wharenui
meeting house
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whenua
land, placenta
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whenua tipuna
land from the ancestors
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mana wahine
special mana of women coz they can bear life
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taua
army
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powhiri order
1. waerea (manuhiri protection song)
2. wero (throw down stick)
3. karanga (women acknowledge reason for gathering)
4. whakaeke (slow manuhiri enter)
5. whaikorero (men speech)
6. waiata tautoko (song sung after each speech for support)
7. koha & hongi (gift and share same breath)
8. hakari (feast)
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tangihanga process
1. karanga
2. mourn/fasting
3. tangi hotuhotu (outpour grief, speeches, hongi, koha)
4. last night (celebration of life)
5. coffin closed, service at marae, carried to urupa
6. takahi whare (trample house - whakanoa)
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tainui waka
tree planted on a childs grace, wood used to make boat. first arrived at whangaparoa bay in BOP, settled at maketu in kawhia harbour.
leader = hoturoa
disaster = distracted by big trees, got wrecked in AKL.
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te arawa
tama-te-kapua's affair with ngatoro-i-rangi's wife = whirlpool, crew beg him to stop.
named after a shark that saved them from being eaten by big ocean creature
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selected waka names
aotea, horo-uta, kurapaupo, mataatua, takitimu, tainui, te araea, tokomaru, te ara-tawhao, te ririno, kairaerae
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waka challenges
wrecks, disease, hunger, lose crew, capsize, neglect ship safety
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te wai tokerau waka landings
east coast of NI above auckland
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tainui and te arawa landings
tainui = east and west coasts auckland to taupo. te arawa = just west coast auckland to taupo
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te wai pounamu landings
east coast south island
