Terms/translations Flashcards

1
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3 fundamentals of societal structure

A

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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3
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ahi-kā

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keeping the fires burning

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4
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ahi-matao

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fires gone cold

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5
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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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10
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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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12
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tangihanga

A

funeral

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13
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hapu

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subtribe, to be pregnant

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14
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hakari

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8th part of powhiri. feast

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15
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hinengaro

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mind

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16
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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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18
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kaitiakitanga

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guardianship of the environment and its people (flexible tikanga)

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19
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karakia

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chant/prayer performed by tohunga

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20
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karanga

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3rd part of powhiri, performed by women. acknowledges reason for gathering

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21
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kaumatua

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male leader of whanau

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22
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kawa

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protocols, how each region performs their tikanga

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23
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koha & hongi

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7th part of powhiri. gift and pressing noses (sharing breath)

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24
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kohanga

A

maori kindergartens

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25
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koroua

A

grandfather

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26
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kuia

A

female whanau leader/grandma

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27
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mana

A

authority and power

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28
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mana whenua

A

people of the land, obligations

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29
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manaaki

A

how you treat others

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30
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manaakitanga

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hospitality

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31
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manuhiri

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guests

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32
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marae atea

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marae courtyard

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33
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matamua

A

first born

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34
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matauranga maori

A

maori knowledge

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35
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matua

A

father, uncle

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36
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mauri

A

life force

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37
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mokopuna

A

grandchild

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38
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muru

A

compensation for being in the wrong

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39
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nga puhi io narrative

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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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40
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ngati kahungunu io narrative

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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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41
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noa

A

free from restriction

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42
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paeke

A

speaking at whaikorero

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43
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potiki

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last born (potential to be good leaders)

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44
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rahui

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temporary restriction on an area

45
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rakau

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stick laid down in wero

46
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rangatira

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leader of hapu, chief

47
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rapa nui

A

easter island

48
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rau

A

leaf

49
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rua

A

kumara storage facility

50
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Ngai tahu rangi and papa

A

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.

51
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te arawa rangi and papa

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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.

52
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tamaiti

A

one child

53
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tamariki

A

children

54
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tane

A

forests and birds

55
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tāne

A

husband, man

56
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tangaroa

A

sea and waterways

57
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tangata whenua

A

people of the land

58
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taonga

A

treasures

59
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tapu

A

sacred. intrinsic - what born with

extrinsic -can be applied or removed

60
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tauutuutu

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speaking at waikorero (taking turns)

61
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tawhirimatea

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wnid and weather. helps dominance between tane and tangaroa

62
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te ao maori

A

Holistic, cyclic

63
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te taka kikokiko

A

physical side of ppl

64
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te taka wairua

A

spiritual side of ppl

65
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teina

A

younger same sex sibling/cousin

66
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tika

A

right way to do things

67
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tikanga

A

plan, protocols, customs

68
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tinana

A

body

69
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tohunga

A

expert, priest, scholar

70
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tuahine

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sister, female cousin

71
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tuakana

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older, same sex sibling/cousin

72
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tuku whenua

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giving land with expectation of return

73
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tungane

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brother, male cousin

74
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tupuna

A

ancestors

75
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turangawawae

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a place where someone has the right to stand

76
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urupa

A

cemetary

77
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utu

A

compensation

78
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waerea

A

1st step of powhiri, karakia performed by manuhiri for protection

79
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waewaetapu

A

newcomer to the marae

80
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waharoa

A

entrance/gateway

81
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wahine

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woman, wife

82
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waiata tautoko

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6th part of powhiri, support singing after each speech (often women)

83
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wairua

A

spiritual life principle. stays when you die

84
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wero

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2nd step of powhiri, lay down rau/rakau for manuhiri to accept or challenge

85
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whaea

A

aunty

86
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whaikorero

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5th part of powhiri, speeched by men on both sides

87
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whakaeke

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4th part of powhiri, slow movement of manuhiri onto marae atea

88
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whakapapa

A

genealogy

89
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whanau

A

family, to be born, to give birth

90
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whanaungatanga

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kinship network, relationship

91
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whangai

A

to feed

92
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whare kai

A

eating house

93
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whare karakia

A

church

94
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whare tupuna

A

ancestral house

95
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wharenui

A

meeting house

96
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whenua

A

land, placenta

97
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whenua tipuna

A

land from the ancestors

98
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mana wahine

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special mana of women coz they can bear life

99
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taua

A

army

100
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powhiri order

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  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)
101
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tangihanga process

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  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)
102
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tainui waka

A

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.

103
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te arawa

A

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

104
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selected waka names

A

aotea, horo-uta, kurapaupo, mataatua, takitimu, tainui, te araea, tokomaru, te ara-tawhao, te ririno, kairaerae

105
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waka challenges

A

wrecks, disease, hunger, lose crew, capsize, neglect ship safety

106
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te wai tokerau waka landings

A

east coast of NI above auckland

107
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tainui and te arawa landings

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tainui = east and west coasts auckland to taupo. te arawa = just west coast auckland to taupo

108
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te wai pounamu landings

A

east coast south island