The marae

Question 1

Hui

Answer 1

meeting, conference, gathering

Question 2

Marae

Answer 2

the area for formal discourse in front of a meeting house; or the whole marae complex, including meeting house, dining hall, forecourt, etc.

Question 3

Haere mai!

Answer 3

Welcome! Enter!

Question 4

Nau mai!

Answer 4

Welcome!

Question 5

Tangihanga

Answer 5

funeral ceremony in which a body is mourned on a marae

Question 6

Tangi

Answer 6

short (verbal version) for tangihanga; or to cry, to mourn

Question 7

Karanga

Answer 7

the ceremony of calling to the guests to welcome them onto the marae

Question 8

Manuhiri

Answer 8

guests, visitors

Question 9

Tangata whenua

Answer 9

original people belonging to a place, local people, hosts

Question 10

Whaikōrero

Answer 10

the art and practice of speech making

Question 11

Kaikōrero or kaiwhai kōrero

Answer 11

speaker (there are many other terms)

Question 12

Haka

Answer 12

chant with dance for the purpose of challenge

Question 13

Waiata

Answer 13

song or chant which follows a speech

Question 14

Koha

Answer 14

gift, present (usually money, can be food or precious items, given by guest to hosts)

Question 15

Whare nui

Answer 15

meeting house; sometimes run together as one word – wharenui

Question 16

Whare

Answer 16

whakairo carved meeting house

Question 17

Whare kai

Answer 17

dining hall

Question 18

Whare paku

Answer 18

lavatory, toilet

Question 19

Whare horoi

Answer 19

ablution block, bathroom