Week 1 Flashcards by Julia Campbell

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Aotearoa

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New Zealand

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Aroha

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Love/Compassion

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Māori

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Natural/Usual/Pure/Indigenous people of NZ

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Mana

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Power/Prestige/Pride

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Haka

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War dance

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Koha

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Gift

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Karanga

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Call

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Marae

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Enclosed space in front of the meeting house

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Moko

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Traditional tattoo

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Pākehā

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Person of European descent

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Pōwhiri

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Welcome

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Tangi

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Funeral/Cry/Lament

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Taonga

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Treasure/Precious

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Waiata

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Song

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Waka

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Vessel/Vehicle

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Whānau

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Family

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Whenua

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Land/Placenta

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Maunga

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Mountain

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Ngaki

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Clear weeds/Seek revenge

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Ngaro

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Lost/Missing

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Ngata

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Snail

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Ngākau

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Heart

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Mātanga

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Expert/Analyst

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Ngārara

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Insect

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Tīrangi

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Unsettled

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Kānga

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Corn

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Whakarongo

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Listen

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Whare

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House

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Whai

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Follow

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Whatitiri

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Thunder

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Whana

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Kick

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Whāriki

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Mat/Carpet

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Whā

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Four

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Whāwhā

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Feel

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Whāea

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Mother/Auntie

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Whakahē

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Disagree

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Hōhonu kakī, pāpaku uaua

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Long on words, short on actions

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Okea ururoatia

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Never say die

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Iti noa ana he pito mata

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From the withered tree a flower blooms

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E Kore a muri e hokia

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What’s done is done

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Kia mau ki te tokanga nui a noho

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There’s no place like home

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Māna

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For him/her or he/she will or I could be wrong/unless

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Aka

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Vine

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Āka

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Clean off or yearning/affection

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Wahine

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Female/Woman

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Wāhine

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Plural of wahine

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Aku

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Mine (more than one object) (informal)

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Āku

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Belonging to me (more than one object) (formal: dependent on following noun)

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Toto

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Blood or to bleed

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Tōtō

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Weeds or to drag/tow

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Take

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Origin/purpose/root

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Tāke

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Turk or to stack/tax

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Tana

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His/hers (informal: must be followed by a noun)

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Tāna

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His/hers (more than one object) (formal: used by superior of item/relationship)

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Patu

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To smack/hit

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Pātū

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Wall/screen/edge

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Ata

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Morning

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Āta

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Gently/slowly/carefully or altar

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Pahi

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Bus

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Pahī

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To ooze/leak/seep or large ocean-going canoe/ship