Week 4 - Tangihanga

Question 1

Whare tūtoro

Answer 1

“sick house” - a place where the ill went to die, was burnt to the ground afterwards

Question 2

Whare mate

Answer 2

Mourning house/death house

Question 3

Tūpāpaku

Answer 3

the deceased body, means to “be sitting in upright” fetal position.

Question 4

Poroporoaki

Answer 4

the final farewell, done the night before

Question 5

tono mate

Answer 5

“a request” made by a group to take the deceased to another marae to respect the dead.

Question 6

Nehu

Answer 6

the body committed to the ground, “burial”

Question 7

Takahi Whare

Answer 7

cleansing of the deceased’s home or work space, which removes the tāpu with noa.

Question 8

Hahunga

Answer 8

exhumation of the bones from the cave (gathering/collection)

Question 9

Hura Kōhatu

Answer 9

Memorial ceremony, the “unveiling”

Question 10

Discuss mortuary rites of your own culture & how they compare to Māori customs?

Answer 10

Share the same “wake” the Pākehā rarely display the dead for extended periods.