Week One

Question 1

Aotearoa

Answer 1

New Zealand

Question 2

aroha

Answer 2

To love, feel pity, concern for, compassion, empathise

Question 3

mana

Answer 3

Noun - prestige, authority, control, power, influence

Verb - To be legal, binding, effectual, authoritative, valid

Question 4

haka

Answer 4

verb -to dance, perform

noun -performance of haka

Question 5

koha

Answer 5

Noun - gift, present, donation, contribution

Question 6

karanga

Answer 6

Verb - To call,call out, shout, summon

Noun - formal call, ceremonial call, welcome call

Question 7

marae

Answer 7

Verb - to be generous, hospitable

Noun - courtyard, open area in front of a wharenui

Question 8

moko

Answer 8

Noun - grandchild

Noun - Māori tattooing designs on the face or body done under traditional protocols

Noun - logo, trademark

Noun -lizard, skink, gecko

Question 9

Pākehā

Answer 9

Noun - foreigner, New Zealander of European descent

Question 10

pōwhiri

Answer 10

Verb - to welcome, invite, beckon, wave

Noun - invitation, rituals of encounter, welcome ceremony on a marae

Question 11

tangi

Answer 11

Verb (-hia) to cry, mourn, weep,

Verb (-hia) to sing, make a sound

Verb (-hia) to ring, chime

Noun - sound, intonation, mourning, grief, pitch

Question 12

taonga

Answer 12

Noun - property, goods, possessions, object

Noun - treasure, anything prized

Question 13

waiata

Answer 13

Verb (-hia-tia) to sing

Noun - song, chant, psalm

Question 14

waka

Answer 14

Noun - canoe, vehicle, conveyance, spirit medium

Noun - water trough

Noun - allied kinship groups descended from the crew of a canoe which migrated to NZ and occupying a set territory.

Noun - crew of a canoe

Noun - flock, flight of birds

Question 15

whānau

Answer 15

Verb (-a) to be born, give birth

Noun - extended family, family group

Question 16

whenua

Answer 16

Noun - land, country, nation, state

Noun - ground

Noun - territory, domain

Noun - placenta

Question 17

maunga

Answer 17

Noun - mountain, mount, peak

Question 18

ngaki

Answer 18

Verb (-a,-na) to clear (weeds), weed, cultivate, plan

Verb (-a,-na) to avenge, take revenge, take vengence

Question 19

ngaro

Answer 19

Verb (-mia) to be hidden, out of sight, covered, disappeared, absent

Verb (-mia) to destroy

Stative - be missing, lost, consumed, gone, extinct

Question 20

ngata

Answer 20

Verb - to be satisfied, appeased

Noun - satisfaction, gratification

Noun - snail, slug, leech

Question 21

ngākau

Answer 21

Noun - seat of affections, heart, mind soul

Noun - something used to indicated to a friendly tribe that their assistance was required in a warlike expedition

Question 22

mātanga

Answer 22

Modifier - sophisticated, experienced, skilled

Noun - experienced person, expert, specialist, consultant, professional, practitioner

Question 23

ngārara

Answer 23

Noun - insect, creepy-crawly, reptile

Noun - bug, bacterium, bacteria, germ

Noun - monster

Question 24

tīrangi

Answer 24

Verb - to be unsettled

Question 25

kānga

Answer 25

Loan - corn, maize, sweetcorn

Question 26

whakarongo

Answer 26

Verb (-hia, -na) to listen, hear, obey Verb (-hia, -na) to taste, smell, feel Modifier - listening Noun - listening, hearing, obeying

Question 27

whare

Answer 27

Noun - house, building, residence, dwelling, shed, hut, habitation

Question 28

whai

Answer 28

Verb (whāia) - to follow, chase, pursue, look for, search for, court, woo, aim at Verb - to perform karakia Noun - pursuit Noun - curative spell

Question 29

whatitiri

Answer 29

Noun - thunder

Question 30

whana

Answer 30

Verb (-ia) to spring back, kick (backwards), impel Verb - to revolt, rebel, mutiny, rise up, riot Verb - to rush, charge Noun - jerking, recoiling, springing back

Question 31

whāriki

Answer 31

Verb (-hia, -tia) to cover with a mat, spread out on the ground Noun - floor covering, ground cover, floor mat, carpet, mat

Question 32

whā

Answer 32

Numeral - 4, four

Question 33

whāwhā

Answer 33

Verb (-ria, - tia) to take in the hand, feel (with the hand), lay hold of, handle, Verb (-tia), to use, handle, manipulate, operate, work Noun - handling, hands on

Question 34

whāea

Answer 34

Noun - mother, aunt, aunty

Question 35

whakahē

Answer 35

Verb (-ngia, -tia) to disagree, contradict, find fault with, condemn, object to, criticise Verb (-ngia, -tia) to cause to go astray Modifier - disapproving, negative, critical Noun - dissent, opposition, disagreement, dissension

Question 36

pene

Answer 36

Pen

Question 37

pukapuka

Answer 37

Book

Question 38

rākau

Answer 38

Tree

Question 39

ika

Answer 39

Fish

Question 40

waka

Answer 40

Canoe

Question 41

Tā whaakahua

Answer 41

Camera

Question 42

whare

Answer 42

House

Question 43

ngeru

Answer 43

Cat

Question 44

hū

Answer 44

Shoe

Question 45

manu

Answer 45

bird

Question 46

pūngāwerewere

Answer 46

spider

Question 47

rau

Answer 47

leaf

Question 48

waka rererangi

Answer 48

plane

Question 49

wharekai

Answer 49

kitchen

Question 50

whare rongoā

Answer 50

Chemist

Question 51

tāne

Answer 51

Man Male

Question 52

wahine

Answer 52

Woman Female

Question 53

kōtiro

Answer 53

Girl

Question 54

tama

Answer 54

Boy

Question 55

koroua

Answer 55

Old man

Question 56

kuia

Answer 56

Old woman

Question 57

pēpi

Answer 57

Baby

Question 58

kaiako

Answer 58

Teacher

Question 59

kaitākaro

Answer 59

Player