Whaikōrero

Question 1

Waikato

Answer 1

Mōkau ki runga
Tāmaki ki raro
Mangatoatoa ki waenganui

Mihi ki Te Arikinui

Question 2

Te Arawa

Answer 2

Mai i Maketu ki Tongariro
Ngā Pūmanawa e waru o Te Arawa

Question 3

Mātaatua

Answer 3

Mai i ngā Kuri a Whārei ki Tihirau
Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe, Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-a-Apanui

Question 4

Taranaki

Answer 4

Paraninihi ki Waitōtara
Paraninihi kei raro, Taipake kei runga

Question 5

A.R.T

Answer 5

Mai i Waitapu ki Rangataua
Mai i Miria Te Kakara ki Whitireia
Whakawhiti atu i Te Moana o Raukawa
Ki Wairau ki Whakatū

Question 6

Example mihi ki te manuhiri

Answer 6

Tainui waka, Mōkau ki runga, Tāmaki ki raro, Mangatoatoa ki waenganui Maunga Taupiri, Waikato awa, Waikato tangata haramai, haramai, haramai!!

Question 7

waha

Answer 7

(verb)(-ia,-a,-ina,-ngia,-tia) to carry on the back, raise up

Question 8

Tini whetū ki te rangi, he iti te pōkēao ka ngaro

Answer 8

A small cloud overhead will obscure the stars. Even a small group can overcome the multitudes.

Question 9

E kore au e hoki i te waewae tūtuki, engari mā te upoko pakarū rā anō.

Answer 9

I will not be stopped by stubbing my foot on the path, but only when my head is broken open

Question 10

He mana to te kupu

Answer 10

Words have mana - I shall keep my word.

Question 11

E hoki te tihe ki te ihu, te hūare ki te waha?

Answer 11

Does the sneeze return to the nose, the spit to the mouth - What’s done is done.

Question 12

Kaua tātou e tōtara wāhi rua

Answer 12

Let us not be like a split tôtara log.

Question 13

He pukepuke moana e ekengia e te waka
He pukepuke tangata e kore e ekengia, He tapu

Answer 13

Mountainous seas can be conquered by a waka Multitudes of people cannot, for we are tapu.

Question 14

pōkēao

Answer 14

(noun) dark cloud

Question 15

mātāpuputu

Answer 15

(modifier) elderly, old (of people), of advancing years

Question 16

tapatapa

Answer 16

(verb) to recite karakia

Question 17

whakaeaea

Answer 17

(noun) ambition

Question 18

Ahakoa he iti te matakahi, ka pakaru i a ia te tōtara

Answer 18

Although the wedge is small, it splits the tötara.

Question 19

Ka mate kainga tahi, ka ora kainga rua

Answer 19

If the first plan fails, on to plan B.

Question 20

He kokonga whare e kitea
He kokonga ngākau, e kore e kitea

Answer 20

You can see the corners of the house
You can’t see the corners of the heart - you never know what they might be

Question 21

E koa koe aianei, maku hoki te ra apopo

Answer 21

You be happy today, but tomorrow it will be my turn.

Question 22

Engari te ngaringa, he pai ake i te tino kore rawa

Answer 22

It is better to be poor that to have absolutely nothing. Be thankful for what you have, even if little.

Question 23

whēkere

Answer 23

(modifier) very dark

Question 24

whakamāhorahora

Answer 24

(verb) to make someone feel at home, putting people at ease, making people feel comfortable

Mā Hōhua Tāwhaki e ui, “E hika mā, kātahi anō te kai ko te kata kāore ōna kākano?” Ā, māku e whakahoki, “Ē, he kākano. Heoi anō te mahi he rui, he rui, he rui, me te Tutahe o Ioka i rui rā i ana kata ki ngā wāhi katoa e tae ana ia, ā kei te rui tonu, hei whakamāhorahora, hei whakamāhanahana, hei whakahauora i tēnei ao matemate (TTT 1/1/1928:722). / Hōhua Tāwhaki will ask, “My friends, does the food of laughter not have a source?” And I will respond, “Yes, there is a source. All that has to be done is to scatter and sow, just as the Duchess of York spread her laughter everywhere she went, and she is still sowing, making people feel comfortable, stimulating and revitalising this ailing world.

Question 25

māha

Answer 25

(verb) to be gratified, satisfied, contented - by the attainment of a desired object

Question 26

taunaki

Answer 26

(verb)(-tia) to support, recommend, reinforce

Question 27

matatū

Answer 27

(adjective) be watchful, wakeful, alert

Question 28

onge

Answer 28

(noun) rarity, treasure

Me āta whakaaro ake tātou ki tō tātou reo me ā tātou tikanga kia pai ai te waiho mai ki muri nei hei onge ki ngā whakatipuranga haere ake nei

We should carefully consider our language and customs so that we bequeath a treasure for future generations.

Question 29

whakareanga

Answer 29

(noun) generation

Question 30

Te Moana-tāpokopoko-a-Tāwhaki

Answer 30

(location) Southern Ocean - sometimes also used for the Tasman Sea

Question 31

Hoe

Answer 31

Ka hoe mātau ki te ngutuawa (HP 1991:16). / We paddled to the river mouth.

Question 32

Hoe

Answer 32

Kua eke te punga, kua mau ki ngā hoe, kua kori katoa, kua korero i tō rātou reo (TP 1/1911:5). / When the anchor was aboard, they took hold of their oars and they all moved into action and spoke their language.

Question 33

taha o te rangi

Answer 33

(noun) edge of the heavens, horizon

Question 34

whaka-tētehi-taha

Answer 34

(modifier) towards the other side

Question 35

takanga o te wā.

Answer 35

takanga o te wā: (noun) passage of time Kua panoni, kua ngaro rānei ētahi tikanga i te takanga o te wā. / In the passage of time some customary practices have changed or been lost.

Question 36

Paerau

Answer 36

(location) meeting place of the dead

KI ngā iwi, ki ngā hapū, me ngā mana e pupuri mai nei i te mana Māori, i ngā marae o Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu, tēnā rā koutou, ngā mōrehu a Aituā, tūāhuatanga o ēnā o ō tātou rangatira ka riro rā ki Paerau, ki te huinga o te kahurangi, ki te takotoranga tē taea te whakakorikori (TP 8/1912:7). / To the tribes, subtribes and the people of standing retaining Māori status on the marae of the North and South Islands, greetings to you all, who are the survivors of misfortune and stand in place of our leaders who have departed to the meeting place of the dead, to the gathering of the illustrious, to the resting place from which you are not able to move.

Question 37

ngākau māhaki

Answer 37

(noun) pleasant person, mild mannered

Question 38

pōhoi

Answer 38

(verb)(-tia) to use as an ornament for the ear

Question 39

roimata toroa

Answer 39

tukutuku pattern formed with stitches that fall vertically, like albatross tears, representing misfortune and disaster

Question 40

tāiri

Answer 40

(verb)(-a) to be suspended, hang over (of clouds, mist, etc.)

Ināianei e tāiri ana te kohu ki runga ki ētahi o ngā hiwi maunga
Currently the mist hangs over some of the mountain peaks.

Question 41

tūhura

Answer 41

(verb)(-hia,-ina,-tia) to discover, disclose, bring to light, unearth, open up, explore, investigate

Question 42

taioreore

Answer 42

(modifier) very, decidedly, highly, truly, eminently, highest, ultimate, extreme, supreme - an intensive often used with pakapaka

Question 43

kōrurerure

Answer 43

(verb)(-a,-hia,-tia) to shake, stir up, agitate

Question 44

ahi teretere

Answer 44

(stative) flickering fire, unstable fire - a term used when members of a whānau have not returned to their tribal lands to ‘keep the fires burning’ for three or four generations and their rights have almost been extinguished.

Ko te kaupapa o te kōrero, kia kore ai e ahi teretere, kia kore ai rānei e ahi mātao…Me hokihoki tonu koe ki tōu ake kāinga kia kā tonu ai ngā ahi, me tuku rānei e koe ō tamariki kia hokihoki ki tērā o ngā kāinga kia noho mahana tonu ai ō ahi (Tikanga 1997:70). / The purpose of the story is so that fire does not flicker or grow cold…You must continually return to your real home so that the fires continue to burn, or you should request that your children return often to that home so that your fires stay warm.

Question 45

tinaku

Answer 45

(verb) to germinate, sprout, conceive

Ki te mea ka taka te kākano ki te wāhi e tika ana ka tinaku, ā, ka pihi ake he tipu hou.

If a seed falls in the right place it will germinate and a new seedling will sprout up.

Question 46

Taku ahi tūtata taku mata kikoha, taku ahi tawhiti taku mata kiporo:

Answer 46

A proverb reffering to keeping close to one’s passion (fire) in order to be skilled or adept (sharp). The further away from the fire the more uninterested one becomes.