Whakatauki (Proverbs)

Question 1

Alone we can be broken, standing together, we are invincible

Answer 1

Ki te kotahi te kakaho ka whati, ki te kapuia e kore e whati

Question 2

My success should not be bestowed onto me alone, it was not individual success but the success of a collective

Answer 2

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari kē he toa takitini

Question 3

A problem is solved by continuing to find solutions

Answer 3

I orea te tuatara ka patu ki waho

Question 4

Pursue excellence – should you stumble, let it be to a lofty mountain

Answer 4

Whāia e koe te iti kahurangi ki te tūohu koe, me he maunga teitei

Question 5

A canoe which we are all in with no exception

Answer 5

He waka eke noa

Question 6

Seek after learning for the sake of your wellbeing

Answer 6

Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō koutou

Question 7

An active soul is a healthy soul

Answer 7

Mauri tū, mauri ora

Question 8

Something has completed a full cycle

Answer 8

Kua hua te marama

Question 9

Secure the horizons that are close to hand and pursue the more distant horizons so that they may become close

Answer 9

Ko te pae tata, whakamaua, kia tīnā, Ko te pae tawhiti, whaia, kia tata

Question 10

Adorn the bird with feathers so it may soar

Answer 10

Mā te huruhuru ka rere te manu

Question 11

Wishing for the crayfish won’t bring it

Answer 11

He manako te kōura i kore ai

Question 12

Fight like a shark, dont give in like an octopus

Answer 12

Kia mate ā ururoa. Kei mate wheke.

Question 13

Return to your mountains to be cleansed by the winds of Tāwhirimātea

Answer 13

E hoki koe ki ō maunga kia purea koe e ngā hau a Tāwhirimātea

Question 14

Seek after learning for the sake of your wellbeing

Answer 14

Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō koutou

Question 15

The old net is cast aside, while the new net goes fishing (out with the old, in with the new)

Answer 15

Ka pū te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi

Question 16

A person trained at home will stand on the marae with dignity

Answer 16

Tangata akona i te kāinga tūnga ki te marae tau ana

Question 17

When one home falls, another will take its place (have two strings to your bow)

Answer 17

Ka mate kāinga tahi ka ora kāinga rua

Question 18

Be strong, be brave, be steadfast

Answer 18

Kia kaha kia maia kia manawanui

Question 19

I will never be lost, for I am the seed which was sown from Rangiātea

Answer 19

E kore au e ngaro he kākano i ruia mai i Rangiātea

Question 20

The language is the essence of what is Māori

Answer 20

Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori

Question 21

Pursue excellence – should you stumble, let it be to a lofty mountain

Answer 21

Whāia te iti kahurangi. Ki te tūohu koe, me he maunga teitei.