Whakataukī / Proverbs

Question 1

Happy New (Māori) Year

Answer 1

Mānawatia a Matariki

Question 2

Hail to the new year

Answer 2

Mānawa maiea te Mātahi of te Tau

Question 3

When matariki rises above the horizon, our aspirations rise to the year ahead

Answer 3

Ka mahuta a Matariki i te pae, ka mahuta ō tātou tūmanako ki te tau

Question 4

Matariki, the sacred star of the year, the star of wellbeing for the world

Answer 4

Matariki, te whetū tapu o te tau, te whetū ora mō te ao

Question 5

Matariki of great gatherings
Matariki brings us together

Answer 5

Matariki hunga nui

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Hokia ki ō maunga kia purea ai koe e ngā hau o Tāwhirimātea

Question 7

When the mind is free and the spirit is willing, all thing are possible

Answer 7

Ki te wātea te hinengaro me te rere kaha o te wairua, ka taea e koe ngā mea katoa

Question 8

Industry brings well being. Idleness produces vulnerability.

Answer 8

Mauri mahi, mauri ora. Mauri noho, mauri mate.

Question 9

My strength is not that of a single warrior, but that of many!

Answer 9

Ehara taku toa i takitahi, engari, he toa takitini!

Question 10

When man disappears from sight, the land remains

Answer 10

Whatungarongaro te tangata, toitū te whenua

Question 11

When the natural environment thrives, its people thrive / Healthy environment, healthy people

Answer 11

He oranga taiao, he oranga tāngata