Describe places on Marae

Question 1

Urupā

Answer 1

Cemetery, usually reserved for the hau kāinga and whānau.

Question 2

Kōhanga reo

Answer 2

Total immersion reo Māori pre-schools

Question 3

Kura Kaupapa Māori

Answer 3

schools for intergenerational reo transmission steeped in tikanga Māori

Question 4

Māra ka

Answer 4

Vegetable garden

Question 5

Kāuta

Answer 5

Kitchen, cooking shed, cookhouse - the heart of marae hospitality and whānau networking.

Question 6

Wharekai

Answer 6

The dining room, where you will never leave hungry.

Question 7

Rua hāngī

Answer 7

Hāngī pit. Where the hāngī goodness happens

Question 8

Paepae

Answer 8

Where the kaikōrero sit during the formalities on the marae.

Question 9

Whare puni

Answer 9

Guest house, sleeping house or principal house

Question 10

Whare moe

Answer 10

sleeping house

Question 11

Whare tupuna

Answer 11

Ancestral house

Question 12

Wharenui

Answer 12

Great house, big house, meeting house

Question 13

Whare karakia

Answer 13

Church, place of prayer.

Question 14

Whare mate

Answer 14

The whare where the tūpāpaku lies in state.

Question 15

Wharau

Answer 15

Temporary shelter, shed. In the context of this matapaki the wharau is a shed near the garden.

Question 16

Wharepaku

Answer 16

The ‘little room’ in reference to the toilets and shower facilities.

Question 17

pare

Answer 17

lintel, carved slab over the door of a house

Question 18

pou tokomanawa

Answer 18

centre pole supporting the ridge pole of a meeting house

Question 19

marae ātea

Answer 19

courtyard, public forum - open area in front of the wharenui

Question 20

raparapa

Answer 20

the projecting carved ends of the maihi of a meeting house

Question 21

tāhuhu

Answer 21

ridge pole (of a house)

Question 22

maihi

Answer 22

bargeboards - the facing boards on the gable of a house, the lower ends of which are often ornamented with carving

Question 23

tuarongo

Answer 23

back of the interior of a house, back wall

Question 24

pou tuarongo

Answer 24

back wall post of a meeting house - supported the ridge pole in the back wall of a meeting house

Question 25

koruru

Answer 25

carved face on the gable of a meeting house, often representing the ancestor after which the house is named)

Question 26

amo

Answer 26

bargeboard support - upright supports of the lower ends of the maihi of the front of a meeting house

Question 27

kūaha

Answer 27

door, entrance, gateway

Question 28

whakawae

Answer 28

carved uprights on either side of the door of a meeting house

Question 29

pakitara

Answer 29

wall, side wall (of a house)

Question 30

heke

Answer 30

Rafter

Question 31

tekoteko

Answer 31

carved figure on the gable of a meeting house, figurehead (of a canoe)

Question 32

mahau

Answer 32

porch, verandah

Question 33

ringa wera

Answer 33

worker in the kitchen and dining room - a figurative term for people who work in the kitchen and their hot hands from the fires and ovens

Question 34

kaumātua

Answer 34

adult, elder, elderly man, elderly women, old man - a person of status within the whanau

Question 35

ope

Answer 35

troop, party, entourage, contingent - group of people moving together

Question 36

tira

Answer 36

travelling party, company of travellers, troupe, choir

Question 37

tangata whenua

Answer 37

local people, hosts, indigenous people - people born of the whenua

Question 38

pōwhiri

Answer 38

Traditionally the process served to discover whether the visiting party were friend or foe, and so its origins lay partly in military necessity. As the ceremony progressed, and after friendly intent was established, it became a formal welcoming of guests (manuhiri) by the hosts (tangata whenua or home people). As the ceremony progresses also, the tapu or sacredness surrounding manuhiri is removed, and they become one with the tangata whenua.

Question 39

karanga

Answer 39

a ceremonial call of welcome to visitors onto a marae, or equivalent venue. Made by wāhine.

Question 40

Haka pōwhiri

Answer 40

Ceremonial dance performed to welcome visitors. Usually used to welcome significant visitors. Used to recognise auspicious occasion.

Question 41

Waiata toutoko

Answer 41

Supporting Waiata, relevant to the speech. Traditional song or chant to support speaker.

Question 42

hākari

Answer 42

Feast, banquet and celebration

Question 43

Wero

Answer 43

challenge at a pōhiri