Foundations (2-10)

Question 1

According to Ngāpuhi tohunga, Māori Marsden, where did Io exist eternally?

Answer 1

Te Korekore

Question 2

Tangaroa or Takaroa in the Kai Tahu version of Rangi and Papa is Papa-tūā-nuku’s

Answer 2

Son

Question 3

In the Kai Tahu version who is the daughter and wife of Tāne?

Answer 3

Hine-ā-tauira

Question 4

Why are creation narratives so important for Māori society?

Answer 4

They provide an explanation of how their world began, who they are, where they come from and why they live the way they do.

Question 5

Within the narratives we can see that the relationship between men and women are …

Answer 5

There is no gender imbalance

Question 6

What are the three overarching governing principles of Māori Society?

Answer 6

Whananungatanga, manaakitanga and aroha

Question 7

Which of the following can translate to mean bones?

Answer 7

Iwi

Question 8

Which of the following best explains extensions or extrinsic tapu?

Answer 8

It is when an additional layer of tapu is placed on a person, place or thing in order to keep it safe during a specific period of time or within a specific situation or context, it is then removed when it is no longer needed.

Question 9

Which of the following is inherited mana?

Answer 9

Mana tupuna

Question 10

Which of the following best describes Mauri?

Answer 10

It is the life force that binds the physical and spiritual elements required to exist and it dies when you do.

Question 11

Which of the following provides a reason why people left Hawaiki?

Answer 11

Conflicts over land boundaries and conflicts between men of rank seeking to marry the same woman.

Question 12

Who was the female leader of the Tainui waka?

Answer 12

Whakaotirangi

Question 13

Which cultural concept links our social and kinship structures together?

Answer 13

Whakapapa

Question 14

Your older sibling or cousin of the same sex to you is your …

Answer 14

Tuakana

Question 15

Which of the following leaders is known to be an expert within a particular field?

Answer 15

Tohunga

Question 16

Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is the …

Answer 16

Tribal regional authority for Ngai Tahu.

Question 17

The Moeraki Boulders are said to be petrified …

Answer 17

Cargo from Arai-te-Uru waka.

Question 18

‘He taonga nō te whenua, me hoki anō ki te whenua’ translates to …

Answer 18

What is given by the land should return to the land.

Question 19

Landscapes hold great significance for Māori today because …

Answer 19

They are a source of identity, economic resources and hold a history and memory for the people.

Question 20

Māori have always held the responsibility of land by upholding the mana of the land, protecting the land and acting in the best interests of the land in order …

Answer 20

to ensure the use for future generations.

Question 21

Taputapuātea is known as the ___________ marae?

Answer 21

Mātāmua

Question 22

Which of the following events trumps all other events on the marae?

Answer 22

Tangihanga/Funerals

Question 23

What is the purpose of a ‘wero’?

Answer 23

To allow the tangata whenua to gage the intentions of the manuhiri side by placing a taki in front of them.

Question 24

The ‘hākari’ is …

Answer 24

The final process in which uplifts the tapu of the manuhiri side.

Question 25

The marae-ātea is the realm of which atua?

Answer 25

Tūmatauenga

Question 26

Which star of the Matariki cluster signifies death?

Answer 26

Pohutukawa

Question 27

Sprinkling water over oneself and/or saying a karakia when leaving an urupa is the process of …

Answer 27

Whakanoa

Question 28

Which atua is the kaitiaki of Rarohenga (underworld).

Answer 28

Hine-nui-te-pō

Question 29

Who went with Thomas Kendall to Britain in 1820?

Answer 29

Hongi Hika

Question 30

Who was the Ngāi Tahu rangatira in the 1830s and 1840s?

Answer 30

Tahu Pōtiki

Question 31

What was the name of Tāne-Mahuta's wife that he sculptured from Hawaiki clay in the Ngāti Kahungunu version of the creation of humanity?

Answer 31

Hine-ahu-one

Question 32

Which of the following is the mana you get from achievements?

Answer 32

Mana whakatipu

Question 33

Who is the leader of a hapū?

Answer 33

Rangatira

Question 34

What is a ‘tenia’?

Answer 34

Younger sibling of the same sex

Question 35

Who was the ‘commander’ of the Takitimu waka?

Answer 35

Tamatea

Question 36

What did the voyagers do when they landed in Aotearoa?

Answer 36

Erect a tūahu to pay tribute back to the atua

Question 37

Kaitiakitanga acts as a:

Answer 37

Right Māori have to the whenua, Responsibility Māori have to protect the whenua and Way for mana whenua to conserve and maintain their whenua

Question 38

The whare tūpuna / wharenui is the realm of which atua?

Answer 38

Rongomātane

Question 39

What does the ‘kaiwero’ (person doing the wero) lay on the ground?

Answer 39

A taki

Question 40

What is the pō poroporoaki?

Answer 40

The last night of the tangihanga process where the grieving family is afforded the chance to speak.

Question 41

The values of whanaungatanga and manaakitanga are often brought beneath the “umbrella” of which cultural concept?

Answer 41

Aroha

Question 42

What is the name of the oldest known (mātāmua) marae in the Pacific?

Answer 42

Taputapuātea.

Question 43

According to the Ngāi Tahu narratives of creation, Takaroa was Papatūānuku’s…

Answer 43

Husband

Question 44

Which of the following is the type of mana you inherit through whakapapa?

Answer 44

Mana atua.

Question 45

When manuhiri are being welcomed onto a marae, what is the purpose of the “wero”?

Answer 45

For the mana whenua to discern the intentions of the manuhiri.

Question 46

Who led the Te Arawa waka?

Answer 46

Tama-te-kapua.

Question 47

Which of the following best describes the practice of whāngai?

Answer 47

The movement of a child from one whānau household to another whānau household for a specific reason.

Question 48

Pan-tribal urban marae were created to…

Answer 48

Support a wider dislocated Māori community living in the same city region.

Question 49

The narratives of Io are seen by some iwi as an adaptation of Christianity. Which two iwi hold that Io has long been part of their tribal traditions?

Answer 49

Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kahungunu.