Maori Terms

Question 1

Love

Answer 1

Aroha

Question 2

Migration/movement of people

Answer 2

Hekenga

Question 3

Tribe

Answer 3

Iwi

Question 4

To “care for” the environment

Answer 4

Kaitiakitanga

Question 5

Prayers

Answer 5

Karakia

Question 6

Gift

Answer 6

Koha

Question 7

legend or story that explains an event or activity

Answer 7

Kōrero pūrākau

Question 8

Territorial rights, power from the land, authority over land or territory

Answer 8

Mana whenua

Question 9

Respect given to those of status

Answer 9

Mana

Question 10

Hospitality and care for visitors

Answer 10

Manaakitanga

Question 11

Formal welcome speech

Answer 11

Mihi

Question 12

resource/object, either physical or cultural that can be found in the environment. All taonga are tapu/sacred

Answer 12

Taonga

Question 13

Sacred or special. All taonga are tapu.

Answer 13

Tapu/noa

Question 14

The customs and traditions Māori live by and practise within the environment

Answer 14

Tikanga Māori

Question 15

Includes the rights, responsibilities and obligations involving the use, management and control of the land and other resources

Answer 15

Tino Rangatiratanga

Question 16

Song or chant

Answer 16

Waiata tawhito

Question 17

Māori settlement that is/was chiefly governed by access to resources

Answer 17

Whakanohonoho

Question 18

The genealogy/ancestry of a taonga or person

Answer 18

Whakapapa

Question 19

Relationship, kinship, sense of family connection - a relationship through shared experiences

Answer 19

Whanaungatanga