Maori Word Meanings

Question 1

Aroha

Answer 1

Love

Question 2

Hekenga

Answer 2

Migration/Movement of people

Question 3

Iwi

Answer 3

A tribe

Question 4

Kaitiakitanga

Answer 4

To care for the environment

Question 5

Karaika

Answer 5

Prayers

Question 6

Koha

Answer 6

A gift

Question 7

Kōrero pūrākau

Answer 7

a legend or story that explains an event or activity.

Question 8

Mana whenua

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Mana

Answer 9

Respect given to those of status

Question 10

Manaakitanga

Answer 10

Manaakitanga= hospitality and care for visitors

Question 11

Mihi

Answer 11

A formal welcome speech

Question 12

Taonga

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Tapu/noa

Answer 13

Sacred or special. All taonga are tapu.

Question 14

Tikanga Māori

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Tino Rangatiratanga

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Waiata tawhito

Answer 16

A song or chant

Question 17

Whakanohonoho

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Whakapapa

Answer 18

The genealogy/ancestry of a taonga or person

Question 19

Whanaungatanga

Answer 19

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