tikanga

Question 1

tikanga

Answer 1

customs and traditional values, especially in a Māori context
tikanga is the first law of NZ, and part of the values of the NZ variety of the common law

Question 2

pīpīwharauroa

Answer 2

shining cuckoo bird

Question 3

tangata whenua

Answer 3

indigenous people - people born of the whenua, of the land where the peoples’ ancestors have lived

Question 4

whenua

Answer 4

land, country, nation, state, territory, placenta, afterbirth

Question 5

defining feature of tikanga

Answer 5

kinship was the revolving door between the human, physical, and spiritual realms

Question 6

whanaungatanga

Answer 6

centrality of kinship and careful attention to relationships
defining principle of tikanga

Question 7

kaitiakitanga

Answer 7

guardianship and environmental responsibility

Question 8

mana

Answer 8

prestige, authority, power, influence

Question 9

noa

Answer 9

opposite of tapu, includes the concept of ‘common’

Question 10

tapu

Answer 10

sacred, spiritual restriction, things cannot be touched or approached in some cases

Question 11

utu

Answer 11

balance and reciprocity, broader concept of revenge ‘an eye for an eye’

Question 12

whānau

Answer 12

basic extended family group

Question 13

waka

Answer 13

ancestral canoe

Question 14

iwi

Answer 14

tribal federation

Question 15

hapū

Answer 15

sub-tribe (to be pregnant)

Question 16

ariki

Answer 16

paramount chief

Question 17

rangatira

Answer 17

chief

Question 18

tohunga

Answer 18

skilled person

Question 19

kaumātua

Answer 19

elder, a person of status within a whanau

Question 20

whakaminenga

Answer 20

collective of iwi and hapů

Question 21

marae

Answer 21

courtyard, the open area in front of the wharenui

Question 22

růnanga

Answer 22

council, tribal council, assembly board, to discuss in an assembly

Question 23

rāhui

Answer 23

to put in place a temporary prohibition

Question 24

whare

Answer 24

māori hut or house

Question 25

kāinga

Answer 25

māori village or settlement

Question 26

pā

Answer 26

a māori village, or fortified settlement

Question 27

tāone

Answer 27

to establish towns

Question 28

motu

Answer 28

island

Question 29

kīngitanga

Answer 29

the Māori king movement

Question 30

tahora

Answer 30

to spread out

Question 31

kawangatanga

Answer 31

governance

Question 32

tino rangatiratanga

Answer 32

sovereignty

Question 33

wānanga

Answer 33

opportunity to meet and exchange ideas

Question 34

taonga

Answer 34

treasure, significant cultural value e.g. land, animals, rivers, culture

Question 35

tangata

Answer 35

people