Week 1 Flashcards by Julia Campbell

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Aotearoa

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New Zealand

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Aroha

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Love/Compassion

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Māori

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Natural/Usual/Pure/Indigenous people of NZ

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Mana

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Power/Prestige/Pride

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Haka

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War dance

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Koha

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Gift

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Karanga

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Call

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Marae

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Enclosed space in front of the meeting house

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Moko

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Traditional tattoo

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Pākehā

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Person of European descent

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Pōwhiri

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Welcome

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Tangi

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Funeral/Cry/Lament

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Taonga

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Treasure/Precious

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Waiata

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Song

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Waka

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Vessel/Vehicle

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Whānau

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Family

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Whenua

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Land/Placenta

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Maunga

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Mountain

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Ngaki

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Clear weeds/Seek revenge

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Ngaro

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Lost/Missing

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Ngata

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Snail

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Ngākau

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Heart

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Mātanga

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Expert/Analyst

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Ngārara

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Insect

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Tīrangi

Unsettled

Kānga

Corn

Whakarongo

Listen

Whare

House

Whai

Follow

Whatitiri

Thunder

Whana

Kick

Whāriki

Mat/Carpet

Whā

Four

Whāwhā

Feel

Whāea

Mother/Auntie

Whakahē

Disagree

Hōhonu kakī, pāpaku uaua

Long on words, short on actions

Okea ururoatia

Never say die

Iti noa ana he pito mata

From the withered tree a flower blooms

E Kore a muri e hokia

What's done is done

Kia mau ki te tokanga nui a noho

There's no place like home

Māna

For him/her or he/she will or I could be wrong/unless

Aka

Vine

Āka

Clean off or yearning/affection

Wahine

Female/Woman

Wāhine

Plural of wahine

Aku

Mine (more than one object) (informal)

Āku

Belonging to me (more than one object) (formal: dependent on following noun)

Toto

Blood or to bleed

Tōtō

Weeds or to drag/tow

Take

Origin/purpose/root

Tāke

Turk or to stack/tax

Tana

His/hers (informal: must be followed by a noun)

Tāna

His/hers (more than one object) (formal: used by superior of item/relationship)

Patu

To smack/hit

Pātū

Wall/screen/edge

Ata

Morning

Āta

Gently/slowly/carefully or altar

Pahi

Bus

Pahī

To ooze/leak/seep or large ocean-going canoe/ship