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 Aotearoa: New Zealand Aroha: Love Atua: god Haka: War dance Haka Peruperu: A Haka dance performed with weapons Haka Taparahi: A Haka dance performed without weapons Hakari: Feast Hapu: Subtribe Hariru: Shake hands Hongi: Rubbing or touching noses, a Maori greeting Iwi: Tribe Kaikörero Paki: Storyteller Kapa Haka: Maori cultural song and dance Karakia: Incantation Karanga: Call Kirituhi: Maori skin art Korero: Stories Koru: Artistic spiral design element Kowhaiwhai: Ornate designs painted onto the rafters in a meeting house Lapita: Ancestral Polynesian culture Mana Whenua: Control of land Mana: Reputation, authority, power, prestige Manuhiri: Guest Marae: Community meeting space Moko or Ta Moko: Sacred Maori practice of tattooing Noa: Normal state Pakeha: New Zealanders of European descent Paua: A shell fish related to the abalone; inside the shell is a myriad of ever changing colors Pounamu: New Zealand jade of hard density Poutama: A woven pattern of steps on the walls of meeting houses Powhiri: Welcome ceremony Rahui: Making a certain area tapu, or off-limits Rangatira: Chief Rangatiratanga: Leadership Reo: Speech Taiaha: A two handed spear-like fighting weapon Tane: God of the Forests Tangaroa: God of the Sea Taniwha: Mythical beast Tapu: Sacred or restricted Te Reo: Maori language Tekoteko: A carved figure found on the gable apex structure of a Maori meeting house to ward away evil spirits Tikanga: Customs Tohunga: Ritual expert Waiata: Song Waka Confederation: An amalgamation of iwi connected by whakapapa Waka: Canoe Whaikorero: Speech Whakairo: Maori carvings Whakapapa: Genealogy Whanau: Family Wharenui: Meeting House Whironui: An ancestor |
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