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transliteration of the English word "governance," sometimes mistranslated as "sovereignty." See also: tino rangatiratanga and Differences in the Māori and English versions of the Treaty of Waitangi kia kaha an expression of support, lit. be strong kia ora a greeting, lit. be healthy koha gift, present, offering, donation, contribution [9 ...
English translation: The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his kōauau (flute) to his loved one. Language of name: Māori: Geography; Location: Near Pōrangahau, Hawke's Bay: Country: New Zealand
The use of Māori words in New Zealand English has increased since the 1990s, [2] [3] and English-language publications increasingly use macrons to indicate long vowels. [4] Māori words are usually not italicised in New Zealand English, and most publications follow the Māori-language convention of the same word for singular and plural (e.g ...
Kia ora (Māori pronunciation: [k i ˈ a ɔ ɾ a], approximated in English as / ˌ k iː ə ˈ ɔːr ə / KEE-ə-OR-ə [1] or / ˈ k j ɔːr ə / KYOR-ə) is a Māori-language greeting which has entered New Zealand English. It translates literally as "have life" or "be healthy", [2] wishing the essence of life upon someone, from one speaker to ...
The English word Maori is a borrowing from the Māori language, where it is spelled Māori.In New Zealand, the Māori language is often referred to as te reo [tɛ ˈɾɛ.ɔ] ("the language"), short for te reo Māori ("the Māori language").
The anthem has five verses, each in English and Māori. The Māori version is not a direct translation of the English version. The underlying structure of the piece is a prayer or invocation to God, with the refrain "God defend New Zealand" (in English).
The first part of the word, Kāwana, is a transliteration into Māori of the English word governor. The suffix -tanga is very similar in meaning and use to the English suffix -ship, for example rangatiratanga (chieftainship) and kīngitanga (kingship). So a literal translation of the word would be governorship.
Written in Māori, the letter used the word Pākehā to mean 'British European', and the words tau iwi to mean 'strangers (non-British)'—as shown in the translation that year of the letter from Māori to English by the missionary William Yate. [10] To this day, the Māori term for the English language is reo Pākehā.