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  2. List of English words of Māori origin - Wikipedia

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    te reo: the Māori language (literally, 'the language') waka: canoe, boat [17] (modern Māori usage includes automobiles) whānau: extended family or community of related families [13] whare: house, building; Other Māori words and phrases may be recognised by most New Zealanders, but generally not used in everyday speech: hapū: subtribe; or ...

  3. Whakapapa - Wikipedia

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    Māori woman with a representation of the Waikato Ancestress "Te Iringa" Whakapapa (Māori pronunciation:, ), or genealogy, is a fundamental principle in Māori culture. Reciting one's whakapapa proclaims one's Māori identity, places oneself in a wider context, and links oneself to land and tribal groupings and their mana. [1]

  4. Te Kotahitanga - Wikipedia

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    The lower house, or Whare o Raro, had 96 members, elected at large from electorates defined according to tribal affiliation. The upper house, or Whare Ariki , was composed of 44 paramount chiefs elected by the members of the Whare o Raro . 127 representatives filled the 140 positions in both houses at the parliament's first sitting at Waipatu ...

  5. List of marae in the Northland Region - Wikipedia

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    Ngāti Whātua (Te Popoto, Te Uri o Hau), Te Uri o Hau: Tinopai: Pananawe: Te Taumata o Tiopira Kinaki: Te Roroa, Ngāti Whātua : Waipoua: Parirau: Te Whare Mārama: Ngāti Whātua, Te Uri o Hau: Matakohe: Te Pounga Marae: Te Pounga: Te Uri o Hau, Ngāti Whātua (Te Uri o Hau) Kaiwaka: Rīpia: No wharenui: Ngāti Whātua, Te Uri o Hau: Te ...

  6. Māori language - Wikipedia

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    te DEF. SG tamariki child. PL te tamariki DEF.SG child.PL "children (in general)" as opposed to ngā DEF. PL tamariki child. PL ngā tamariki DEF.PL child.PL "the (specific group of) children" In other syntactic environments, the definite article may be used to introduce a noun-phrase which is pragmatically indefinite due to the restrictions on the use of he as discussed below. The indefinite ...

  7. Te Māngai Pāho - Wikipedia

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    Te Māngai Pāho funds the operation of a network of bilingual English and Māori language radio stations targeting members of local iwi and the wider public through local frequencies and online streaming. It operates as Te Whakaruruhau o Ngā Reo Irirangi Māori, the Iwi Radio Network, currently chaired by former Alliance MP Willie Jackson.

  8. Māori language revival - Wikipedia

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    The Māori language revival is a movement to promote, reinforce and strengthen the use of the Māori language (te reo Māori).Primarily in New Zealand, but also in places with large numbers of expatriate New Zealanders (such as London and Melbourne), the movement aims to increase the use of Māori in the home, in education, government, and business.

  9. Whatarangi Winiata - Wikipedia

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    His work establishing and revitalising Maori language for Ngāti Raukawa that saw there were no te reo Māori speakers under the age of 30 in 1975 within the tribe. Dr. Dr. Winiata is recognised as the architect of the 25-year Whakatupuranga Rua Mano (Generation 2000) iwi development programme that birthed Te Wānanga o Raukawa based in Ōtaki.