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In Māori, a mihi or mihi whakatau is a formal or semi-formal speech or speeches of greeting at a meeting such as a hui. [1] The speech acknowledges those present, and may be accompanied by other ritual greetings or acknowledgements, such as pōwhiri , wero , or recital of pepeha .
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Māori on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Māori in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Ngāpuhi (also known as Ngāpuhi-Nui-Tonu or Ngā Puhi) is a Māori iwi associated with the Northland regions of New Zealand centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands, and Whangārei. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] According to the 2018 New Zealand census , the estimated population of Ngāpuhi is 165,201. [ 1 ]
Legends from the East Coast of the North Island tell of his explorations in Ahuriri, Heretaunga, Māhia, Pōrangahau, Tūranga-nui and Wairoa. He travelled via the Mangakopikopiko River, over the Tītī-o-kura saddle via Pohokura to Lake Taupō. The Ōtamatea River is named after him. Tamatea is also the name of a place in Napier. [citation needed]
An unusual feature of Māori is the lack of sibilants, the most frequently encountered type of fricative consonants, as well as the lack of /j/ which is the most widespread semivowel phoneme in world languages.
Māui attempting to enter Hine-nui-te-pō. Carving by Tene Waitere in the meeting house Rauru (opened in 1900). [1] Hinenuitepo meeting house at Te Whaiti in 1930. Hine-nui-te-pō ("the great woman of the night") in Māori legends, is a goddess of night who receives the spirits of humans when they die.
The pronunciation of wh is extremely variable, [119] but its most common pronunciation (its canonical allophone) is the labiodental fricative, IPA [f] (as in the English word fill). Another allophone is the voiceless bilabial fricative , IPA [ɸ] , which is usually supposed to be the sole pre-European pronunciation, although linguists are not ...
Te Kawerau ā Maki, [2] [3] [4] Te Kawerau a Maki, [1] or Te Kawerau-a-Maki [5] is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Auckland Region of New Zealand.Predominantly based in West Auckland (Hikurangi also known as Waitākere), it had 251 registered adult members as of June 2017. [1]