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Karakia are Māori incantations and prayer used to invoke spiritual guidance and protection. [1] They are also considered a formal greeting when beginning a ceremony . According to legend, there was a curse on the Waiapu River which was lifted when George Gage (Hori Keeti) performed karakia.
Karakia is central to kura kaupapa Māori and the spiritual well-being of Māori. Meetings will begin with a prayer. Children at the start and end of the day will undertake karakia with their kaiako. On special occasions, when new schools are opened or at special school events, kaumatua (elders) of the community will undertake special karakia.
She initiated total-immersion classes for children after they had come out of kōhanga reo (Māori language immersion pre-school). [3] [4] [5] Her educational influence included nursing "with holistic ways of looking at health". [6] Pere represented New Zealand in 1975 at the United Nations International Women's Year Conference in Mexico City. [3]
The names of the beings involved in this flooding include Ua-nui (terrible rain), Ua-roa (long-continued rain), Ua-whatu (fierce hailstorms), and Ua-nganga (sleet); after these, their children in turn took up the fight: Hau-maringi (mist), Hau-marotoroto (heavy dew), and Tōmairangi (light mist) (Grey 1956:10–11, Grey 1971:5). Tregear ...
Haumia-tiketike (or simply Haumia) [a] is the god of all uncultivated vegetative food in Māori mythology.He is particularly associated with the starchy rhizome of the Pteridium esculentum, [b] which became a major element of the Māori diet in former times. [8]
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Warfare and weaponry were essential to the traditionally militant Māori society. Children were prepared for warfare from an early age. Their early training included playing activities like boxing, wrestling and stick-throwing games. [3] In the para whakawai, the young men learned mau rākau (the use of weapons).
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