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The Te Aho Matua amendment made it a requirement that kura kaupapa Māori adhere to the principles of Te Aho Matua. The amendment recognised Te Runanga Nui o nga Kura Kaupapa Māori as the kaitiaki (guardians, caretakers and architects), the most suitable body responsible for determining the content of Te Aho Matua, and for ensuring that it is ...
Dame Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira DNZM (13 November 1932 – 16 July 2011) was a New Zealand Māori language proponent, educator, intellectual, artist and writer. [1] Her efforts to revive and revitalise the Māori language ( te reo Māori ) led to the growth of Kura Kaupapa Māori in New Zealand.
Te Ao Mārama is a concept of the world in Māori culture. Te Ao Mārama, also known as Te Ao Tūroa ("The Long-Standing World"), [1] refers to the physical plane of existence that is inhabited by people, and is associated with knowledge and understanding. The phrase is variously translated as "The World of Light", "the World of Understanding ...
Mataaho (also known as Mataaoho [1] and Mataoho [2]) is a Māori deity. Variously considered a god of earthquakes and eruptions, the guardian of the earth's secrets, [3] the god of volcanic forces, [4] or a giant, [5] Mataaho is associated with many of the volcanic features in the Tāmaki Makaurau Region (Auckland Region).
Io Matua Kore is often understood as the supreme being in Polynesian native religion, particularly of the Māori people. Io does seem to be present in the mythologies of other Polynesian islands including Hawai‘i , the Society Islands , and the Cook Islands . [ 1 ]
Kaumātua never self-proclaim their elder status, as the rules of mana prohibit this; instead the people acknowledge an elder's status as kaumātua. [3] Kaumātua comport themselves with humility, honesty, and integrity, and typically possess deep knowledge of a particular subject such as whakapapa or tikanga, and know people who have expertise in other fields.
Members of the Matua Mahasangha believe in Swayam-Dikshiti ("Self-Realisation") through harinaam, the chanting of the holy name of Hari (God). Harichand stressed the congressional chanting of God's name as the sole means to mukti (liberation). In Bengali, this is known as hariname matoara, giving rise to the name "Matua".
The Treaty of Waitangi was written in English and translated into the Māori language (Te Reo). As some words in the English treaty did not translate directly into the written Māori of the time, this text is not an exact translation of the English text, such as in relation to the meaning of having and ceding sovereignty.