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  2. List of English words of Māori origin - Wikipedia

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    Other terms relate to Māori customs. All of these words are commonly encountered in New Zealand English, and several (such as kiwi) are widely used across other varieties of English, and in other languages. The Māori alphabet includes both long and short vowels, which change the meaning of words. [1]

  3. Māori language influence on New Zealand English - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Cook Islands Māori - Wikipedia

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    Plural pronoun examples Pronoun Cook Islands Maori English Word-to-word and gloss Tātou : We, us (you -2 or more- and I) Koʻai tā tātou e tiaki nei: Who are we waiting for? Who (subject marker+identity interr.) / (possession) / we, all of us (inclusive) / (progressive asp.) / wait for / here and now Kāre ā tātou kai toe: We have no more ...

  5. Taonga - Wikipedia

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    The English-language version of the treaty guaranteed the Māori signatories "full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their Lands and Estates Forests Fisheries and other properties". The Māori-language version of the treaty, which the vast majority of the signing parties endorsed (461 of 500 signatures [ 10 ] ), used the word taonga to ...

  6. Pākehā - Wikipedia

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    In Māori, plural noun-phrases of the term include ngā Pākehā (the definite article) and he Pākehā (the indefinite article). When the word was first adopted into English, the usual plural was 'Pakehas'. However, speakers of New Zealand English are increasingly removing the terminal 's' and treating the term as a collective noun. [citation ...

  7. List of New Zealand place name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The English component is in honour of Captain James Cook; Aotearoa – the common Te Reo Māori name for New Zealand since the early 20th century; previously a Te Reo Māori name for the North Island. Usually glossed as Land of the Long White Cloud. From ao: cloud, tea: white, roa: long; Aramoana – Te Reo Māori for "pathway to (or beside ...

  8. Koha (custom) - Wikipedia

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    Koha is an example of the reciprocity which is a common feature of much Māori tradition, and often involves the giving of gifts by visitors (manuhiri) to a host marae. Traditionally this has often taken the form of food although taonga (treasured possessions) are also sometimes offered as koha, and in modern times money.

  9. Kāwanatanga - Wikipedia

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    Kāwanatanga is a word in the Māori language of New Zealand, derived from the English word "governor". Kāwanatanga was first used in the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand , 1835. [ 1 ] Kāwanatanga reappeared in 1840 in Article 1 of the Treaty of Waitangi , where the Māori text " te Kawanatanga katoa " corresponds to the English ...