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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]
There was a tōtara tree called Te Whare-o-hua-raratahi on the Pā-kōkō stream near Te Wharauroa which Te Pūhara, son of Tū-irirangi and his uncle Pai-ariki wished to cut down. At first Tonga-nui prevented this, but later they succeeded in chopping it down, so Tonga-nui pursued them, capturing and killing Te Pūhara at Te Kawaroa.
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 ...
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 ...
Te Poho-o-Rawiri Marae: Te Poho o Rawiri: Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Konohi, Ngāti Oneone) Kaitī: Te Wainui: Te Whare o Hera: Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki : Whatatutu: Waiari Marae: Waiari: Ngāi Tāmanuhiri (Ngāi Tawehi, Ngāti Kahutia, Ngāti Rangitauwhiwhia, Ngāti Rangiwaho, Ngāti Rangiwahomatua) Muriwai: Whakato: Te Mana o Turanga: Rongowhakaata ...
Sir William Te Rangiua "Pou" Temara KNZM (born 1948) is a New Zealand academic. He is professor of Māori language and tikanga Māori (practices) at Waikato University [ 1 ] and a cultural authority on whaikōrero (oratory), whakapapa (genealogy) and karakia (prayers and incantations). [ 2 ]
James Te Wharehuia Milroy CNZM QSO (24 July 1937 – 7 May 2019) was a New Zealand academic and expert in the Māori language. He was of Ngāi Tūhoe descent. [ 1 ] Together with Tīmoti Kāretu and Pou Temara , Milroy was a lecturer at Te Panekiretanga o te Reo (the Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language), which the three professors ...
Hineteiwaiwa, the goddess of childbirth, te whare pora and the arts; Hinemoana, the goddess of the ocean; Ikaroa, the long fish that gave birth to all the stars in the Milky Way. Kohara; Kui, the chthonic demigod. Mahuika, the goddess of fire. Moekahu, a lesser known goddess (or god) of Tūhoe whose form was of a dog , and a sibling of Haere.