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  2. List of English words of Māori origin - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Whakapapa - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Māhanga - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Māori language - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. List of marae in the Gisborne District - Wikipedia

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    Te Poho o Tamanuhiri: Ngāi Tāmanuhiri (Ngāi Tawehi, Ngāti Kahutia, Ngāti Rangitauwhiwhia, Ngāti Rangiwaho, Ngāti Rangiwahomatua) Muriwai: Ngātapa Marae: No wharenui: Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki (Te Whānau a Kai) Ngātapa: Ohako Marae: Te Kiko o te Rangi: Rongowhakaata (Ngāi Tāwhiri, Ruapani) Manutuke: Pāhou Marae: Te Poho o Taharakau ...

  7. Te Māngai Pāho - Wikipedia

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    Te Māngai Pāho funds the operation of a network of bilingual English and Māori language radio stations targeting members of local iwi and the wider public through local frequencies and online streaming. It operates as Te Whakaruruhau o Ngā Reo Irirangi Māori, the Iwi Radio Network, currently chaired by former Alliance MP Willie Jackson.

  8. Wānanga - Wikipedia

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    The term "Whare Wānanga" is also widely used in the Māori names of New Zealand universities (e.g., Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato/University of Waikato). Recognised wānanga [ edit ]

  9. Ngāti Māhanga - Wikipedia

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    Ngāti Māhanga have three pā (marae complex): Aramiro Pa (also referred to as Te Kaharoa Marae) in the Waitetuna Valley; [4] Omaero Pa, in Whatawhata; [5] and Te Papa-o-Rotu Marae, also in Whatawhata. [6] Te Papa-o-Rotu Marae is considered to be the tribe's headquarters and is the venue of the annual poukai hosted by Ngāti Māhanga on 10 ...