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When he first ventured into their pā, the patupaiarehe were very inquisitive and wanted to keep him, particularly a beautiful woman patupaiarehe who wanted Īhenga for a husband. Īhenga drank water proffered in a calabash, then, sensing a trap, fled the mountain in hot pursuit, only escaping the patupaiarehe by smearing foul-smelling shark ...
The word has also given rise to the phrase waka-jumping, in New Zealand politics. The foreshore and seabed hīkoi approaching the New Zealand Parliament. The red, black, and white flags represent tino rangatiratanga. aroha love, sympathy, compassion arohanui "lots of love", commonly as a valediction [6] [7] haere mai and haere ra
Maata Horomona was part of the troupe of 27 men and 16 women who embarked on a 9-month tour in July 1909. [2] The choice of members was the subject of conflicting considerations between the New Zealand intermediaries, including Bennett, and the American organizers: while the New Zealanders favored legitimacy and technical skills, the Americans had racial stereotypes in mind, notably that of ...
There is a basic flaw in this article. The title is: "List of English words of Māori origin" and the opening sentence says: "The following Māori words exist as loanwords in English" Well, what is it, a list of English words or Maori words? The key word to focus on is 'assimilation'. Roger 8 Roger 19:19, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Rika was born in Wellington to a Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe, Te Arawa and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui mother and a Samoan father, and moved to Rotorua at a young age. [1] [5] While her mother did not speak Māori, Rika attended a kōhanga reo, a kura kaupapa, and Māori boarding schools, which allowed her to learn the language from a young age.
Maria Makarena Owen (born 22 July 1962), known professionally as Rena Owen, is a New Zealand actress in theatre, television and film.Owen is best known for her leading role as Beth Heke in Lee Tamahori's Once Were Warriors and as Taun We in George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.
Hinepare, a woman of the Ngāti Kahungunu tribe, wearing a hei-tiki Hei-tiki; circa 18th century; nephrite and haliotis shell; height: 10.9 cm (4 1 ⁄ 4 in.); from New Zealand; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (USA) The hei-tiki (Māori pronunciation: [hɛi ˈtiki], New Zealand English: / h eɪ ˈ t ɪ k i / [1]) is an ornamental pendant of ...
Similarly, the Māori word ending -tanga, which has a similar meaning to the English ending -ness, is occasionally used in terms such as kiwitanga (that is, the state of being a New Zealander [8]). English words intimately associated with New Zealand are often of Māori origin, such as haka, [9] Pākehā, [10] Aotearoa, [11] kiwi, [12] and the ...