hangi earth
oven
hapu sub-tribe
within a larger tribe
heitiki
prized ornament made from pounamu
hui meeting
huia extinct bird
once endemic to Aotearoa/ New Zealand, tail
feathers used as prized hair ornaments
iwi tribe
kahu garment
kahu
hururu finely woven feather cloak
kāinga
home
kaitaka
cloak made of the finest flax, with ornamental border
kaitiaki
guardian
kākā large
native parrot
kākahu woven
garment
karakia
giving thanks; prayer
kaupapa
project
kereru wood
pigeon
kia ora
hello; thank you
kiwi wingless bird
kōrero
discussion
korowai cloak
ornamented with black twisted thrums
kuia beloved
woman
kuru prized
ornament
mana authority,
influence
mangai
spokesperson
Māori clear,
natural, ordinary
marae enclosed space in front of a house
maunga mountain
mere thrusting
and striking pounamu weapon
moko permanent
decoration of the skin
moko
kauae chin tattoo worn by women
moko
wānanga gathering of moko practitioners
mokopuna
grandchild; descendant
morehu a
person who represents the end of an era
ngutu
pūrua having both lips permanently inked
pā fortified
settlement
Pākehā
European
pepeha
instructive saying
pihepihe a
garment with pokinikini tags similar to a modern piupiu
piupiu waist
garment consisting of cylindrical tags that are
free-swinging
pōhue a name
given to climbing or trailing plants sometimes
worn during mourning
pokinikini decorative cylindrical
tags made from flax strips naturally
rolled into tubes on drying
pou fixed or
immovable post, pole, support, stake; expert or
teacher
pounamu
Aotearoa/ New Zealand nephrite used for ornaments
often loosely translated as greenstone or jade
puhoi skin of a
huia
rangatira aristocrat; chief
rangi
pāruhi a face fully tattooed
rohe region
within boundaries
runanga
iwi organisation
taiaha long
staff used for close combat
tangata
person; human being
tangihanga funeral ceremony
tāniko
decorative Māori weaving technique
taonga
anything highly prized
taonga tuku iho treasures of an
earlier time
tapu sacred; under
religious restriction
taua expedition
summoned after an occurrence of a disaster
taura
tangata binding relationships
te reo Māori
language
Te Tiriti o Waitangi The
Treaty of Waitangi
tīwhanawhana swooping forehead
lines
tohunga
specialist
tupuna/tipuna ancestor
uri
whakaheke descendant
urupa resting
place
waiata song;
poem
wairua
spirit
waka canoe;
loose association of tribes
whakamīharo amazing
whakapapa genealogy; line of
descent
whānau
extended family
whare house
whare
whakairo carved meeting house