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25 Cards in this Set
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Manu tāiko
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Lead Bird
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Manu ariki whakatakapōkai
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Supreme commander
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Hōpara makaurangi manu whakatau
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Chief moa (superior bird)
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Karamatamata o te rākau taumata
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The pinnacle of the highest tree
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Kahika tū o te nehenehe nui
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Great Kahikatea standing erect in the great forest
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Tōtara haemata o te wao nui a Tāne
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Great Tōtara standing erect in the great forest of Tāne
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Takere waka nunui
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Great hull of the canoe
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Pītau whakarei o te waka
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The prow of the canoe
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Kaiurungī o te waka
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Steerer of the canoe
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Rangatira mākoha nui
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Gentle/compassionate leader
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Kākā wahanui
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Big mouth of the parakeet/parrot
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Puananī o te reo
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Widespread seeded flower of the language
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E ngā reo wainene o te motu
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Melodious voices of the country
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Te reo koha mai a ngā atua
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The voices gifted from the gods
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He waitī, he waitā, he wainene
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Mellifluous
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Whītiki o te kī
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Weaver of the word
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Whakaniko o te kupu
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Embellisher of the word
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He rite ki te kōpara e kō nei I te ata
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Just like the bell-bird singing at dawn
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Me te pōhoi toroa tērā, pūaho ana
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Like the intensely white down of the albatross
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Mehemea ko Kōpū e rere ana i te pae
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Like Venus appearing over the horizon in morning light
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Ngā rau awa o te motu
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The multiple rivers throughout the country
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Maunga whakahī o tāukiuki rā anō
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Elevated mountains of ancient times
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Ngā rāuru o kurumatarērehu
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The many spirals of the tattooed face
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Pūioio rau o te tōtara haemata
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-The multiple knots of the vigorous tōtara
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Ngā hau e whā
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The four winds
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