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22 Cards in this Set
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Ariki
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male or female of high inherited rank from senior line of descent
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Hapū
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clan, tribe, independent section of a people (modern usage – sub-tribe); pregnant
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Iwi
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people, nation (modern usage – tribe); bones
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Kaumātua
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elder or elders, senior people in a kin group
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Ngāi Tātou
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a term for everyone present – ‘we all’
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Pākehā
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this word is not an insult; its derivation is obscure; it is the Māori word for people living in New Zealand of British/European origin; originally it would not have included, for example, Dalmatians, Italians, Greeks, Indians, Chinese
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Rangatira
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person of chiefly rank, boss, owner
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Tama
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son, young man, youth
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Tamāhine
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daughter
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Tamaiti
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one child
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Tamariki
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children
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Tāne
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man/men, husband(s)
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Teina/taina
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junior relative, younger brother of a brother, younger sister of a sister
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Tipuna/tupuna
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ancestor
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Tuahine
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sister of a man
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Tuakana
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senior relative, older brother of a brother, older sister of a sister
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Tungāne
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brother of a sister
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Wahine
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woman, wife (wāhine: women, wives)
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Waka
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canoe, canoe group (all the iwi and hapū descended from the crew of a founding waka)
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Whāngai
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fostered or adopted child, young person
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Whānau
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extended or non-nuclear family; to be born
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Whanaunga
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kin, relatives
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