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76 Cards in this Set
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Aotearoa |
NZ / long white cloud |
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Aroha |
love |
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atua |
ancestor/deity |
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awa |
river |
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hangi |
traditional feast in earth oven |
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haka |
war dance |
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hapu |
clan/subtribe |
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hikoi |
walk |
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hine |
young woman/wife |
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hongi |
traditional maori greeting |
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hui |
gathering/meeting |
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iti |
small |
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iwi |
tribe |
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kai |
food |
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kainga |
village |
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kaitiaki |
guardian |
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karakia |
prayer |
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karanga |
female oratory during marae welcome |
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kaumatua |
elder |
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koha |
gift, usually money, given by guest to host |
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kohanga reo |
language nest, Te Reo immersion preschool |
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kore |
nothing |
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te kore |
the Void, realm of potential being |
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kuia |
female elder |
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kuri |
dog |
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mahi |
work/activity |
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mana |
prestige, reputation |
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manuhiri |
guests/visitors |
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maori |
indigenous inhabitants of NZ |
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marae |
area of formal discourse in front of meeting house |
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marama |
moon |
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matakite |
prophet/prophecy |
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matariki |
the Pleiades: rising heralds of Maori mid winter new year |
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matua |
parents |
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maunga |
mountain |
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mihimihi |
introductory speeches |
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moana |
sea/ocean |
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mokopuna |
grandchild/descendent |
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motu |
island |
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muru |
plunder, restorative justice |
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ngeru |
cat |
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nui |
large, many |
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pa |
fortified village |
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pakeha |
NZ of european descent |
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potiki |
youngest child |
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papatuanuku |
earth mother |
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pounamu |
greenstone |
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powhiri |
traditional maori welcome on marae |
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puku |
belly |
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ra |
sun |
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rangatira |
person of chiefly rank |
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ranginui |
sky father |
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roimata |
tears (of crying) |
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tama |
son, young man |
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tamahine |
daughter |
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tamariki |
children |
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tane |
man, husband |
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tangata whenua |
people of the land |
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taniwha |
supernatural guardians |
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tangi |
funeral |
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taonga |
treasured possesions |
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tapu |
sacred |
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tikanga |
maori customs, etiquette |
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tipuna or tupuna |
ancestor |
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tohunga |
traditional maori priest/healer |
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turangawaewae |
place where one has right of residence and belonging through kinship and whakapapa |
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utu |
reciprocity |
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wahine |
woman, wife |
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wai |
water |
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waiata |
song, chant |
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waka |
canoe |
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waka taua |
war canoe |
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whakapapa |
genealogy |
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whanau |
extended family |
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wharenui |
maori meeting house |
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whenua |
land, homeland (placenta) |