Glossary
- Ako
- To learn => Ako
- Arataki
- To lead or guide => Arataki
- Atua Māori
- Māori god(s) => Atua Māori
- Awhi
- To embrace => Awhi
- Haere mai
- A greeting “welcome” or “come” => Haere mai
- Hāngi
- Earth oven => Hāngi
- Hapori
- Community => Hapori
- Harakeke
- Flax => Harakeke
- Kai
- Food or to eat => Kai
- Kapa haka
- Māori performing arts group => Kapa haka
- Karakia
- Incantation or prayer (modern day) => Karakia
- Kawhe
- Coffee => Kawhe
- Kiriata
- Film or movie => Kiriata
- Ko Aotearoa Tēnei
- This is New Zealand => Ko Aotearoa Tēnei
- Kōhine
- Girl => Kōhine
- Korowai
- A type of Māori cloak => Korowai
- Kōwhaiwhai
- Painted scroll ornamentation, commonly found on the heke (rafters) of whare nui (Māori meeting houses) => Kōwhaiwhai
- Mahi toi
- Visual arts => Mahi toi
- Māhorahora
- Without restraint / natural / free => Māhorahora
- Mana whenua
- Iwi with authority over land or territory => Mana whenua
- Manuwhiri
- Visitor => Manuwhiri
- Māori
- The indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand => Māori
- Marae
- The forecourt of a meeting house => Marae
- Maramataka
- The Māori lunar calendar => Maramataka
- Matariki
- The Māori name for Pleiades or The Seven Sisters. Matariki marks the beginning of the Māori New Year when it appears in the north-eastern sky, before sunrise. => Matariki
- Mirimiri
- Massage => Mirimiri
- Mōkihi
- A traditional raft made of raupō (bulrush) => Mōkihi
- Nau mai, haere mai!
- Welcome, welcome! => Nau mai, haere mai!
- Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
- Māngere Arts Centre => Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
- Ngāi Tahu
- Iwi from much of the South Island => Ngāi Tahu
- Ngāti Maniapoto
- Iwi from King Country => Ngāti Maniapoto
- Ngāti Paoa
- Iwi from Tāmaki and Hauraki => Ngāti Paoa
- Ngāti Porou
- Iwi from the East Coast area north of Gisborne to Tihirau => Ngāti Porou
- Ngāti Tamaoho
- Iwi from north of the Tamaki Isthmus to south of the Waikato River, to the Whangamarino wetlands. Their area extends from the west coast to the Hauraki Gulf/Firth of Thames => Ngāti Tamaoho
- Pā harakeke
- A metaphor for whānau and the gene pools inherited by children from their two parents and the passing of attributes down the generations => Pā harakeke
- Pākeha
- New Zealander of European descent => Pākeha
- Pātea
- Doubtful Sound, Fiordland => Pātea
- Pepeha
- A boast or assertion => Pepeha
- Poi
- A light ball on the end of a string which is swung or twirled rhythmically to song => Poi
- Pou
- Pole => Pou
- Pou tāhuhu
- Carved pole (artwork) => Pou tāhuhu
- Pōwhiri
- Ceremonial welcome => Pōwhiri
- Puāwai
- To blossom => Puāwai
- Putiputi
- A flower => Putiputi
- Raranga
- To weave => Raranga
- Raranga whakairo
- Weaving patterns => Raranga whakairo
- Rārangi Upoko
- Contents => Rārangi Upoko
- Raupō
- Wetland reed/bulrush => Raupō
- Rohe
- Region/district => Rohe
- Romiromi
- Massage => Romiromi
- Rongoa Māori
- Māori medicine => Rongoa Māori
- Rōpū
- Group/team => Rōpū
- Ruahine
- Elderly woman => Ruahine
- Tā moko
- Traditional Māori tattoo => Tā moko
- Taiao
- Natural environment => Taiao
- Tāmaki
- Central Auckland => Tāmaki
- Tāmaki Makaurau
- Auckland region => Tāmaki Makaurau
- Tāmaki Paenga Hira
- Auckland War Memorial Museum => Tāmaki Paenga Hira
- Tamapahore
- Son of Kohe (Ngāti Paoa) and Huarangi (Ngāi Huatau) and younger half-brother of Tamapahure => Tamapahore
- Tamapahure
- Son of Takawai (Ngāi Tāhuhu) and Huarangi and older half-brother to Tamapahore. => Tamapahure
- Tamariki
- Children => Tamariki
- Tamariki mā
- Children => Tamariki mā
- Tāngata whenua
- Indigenous people/people of the land => Tāngata whenua
- Taonga puoro
- Musical instrument => Taonga puoro
- Te Ao Māori
- The Māori World => Te Ao Māori
- Te Ara Rama
- The Light Trail => Te Ara Rama
- Te Kawerau a Maki
- Iwi of Auckland’s Waitākere region => Te Kawerau a Maki
- Te Korakora
- The Spark => Te Korakora
- Te Puni Kōkiri
- The Ministry of Māori Development => Te Puni Kōkiri
- Te reo Māori
- The Māori language => Te reo Māori
- Te Wiki o te Reo Maori
- Māori Language Week => Te Wiki o te Reo Maori
- Tīpuna
- Ancestor => Tīpuna
- Tohunga whakairo
- Master carver => Tohunga whakairo
- Toi o Tāmaki
- Auckland Art Gallery => Toi o Tāmaki
- Toi Tū
- Studio One => Toi Tū
- Tupuna
- Ancestor => Tupuna
- Tūrama
- To light => Tūrama
- Tūrangawaewae
- A place where one has rights of residence and belonging through kinship and whakapapa => Tūrangawaewae
- Wahine
- Woman => Wahine
- Waiata
- Song or verb to sing => Waiata
- Waka
- Canoe or modern use for vehicle => Waka
- Whaikōrero
- A formal speech => Whaikōrero
- Whakairo
- A carving, to carve => Whakairo
- Whakapapa
- Genealogy => Whakapapa
- Whakatoi
- To tease/be mischievous. In the context of the festival whakatoi is to ‘challenge the mind’ => Whakatoi
- Whānau
- Family => Whānau
- Whare Tapere
- Theatre => Whare Tapere
- Whare whakairo
- Carved meeting-house => Whare whakairo
- Whatu korowai
- To weave a cloak => Whatu korowai
- Whenua
- Land => Whenua
- Whiriwhiri
- To weave => Whiriwhiri