AOTEAROA Global Project

Kiaora folks and friends..
Matariki...yaaaaaay a most cleansing rejuvinating time,I take great pleasure
in briefing you on 'MATARIKI' The Maori New Year proper.....enjoy.. To have knowledge of this is to know the true heart, soul and spirit of life in Aotearoa....

A Teapot in Paradise Maori Star and Constellation Names.





MATARIKI EVENTS CALENDAR







Maori Words & Phrases Glossary

Kia ora — Hello
Kia ora tatou — Hello everyone
Tena koe — Greetings to you (said to one person)
Tena koutou — Greeting to you all
Haere mai — Welcome
Kei te pai — Good
Tino pai — Really good
Haere ra — Farewell
Ka kite ano — Until I see you again (Bye)
Hei konei ra — See you later

Aotearoa - New Zealand
ariki - paramount chief
aroha - regard, love, compassion
atua - god or spirit

haka - war dance
hangi - earth oven, food cooked within
hapu - sub-tribe
hui - gathering

inanga - whitebait
iwi - tribe

kai - food
kai moana - seafood
kainga - home town
karakia - prayer
kaumatua - elder, family head
kaupapa - topics of discussion
kauri - forest tree
kawa - marae etiquette
kiekie - climbing plant
koru - fern frond
kotahitanga - unity
kumara - sweet potato

makutu - sorcery
mana - spiritual power, authority, prestige
manaia - bone carving
marae - Maori meeting grounds
moa - large flightless bird, now extinct
moko - tattoo

oriori - lullaby

pa - fort
pakeha - person of non-Maori descent (European)
poi - dance with poi (light balls on strings)

rangatira - chief
runanga - political grouping

tangi - funeral, cry of lament
taniwha - water-dwelling spirit or monster
taonga - treasure
tapu - sacred
tiki - stylized human image made from wood or stone
toetoe - various species of long grass with tall, feathery flowerheads
tohunga - expert, often in religious matters
tuahu - shrine, sacred place
tupuna (tipuna) - ancestors

urupa - burial ground

waiata - song
waka - boat, canoe, group of tribes descended from occupants of a migratory canoe
whakapapa - genealogy
whanau - extended family
whare - house
wharekai - kitchen
wharenui (wharepuni) - meeting house

IWI MAPS

See forum in an hr or so and i'll have some content..to start some info//discussion.. do join me,
All the best folks...
'Our Hearts in Aotearoa are with the Muliaga whanau'.....see News Topic re: Mercury Debacle...