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Aotearoa words

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Aotearoa   New Zealand.  
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iwi   tribe  
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hawaiki   the ancient homeland  
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Haka   it is a dance that the Maori do at weddings or games  
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mokos   tattoo  
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whare runanga   meeting house  
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koauau   cross-blown flute  
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kura tuarua   highschool  
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kura   school  
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Kia ora   hello, cheers, good luck, best wishes.  
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tēnā koe   hello (speaking to one person), thank you.  
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noho iho rā   goodbye  
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tūruhi   tourists  
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Te arawa   it was believed to be part of the great fleet  
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what are the four main time periods for the maori people   the seeds, the growth, the flowering and the turning point  
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ariki   supreme cheif  
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tapu   sacred wisdom  
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mana   authority  
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ihi   excellence  
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wehi   power inherited from the gods and ancestors  
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rangatira   a cheif  
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patu   a club (weapon)  
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kaumatua   elders  
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kuia   elder women  
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Kei te pehea koe   how are you  
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tohunga   priests  
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tutua   commoners  
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taurekareka or mokai   slaves  
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atua   gods  
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pounamu   greenstone  
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te wai pounamu   place of greenstone  
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ponga   silver fern  
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podocarp   hard wood trees  
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tokomaru   great ocean-going canoes that were used in the migrations that settled new Zealand  
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takitimu   a migration canoe - the crew of this canoe from Hawaiki are claimed as ancestors by Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Tahu and Ngati Ranginui  
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mataatua   migration canoe which landed at Whakatane and finally ended at Hokianga before being dragged overland to Takou  
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kurahaupo   crew of this canoe from Hawaiki are claimed as ancestors by many tribes, including some from Taranaki, Whanganui and the southern North Island  
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tangatawhenua   people of the land  
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waka   canoe  
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