Te Aho Arataki Marau mō te Ako i Te Reo Māori - Kura Auraki
Curriculum Guidelines for Teaching and Learning Te Reo Māori in English-medium Schools: Years 1-13
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Tapiritanga 2: Te kuputaka Māori
Appendix 2: Glossary of Māori terms
This is a glossary of the various Māori terms used in these curriculum guidelines.
| A | H | I | K | M | N | O | P | R | T | W |
| āe | yes |
| ahi kā | home fires; preserving one’s connection to the land, conservation |
| ako | learning together (the teacher is the learner: the learner is the teacher) |
| akomanga | classroom |
| ao | world |
| Aotearoa | New Zealand |
| arapū | alphabet |
| aroha | love, sympathy, empathy |
| atawhai | show kindness, foster, encourage |
| au | I, me |
| auraki | English-medium, as in kura auraki/English-medium schools |
| awhi | to respect, to embrace |
| haere | go, move |
| haere mai | welcome; come here |
| haka | fierce dance with chant |
| hapū | extended family, subtribe; pregnant |
| hiranga | excellence |
| hongi | press noses in greeting |
| hui | meeting; to meet |
| ihi | power or quality that evokes emotion |
| iwi | tribe; bones |
| kaha | strong |
| kai | food; to eat |
| kaiako | teacher |
| kāinga noho | guardianship; home, place of residence |
| kaitiakitanga | ecological sustainability, which includes care for the environment |
| kāo, kāore | no |
| kapa haka | Māori cultural performance group |
| karakia | prayer |
| karanga | to call; ritual call; the art of karanga |
| kaua | don’t (do …) |
| kaumātua | elder(s) |
| kaupapa | theme, topic |
| kawa | local protocols |
| kawe | to carry |
| kia ora | a greeting meaning 'may you be well'; thank you |
| kīwaha | idiom(s) |
| koe | you (one person) |
| koha | gift |
| kōhanga | nest |
| kōhanga reo | Māori-medium pre-school |
| kōrero | speaking, to speak |
| kōrero pūrakau | story, stories, traditional story, storytelling |
| kōrua | you (two people) |
| koutou | you (three or more people) |
| kupu | word |
| kura auraki | English-medium school |
| kura kaupapa Māori | Māori-medium primary school |
| mahi | work; to make, to do, to work |
| mahi ngātahi | co-operation, working collaboratively |
| mana | authority |
| manaaki | to respect, to support, to take care of, to extend hospitality |
| manaakitanga | kindness, hospitality; extending hospitality |
| manuhiri | visitor(s) |
| marae | meeting ground |
| marautanga | curriculum |
| mātakitaki | viewing; to view |
| Matariki | the Pleiades, a star cluster that heralds the traditional Māori New Year |
| mātauranga | knowledge |
| mauri | life force |
| mihi | greeting; to greet |
| mōteatea | traditional song poem |
| mutu | end, to end |
| ngākau tapatahi | integrity |
| ngā kōrero tuku iho | knowledge that has been passed down, spoken histories, the art of storytelling |
| ngā mihi | informal and formal introductions |
| ngātahi | together |
| ngā toi | the creative arts |
| noa | free from ritual restrictions, not tapu |
| nui | big, important |
| ora | well, healthy; life |
| pāeke | pattern of speeches at a welcome when the tangata whenua finish speaking before the manuhiri begin |
| pai | good |
| pakaritanga | maturing, strengthening |
| pānui | reading, to read |
| Papatūānuku | Earth Mother |
| pēnā | like that |
| pene | pen |
| pēnei, kia pēnei | like this, let it be like this |
| pepehā | iwi-specific saying(s) |
| poi | a small ball swung on the end of a string; to swing the ball rhythmically |
| pono | truth, honesty |
| poroporoaki | to farewell, routines and procedures associated with a formal farewell |
| porihanga | society, community |
| pōwhiri | to welcome; routines and procedures associated with a formal welcome |
| puāwaitanga | blossoming |
| rāhui | prohibit, prohibition(s) |
| rangatira | chief |
| rangatiratanga | the qualities of leadership, authority; self-determination |
| raumati | summer |
| reo | language, voice |
| rerekētanga | diversity |
| rohe | boundary, district; the people of a particular district |
| roto | in |
| runga | on |
| taha hinengaro | a person’s mental and emotional well-being and balance |
| taha tinana | a person’s physical well-being |
| taha wairua | a person’s spiritual well-being and balance |
| taiao | nature, environment, the natural world |
| Tāne Mahuta | god of forests |
| tamariki | children |
| tangata | person, people |
| tangata whenua | indigenous people |
| tangihanga | funeral(s) |
| taniwha | supernatural being, often associated with a particular place |
| taonga | treasure, precious possession |
| tapu | restricted; requiring respect and observance of related tikanga |
| tātaritanga | thinking and making meaning |
| tātau | all of us |
| tau kē! | term of praise meaning 'great, fantastic!' |
| tau utuutu | pattern of alternating speeches at a welcome; balance |
| teina | younger, same-gender sibling |
| tēnā | that, near the listener |
| tēnā koe | greetings (to one person); there you are |
| tēnei | this, near the speaker |
| tēpu | table |
| Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori | Māori Language Commission |
| te tika me te ngākau pono | integrity, honour |
| tiaki | care for, look after |
| tika | right, correct, correctness; equity |
| tikanga Māori | Maori customs, protocols, and social values |
| tikanga me kawa | procedures and protocols |
| tino | very |
| tohu | directions, signs, symbols |
| tohutō | macron |
| tuahine | sister (of a boy or man) |
| tuakana | older, same-gender sibling |
| tuhituhi | writing; to write |
| tungāne | brother (of a girl or woman) |
| tu pono | knowing oneself, one’s identity |
| tupuna | grandparents, ancestors |
| tupuranga | growth |
| tūrangawaewae | place where one has the right to stand |
| tū whakahī | dignity |
| tū whakaiti | humility |
| wā; te wa | time |
| waiaro | values, attitudes |
| waiata | song(s) |
| waiata ā-ringa | action song(s) |
| wairua | spirit |
| wairua auaha | innovative, creative (spirit, mind) |
| wairua uiui | inquiring, curious (spirit, mind) |
| waka | canoe, vehicle |
| wānanga | forum; Maori-medium tertiary institution |
| wehi | power or quality that evokes awe or fear |
| whaikōrero | formal speech, oratory; the art of oratory |
| whaiwāhitanga | inclusion; participating and contributing |
| whakaatu | presenting; to present |
| whakaiti | humility |
| whakapapa | lines of descent, connections, genealogy |
| whakarongo | listening; to listen |
| whakataukī (whakatauākī) | proverb, saying (a proverb for which the original speaker is known) |
| whakatōtanga | planting |
| whakawhanaungatanga | relating well to others |
| whānau | family; to be born |
| whanaungatanga | kinship, relationships, connections |
| whare | house, building |
| wharekai | dining hall, restaurant |
| wharekura | Maori-medium secondary school |
| wharenui | meeting house |
| whare tupuna | ancestral house |
| whare wānanga | houses of higher learning |
| whenua | land, country; placenta |