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whenua can mean "land" or can also be referred to as the placenta or afterbirth of a woman.
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What is the maori word for land?

The Maori word for land is "whenua."


What does tangata whenua mean?

Tangata whenua is a Maori term from New Zealand that translates to "people of the land." It refers to the indigenous people of the country who have ancestral ties to the land and hold a special connection to it.


What is mana whenua in maori?

Whenua can mean land or placenta or the connection between these.In tradition Maori life the placenta of anew baby was buried in aplace such as the foot of atree on the hime Maarea or meeting ground.Today someMoari still do this. Mana means power or authority or influence.Traditionally mana was derived from war and the ability to defend the land and the local people against enemies.Tangata whenua means the people of the land ie Maori in New zealand


What is a Maori word that means nature and peace?

Peace is Rangimarie (Pron. Ra-NGEE-Mah-Ree-Eh) Not too sure about Nature. The Maori God of the forest was named Tane-Mahuta. Tane meaning Boy or God.


The maori word for nation or tribe?

The maori word for nation or tribe is 'Iwi'. Iwi are derived from the great waka (canoe)by which they arrived in New Zealand from Hawaiki; for example the Tainui Iwi of Waikato and the King country are descendants of people who journeyed to Aotearoa (NZ) on the Tainui canoe. Iwi are divided into tribes and sub-tribes (hapu) and extended family groups (whanau). Tangata whenua is a name Maori use to describe themselves which simply means 'people of the land'.

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What is the maori word for land?

The Maori word for land is "whenua."


Is there another name for maori?

Tangata Whenua (people of the land).


Which country do the Maori people originate from?

The Maori are the native people of New Zealand. Maori come from New Zealand. The spiritual homeland for Maori is Hawaiiki. No one is really sure about where this place is but there are many theories of where it might be. The Maori people are most certainly the "Tangata Whenua" or the native race of New Zealand. There are Tangata Whenua/ Maori Iwi groups whose whakapapa indicate that they are native to Aotearoa. These same Tangata Whenua do not have any history of migrating from another place to this whenua. They have always been in Aotearoa. The simple truth is though, no one has yet come up with any proof positive where Maori came from, so the consider themselves indigenous to New Zealand.


What does tangata whenua mean?

Tangata whenua is a Maori term from New Zealand that translates to "people of the land." It refers to the indigenous people of the country who have ancestral ties to the land and hold a special connection to it.


What is mana whenua in maori?

Whenua can mean land or placenta or the connection between these.In tradition Maori life the placenta of anew baby was buried in aplace such as the foot of atree on the hime Maarea or meeting ground.Today someMoari still do this. Mana means power or authority or influence.Traditionally mana was derived from war and the ability to defend the land and the local people against enemies.Tangata whenua means the people of the land ie Maori in New zealand


What are the maori names for the elements?

"Ahi" = "Fire" "Hau" = "Wind" "Papatuanuku" = "Mother Earth" "Wai" = "Water"


What is the Maori name for earth?

Papatuanuku is the earth mother (akin to other other religion/peoples Gaea) so Papa is used for the word earth or ground. If you are meaning Earth as in planet earth then the term used is Te Ao.


Who are the indigonous people of New Zealand?

The Maori are the indigenous peoples of New Zealand. They settled as recently as the 1300s, thus making New Zealand the last significant land mass to be inhabited. Individual Maori explorers may have visited the country a little earlier. (Apart from Antarctica.)


What is a Maori word that means nature and peace?

Peace is Rangimarie (Pron. Ra-NGEE-Mah-Ree-Eh) Not too sure about Nature. The Maori God of the forest was named Tane-Mahuta. Tane meaning Boy or God.


Where in New Zealand are the papatipu runanga?

Papatipu runangas are the modern day administrative councils and representatives of the hapu and whanau who hold mana whenua over a particular area and its resources. Papatipu runangas are everywhere in New Zealand where there are Maori.


How do you get to be friends with whenua on mln?

you cant because is over you cant do the badge or be friend with whenua. SORRY. Please be friend of LNS8794


What does the maori text 'ma nga hua whenua tu tangata' mean?

Ngati Whatua is the name of an Iwi whose tribal lands lie between the Kaipara harbour and Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland).