Maori Language and Culture

Matariki, the Māori New Year, holds significance for early Māori because it marks the start of a new year based on the appearance of the Pleiades star cluster. It is a time for reflection, celebration, and planning for the year ahead. Matariki is also associated with the harvesting of crops and a time of gathering with family and community.

Tui is the Maori name.

Matariki is a Māori word that means "eyes of god" or "little eyes." It refers to the Pleiades star cluster, which is significant in Māori culture as the appearance of Matariki in the sky marks the start of the Māori New Year.

The first obvious answer would be Pounamu (Jade). There are many types and qualities, just as there were many uses, though this rock is still highly valued today.

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The Maori word for environment is "taiao." It encompasses the natural world, including the land, sea, and sky, as well as the interconnectedness between all living things in the environment.

The names of the seven sisters in Matariki are Matariki, Waipuna-ā-Rangi, Waitī, Waitā, Waipuna-ā-Rangi, Tupu-ā-Rangi, and Ururangi. They are also known as the Pleiades star cluster in Western astronomy.

Kia orana pe'ea koe?

pe'ea is pronounced like pe eya

koe is pronounced like koweh

rest is phonetic

say it fast

Kowhaiwhai is a traditional Maori art form of decorative painting used in meeting houses and on other structures. It often features intricate and flowing patterns that symbolize genealogy, spirituality, or tribal identity in Maori culture.

Sunday in Maori is called "Rātapu."

Matariki is important to Māori because it marks the start of the Māori New Year and the beginning of a new growing season. It is a time for celebration, reflection, and honoring ancestors. Matariki also holds cultural significance as a time for communities to come together, share knowledge, and pass on traditions to future generations.

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The purpose of a moko was to set apart one as being of a certain age or experience. Usually reserved for those who may have completed feats of considerable value for the whanau, hapu or iwi, moko are like qualifications telling you of where you get your authority (which comes from whakapapa or hitori) which are in the moko.

For non-maori to have a moko usually means that those non-maori have performed feats of considerable value for the whanau, hapu or iwi and since being a tohu (or artform with Maori roots) implies that the feats were done for Maori whanau, hapu and iwi.

If this is the case, then nonmaori will usually have it done by those who have considerable stance in the whanau, hapu and iwi and also be supported by those who have considerable stance in the whanau, hapu and iwi.

If this is not the case and the nonmaori has gone to the local tattoo parlour with a young fledging artist of Maori descent, then you might be considered a red-ochre chief, with all the dress and signs of one deserving a moko, yet not entitled to it.

Anyone can print off a passport with the right gear, but unless it has the authority behind it, it is considered a serious crime and an insult to the authority that is the New Zealand Government. Would it be any less (because it is a Maori artform) of an insult if someone did a moko without the authority let alone the permission from the owners of that artform, let alone a good enough reason?

By the way, moko is also short for mokopuna which is grandchild. Anybody, maori or nonmaori, is entitled to plenty of these!

The decorative panels in a Maori meeting house are called "poupou." These panels are typically carved with intricate designs and patterns that convey important cultural and historical information. They often represent ancestors or depict symbolic elements within Maori culture.

You can tell Maori people where you come from by stating your nationality or country of origin with respect and humility. Sharing your cultural background and origins can help to build connections and mutual understanding. It's important to be open to learning about their culture and traditions as well.

In Māori, "tua" can mean behind, farther, or after, depending on the context in which it is used.

Answer - What is this marama?

He aha tenei - what is this?

marama - moon or month.

Ko (name your waka, i.e Aotea) toku waka means "Aotea is my waka". It is a part of a pepeha....In Maori tikanga, when you go through your whakawhanaungatanga (meet n greet), in a nut shell you tell people not only your name, but your parents names, your tribe (iwi), sub tribe (hapu), the canoe that your ancestors arrived on (waka), etc.

The Maori name for Westport, NZ is Kawatiri.

The Maori word for guinea pig is "pōtī."

kauanuanu

Do you mean 'Why did the maori not want to give there land to the pakeha?'

If so it was because land is important to the Maori's and still is the Treaty of Waitangi was meant to settle land disagreements but all it did was cause controversy as the Treaty was mistranslated- Tymaga

Matariki, also known as the Pleiades star cluster, rises in the pre-dawn sky during the New Zealand winter months, typically in late May to early June. The exact date and time can vary slightly each year, so it is best to look up specific predictions for the current year.

1000 in Maori is "ngā mano".