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Te Awanui a Rangi means The great river in the sky, also known as the milkyway.

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It is a greeting to 3 or more people

Tena koe: Hello to one

Tena Korua: Hello to two

Tena koutou: Hello to all

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Whanau is pronounced as Farno. And it means Family

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i love you

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Kia ora, kei te pehea koe? when talking to one person

Kia ora, kei te pehea korua? when talking to two people

Kia ora, kei te pehea koutou? when talking to three or more people

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Mangere, the name of a mountain and subsequently a suburb in South Auckland, comes from 'Hau mangere' meaning lazy winds.

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I am sleepy

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Kia ora, It means literally "be well/healthy" but is usually translated and used as an informal "hi"

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rua tekau

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the love

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kao/kahore

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"See you later".

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It means full. A person that had a lot to eat if asked would they like some more would say " no thanks i'm choka " or if you where asked if you could fit another person on a bus you would answer "Nah mate she's choka"

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I'm pretty sure hana means warmth or radiance but i don't know what te is.

Te means ' The' . Evidently another meaning of Te Hana is sparkling or shining.

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History is the simple answer. New Zealand has three official languages, Maori, English and New Zealand Sign language.

Some early settlers spoke Gaelic, French, Norwegian, Danish, and Chinese. The image of the Tower of Babel (albeit apocryphal) is warning enough.

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"Kei Whangarei toku kainga noho" means:

Whangarei is where I live.

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• pīki(loan) (stative) big - a word used in colloquial speech usually placed before the word it modifies.
• piki(loan) (noun) fig, fig tree, Ficus carica. Nā, ka toru aku tau i haere mai ai ahau ki te rapu hua i tēnei piki, ā kāhore ahau i kite (Ma 1841, wh2).Now, for the last three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any.
• piki toka(noun) rock climbing.
• piki1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to climb, ascend, climb over, get on. Ka kite hoki taku tuakana i a au e tū ana i te taha o te huarahi i tō mātau kāinga, ka whakatū ia i ana hōiho, kia piki atu au ki runga i te rore, ka noho i tōna taha (HP wh22).When my elder brother saw me standing at the side of the road at our home he stopped his horses and I climbed onto the lorry and sat beside him.

  2. (noun) ascent, climb.

• piki(noun) feather plume (as decoration for the head).

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Wahine

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A marae is like a church or a town hall in aotearoa (new Zealand) although not so much important now as before the pākihā came to nz. It is tapu (sacride). Pākihā are not aloud on the marea with out first being welcomed onto it which is a big prosese which I won't go into. The word marae means a place cleared, free of weeds, trees, etc. A marae is a speical place for your iwi.

A Marae however, unlike a church or town hall, often has more than one building. It will often have a whare, or sleeping room, with photos of the ancestors on the walls and beautiful handwork in the form of woven panels on the walls. Then there is usually a large hall where those who belong to that Marae and their guests may eat and food may be prepared. A Marae could be almost like a small village in a way and in some parts of New Zealand it is still used as such. More often it is a place where those who belong to the same Iwi - ie Family or tribe or large extended family, may gather for meetings or celebrations or Funerals (Tangi) and also a place where they can extend hospitality to visitors from out of Town. There is indeed quite a ceremony involved in being 'welcomed on to the Marae' - even for Maori themselves. This process involves singing (Karakia) and 'calling' the visitors on to the grounds of the Marae. It is a very stirring ceremony.

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Greetings to you all.

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One = Tahi

Two = Rua

Three = Toru

Four = Wha

Five = Rima

Six = Ono

Seven = Whitu

Eight = Waru

Nine = Iwa

Ten = Tekau

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Aotearoa "the land of the long white cloud".

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Hapu can mean pregnant or refer to a sub-section of a larger kinship group (Iwi).