Maori Blog
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Full Mihi
1.Ka tangi te titi The Mutton bird cries
Ka tangi te kaka The Parrot cries
Ka tangi ko ahau I also cry
Tihei (wa) Mauri Ora! Behold there is Life!
2.
Ko te wehi ki te Atua Regards to the Creator
Me whakakororia tona ingoa Glorify his name
I nga wa katoa. For all times.
3. Tena Koutou i o tatou tini mate Greetings to our many dead
Haere, haere, haere. Farewell, farewell, farewell.
4.Te hunga mate ki te hunga mate The dead to the dead
Te hunga ora ki te hunga ora The living to the living
5. Ka nui te koa me te hari Great is the joy and the pleasure
ki te tutaki i a koutou to meet you
6.Kua tae mai matou We have come
ki te tautoko te kaupapa to support the reason
o tenei wa. of this time.
7.Waiho i te toipoto Let us join together
Kaua i te toiroa And not fall apart.
Ko Jacob Wharepouri Taku ingoa
Ko Ngati Ranginui te Iwi
Monday, 7 November 2016
All Blacks vs Ireland
He kaore te pai te pango
he mau te wehi te Ireland
he tino koretake a julian savea
he tino pai a Jordi Murphy
he rewhiri a mathieu raynal
Wednesday, 2 November 2016
Why i think it is important to learn Maori
Maori is in my blood, i think it is important to learn and identify your culture. For me Maori is very important and i owe to to ancestors to learn and practice Maori. Maori also benefits me as my second language and gives me the opportunity for extra NCEA credits in numeracy.
Monday, 31 October 2016
Different types of Haka
Haka are a large subclass of waiata. Peruperu, performed on the battlefield with weapons, is the fiercest haka. Haka taparahi is a ceremonial dance performed without weapons. Haka pōwhiri are performed during a welcome – usually by men, although the women of Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-a-Apanui also perform these haka.
While the terms for different haka may vary between iwi, for most tribes the nomenclature has remained constant. Awatere noted a number of tribal differences, including that for Te Arawa, the peruperu can also be known as the puha. A recited song expressing great sorrow was generally known as maemae, but also as pōkeka to Te Arawa, ngākau-maemae or kiriwera to Ngāti Porou and manawawera to Ngāi Tūhoe. The divinatory dance known as ngārahu or tū ngārahu was also called whakarewarewa (Te Arawa), whakatūwaewae (Ngāti Porou) and tūtūngārahu (Waikato).
Haka can be said to form a particularly large subclass of waiata. In 1975 Arapeta Marukitipua Awatere explored the features of different types of haka and their uses. He noted, ‘Each class and sub-class has its own convention: its own style of actions, postures, accoutrements, and presentations, and fulfils a social function in a social situation.
Tuhi tuhi
Maori
I te taki or Haratua i tenei tau.I Haere au ki te Rotorua ki te Takaro Whutuporo ai.
I a au i te tetahi i kukaki mau i etahi kotiri. Haku nga aihikimimi hoko mo mau. I hokonu nga tikiti e aka hoa nga ihi rawiri. Kaore mana ko rawiri i haere kite pati na te mea kaore maua. Kaore a maui moni, na i tatau i te tahi mau tamahine i rung ke. Ko te raru na rawiri te raru na rawiri te rare i kai. No reira i ta matou ka whakaka maua mana i te poukaka x takaro matou te tahi mau kemu.
Kaore i roa i muri mai i muri i haere nga kotiro whare a haere ana matou ki te moe.
English
On the second of may this year i played rugby. After that we went to the movies, i brought the ice creams. The tickets were paid for by my friends. next my friend took us home. Rawiri and i didn't go to the party because we didn't want to and we didn't have enough money. so Rawiri to went to fetch the drinks from the fridge and we had some girls over instead. The problem was charlie ate the lollies. So we turned on the X box and played some games. Not long after the girls went home.
Sunday, 30 October 2016
Powhiri
The pōwhiri (or pōhiri) is a process whereby the host people welcome visitors on the marae. In recent years the pōwhiri process has also been used in other situations, such as welcoming a new employee to a workplace.
The tangata whenua are the local people. When they are welcoming a group they are responsible for them. They begin the welcome when the group of visitors has assembled.
The visitors to a marae who have never been there before are known as waewae tapu . Distant visitors are known as manuhiri tūārangi . When manuhiri have never been to a particular marae before a kaumātua (elder) in the group will often perform a protective karakia or prayer known as a waerea. Usually the group will organise their kaikaranga (caller), their kaikōrero (speakers) and collect koha (the donation) to be given to the tangata whenua. They also usually decide on the order of speakers.
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