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

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

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.      

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.

Pepeha

Ko Jacob Wharepouri Taku ingoa

Ko Ngati Ranginui te iwi 

Ko Mount maunganui te mauganui 

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.

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.

Tangihangi

Tangi, is a traditional Māori funeral rite held on a marae.While still widely practised, it is not universally observed in modern times.

Each iwi (tribe/nation) differs on how they honour those who pass. Tangihanga generally take three days with burial on the third day. From the moment of death, the tūpāpaku (body of the deceased) is rarely alone.The tūpāpaku is transported (usually from a hospital and via a funeral home) to the marae. There they are welcomed with a pōwhiri and will lie in state for at least two nights, usually in an open coffin, in the wharenui.Throughout the tangihanga, the tūpāpaku is flanked by the whānau pani (the bereaved family).Visitors are welcomed and speeches are made. After the body is buried at the urupā (cemetery) a minister or tohunga walks through the dead person’s home to remove the tapu of death

Pa Site

What Did a Maori Pa site look like?

The hill fort or pa was erected on suitable hills or ridges as well as on strategic situations with sea, river, lake, or swamp forming a natural barrier on one side. All pas varied with terrain and locality. Stockades, as well as trenches and ramparts, were built to protect the sides open to enemy attack. Inside the pa was established a village with sleeping huts, stores of kumara, and other foods with specially erected pataka as well as pits for water or special access to a spring if possible A wooden gong pahu situated on the highest point was beaten to warn of an approaching enemy.

What was important to have in a Maori pa site?

Almost all pā are found on prominent raised ground, especially volcanic hills. The natural slope of the hill is then terraced.It was important to have water , food , Shelter and wakas for transports and for their own survival. Pā are multipurpose in function. Pā that have been extensively studied after the New Zealand Wars and more recently were found to safeguard food and water storage sites or wells, food storage pits (especially kūmara), and small integrated plantations, maintained inside the pa.

What material did maori use to build a maori pa site?

open space covenants are one way to ensure protection of Maori cultural sites.

They were often located on naturally defensible high points such as the ends of steep-sided ridges, coastal headlands or isolated hills but were also built on the edge of swamps and sometimes on flat land.

Defensive earthworks included steepened slopes, ditches and banks, often combined with timber palisades.

Platforms and terraces were formed within the defences to accommodate buildings and activities.

Maori warfare

Māori warfare traditionally involved hand-to-hand combat, with weapons designed to kill. Reasons for war could be practical, such as for land or resources, but could also be to increase mana or as revenge for insults.The concept of utu really is the key to understanding traditional Māori warfare. Utu is sometimes translated as “revenge” but this is incorrect. Utu actually means “repayment” or “balanced by an equivalent”. If an offence was committed, the party wronged would seek repayment to restore their mana. A failure to extract utu would cause the offended party to loose face, to suffer a loss of mana. In a worst-case scenario a desire for utu could lead to war.a battle was known as the mataika (first fish). The mataika’s heart would be cut out and offered the first person killed in o a god.     

Maori weapons

Mere  

Taiaha

Kotiate

Wahaika