Visitor Guide - Maori glossary

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Map -Road Travelling Caring for Wai Moana Map -3D
Things to do Half-day itineraries Observing Nature End
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 Māori word or phrase  English meaning
 Aotearoa   Māori name for New Zealand
 Hapū  subgroup linked to an Iwi
 Iwi    in this location refers to clusters of hapū
 Māori  indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand
 Mauri  life force
 Moana sea, large lake
 Tangata whenua local indigenous people
 Taonga treasure
 Te Ika-a-Maui North Island
 Te Waipounamu South Island
 Te Tīrīti o Waitangi Treaty of Waitangi
 Whakaora te repo, ka ora te taonga wai Restoring our wetland treasure

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