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Some useful Maori words and phrases. |
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Maori |
| Hello | Kia ora |
Gidday mate | Kia ora, e hoa |
Goodbye | Haere ra |
Be seeing you | Ka kite ano |
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Aotea | White cloud |
Awa | River or valley |
Manu | Bird |
Moko | Tattoo |
Motu | Island |
Ngohi, Ika | A fish |
Nui | Large |
Nuku | Distance |
One | Beach |
Pa | Village |
Pohatu | Stone |
Puke | Hill |
Puku | Stomach |
Rangi | Sky |
Raro | North |
Roto | Lake |
Rua | Hole in the ground |
Tane | Boy/Man |
Tapu | Sacred |
Tonga | South |
Uru | West |
Wahine | Girl/Woman |
Wai | Water |
Waha | Broken |
Waka | Canoe |
Whanau | Family |
Whanga | Harbour/Bay |
Whare | House |
Whenua | Land/Country |
Whiti | East |
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Aotearoa | Land of the long white cloud |
Kea | Pesky native bird |
Kereru | Large wood pigeon |
Moa | An extinct ostrich type of bird |
Pukeko | Flightless, colourful native bird |
Pohutukawa | A type of flowering tree |
Possum | Possum |
Pounamu | Greenstone/Jade |
Weka | Wood hen |
Weta | An insect |
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