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Kai moana |
seafood |
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Kapahaka |
song and dance |
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Kete |
kit made of woven flax used for hunting and gathering, particularly of
seafood |
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Korari |
New Zealand flax. High in fiber content, flax was put to many uses, from
rope to decorative art |
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Korowai |
feather cloak |
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Kumara |
New Zealand sweet potato |
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Mana |
prestige, wealth, power |
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Manaia |
a supernatural being, depicted in Maori carving as a tribal guardian to
ward off danger and frighten away intruders. |
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Paku Korowai |
small cloak |
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Patu |
club made of Pounamu (greenstone) |
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Piupiu |
grass skirt/kilt |
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Poi |
ball attached to flax cord, swung by Maori women in traditional action
song |
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Pounamu |
New Zealand jade, referred to in New Zealand English as greenstone |
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Purakau |
oral history |
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Putara |
conch shell |
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Raranga |
traditional weaving |
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Raukura |
feathers, often used to make cloaks and to decorate the hair |
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Taiaha |
spear |
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Tane- |
nui-a-rangi - the god of the sky in Maori mythology |
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Taniko |
decorative finger weaving using geometric patterns
representing traditional themes and histories |
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Taniko pattern |
a traditional pattern depicted in the art of decorative weaving |
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Taonga Iti |
small treasures or gifts |
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Te Potama |
the stairway to heaven |
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Wenewene |
gourd |
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Whaikorero |
oratory, a feature of gatherings on ceremonial or communal occasions |
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Whakairo |
carving, traditionally of wood, bone, or greenstone |
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Whakapapa |
one's genealogy, recited under oral tradition as a means of establishing
one's credentials and mana |
