Haere mai - come foreword, welcome Haere ra - farewell Kapai - okay Kia ora - hello
School
Kohanga reo - Māori preschool
On the Marae
Hangi - food cooked in an earth oven, the earth oven Hongi - to press noses Hui - meeting/gathering for a specific purpose Kai - food, to eat Karanga - call of welcome Mana - quality of authority/control/power/prestige Marae - ground, meeting house Powhiri - to welcome, the process of welcoming
Taonga - things that have value to a person that have been handed
down the generations Tapu - sacred Waka - canoe, vehicle Whare - building, house Wiata - song, to sing
People
Hapu - extended family with a common ancestor Iwi - people, wider tribal groups Pakeha - person of fair skin Rangitira - leader, older adult Tangata whenua - home people, people of the marae Whanau - family
