Maori. Here we go. Here abive is a Maori wearing a hei tiki, a Jade neck adornment. She is wearing this hei tiki because of the beauty, because it is sacred and because it is a sign of social status and power
Māori call jade – pounamu. Pounamu is the God stone. This stone was believed by many to have the power to enhance the life of the wearer and embody the spirits of ancestors. Pounamu are considered a tāonga, or treasure. This Pounamu above was most likely passed down from her grandmother, who might have received the pounamu from her grandmother..
Wananga are recognized as and regarded as peers of universities and colleges.
The difference being that A wananga teaches in the Maori way, from the Maori perspective not the perspective from ancestral invaders. A wananga teaching in the ahuatanga Maori (Maori tradition) according to tikanga Maori (Maori custom).
Marae: a Maori Polynesian temple enclosure used for worship or sacrifice or other religious ceremonies or family meetinghouse.
Māori also known as te reo (‘the language’), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand.
Hāngī is a traditional New Zealand Māori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven, called an umu.
Kaumātua are elders in Māori society. Male elders are also known as koroua (or koro for short), and female elders as kuia.
| I love you | Aroha ana ahau ki a koe |
| I need to go to pee | Me haere ahau ki te pi |
| I need to poop | Me poop ahau |
| I need to change my clothes | Me huri e au aku kakahu |
| I am tired | Kua hoha ahau |
| I am hungry | Kei te hiakai ahau |
| I am thirsty | Kei te matewai ahau |
| Thank you | Mauruuru |
| I am happy | Kei te koa ahau |
| You are funny | He rorirori koe |
| You are scaring me | He whakamataku koe i ahau |
| I like your smell | He pai ki ahau te kakara |
| You stink | Ka piro koe |
| It is too noisy | He tino poauau |
| It is too bright | He maamaa noa |
| I need to be held | Me pupuri ahau |
| I am too hot | He wera rawa ahau |
| I am too cold | He makariri ahau |
| Can someone get me out of this car seat | Ka taea e tetahi te tiki mai i ahau i tenei nohoanga motuka |
| I love you | Aroha ana ahau ki a koe |
| I want to go outside | Kei te hiahia au ki te haere ki waho |
| I want to go inside | Kei te hiahia au ki te haere ki roto |
| I want to take a bath | Kei te hiahia au ki te kaukau |
| I want to hang out with another baby | Kei te hiahia au ki te whakairi i tetahi atu peepi |
LANGUAGE MADNESS 