Mihi

Ka tangi te titi

Ka tangi te kaka

Ka tangi ko ahau

Tihei (wa) Mauri Ora!

Kia tau mai

Te aroha

Nga manaakitanga

O te Atua.

Tena Koutou i o tatou tini mate

Haere, haere, haere

Te hunga mate ki te hunga mate

Te hunga ora ki te hunga ora

E te kaea o te Haka Powhiri

Tena koe, tena koe, tena koe

Kua tae mai matou

ki te tautoko te kaupapa

o tenei wa.

Waiho i te toipoto

Kaua i te toiroa

Ko Kaleb Wharepouri taku ingoa

Ko Ngati Ranginui te iwi

All Black Maori's vs USA

He tinopai te kemu te Maori's

He tika te Takaro whutupaoro

He kaore te pai te USA

He tino pai te USA o pango engari he tino pai te kapa 

learning Maori

Why you should learn Maori

I think the understanding of your own cultural identity is very important. This may be especially important for people who are Māori then te reo Māori would be your second language. When you learn Maori you increase a sense of belonging and pride as you come to value with New Zealand's indigenous language and unique cultural heritage.The ability to speak te reo is an advantage to have because there is very few people that can speak the language.

Haka

Different Types of Haka

• The peruperu, performed on the battlefield with weapons, has been described as the fiercest haka. 
• Haka taparahi – a ceremonial dance  without weapons
• Tūtūngārahu  known as ngārahu or whakarewarewa is a divinatory dance performed by a war party with weapons, before elders and experienced warriors who judged from their performance whether they were ready to go into battle
• Ngeri – an exhortation to  a group to achieve its objective, there is no  weapons
• Peruperu – the war dance, performed with weapons when the warriors come up face to face with the enemy
• Puha – a kind of peruperu, which can be used to alarm and call kinsmen to arms, not on the actual battlefield but in their pa and homes. Also the  peruperu is used only in battle.

Tangi

A tangi is for  an occasion for the community to gather and show an outward expression of grief for a person who has died. This is formal ritual dominates a tangi from the time of death until the body is interred and vary from tribe to tribe but all dead are paid the same reverence.When a person dies Maori believe his wairua or soul remains until they are laid to rest. The Immediate  family members are known as kirimate and also can include their siblings families.

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Turituri

I te tahi o Haratua i tera atu tau. I Haere au ki oma ai I te mea I a au I reira i tutuki maua i tahi Kotiro. I muri mai Na taku hoa matoa I whakahoki ki te Kainga. Kaore au i o hoa. I taku taenga ki te Kainga o Tama i Ka whakaka maua i te poaka Na te mea Kaore maua i pirangi ki te Pati.I tera atu tau I haere au ki te awa kaukau ai.I pai ki ahau te awa.I taua wa Kaore au i whai wa. Ki te toro toro haere ai i o matoa hoa Kaore i roa i muri mai I haere au ki te kai tahi me aku hoe.Na taku hoa matoa i whakahoki ki te Kainga ha te mea. Kaore mana i pirangi toro toro poaka. Ki toku hei whakauro Kaore au i pai ki te Poaka.

Pa Site

Maori Pa site

kumara, and other foods like pataka as well as pits for water or sometimes special access to a spring. A wooden gong found on the highest point was used to warn of an approaching enemy.

It was important have access to food, water, and waka transport because if there was a emergency you will need quick access to get away and then survive with what you have.It was important to have a natural slope in terrain for example on a side of a volcanoes.It’s also very important to have good shelter.

Maori preserved large quantities of food by drying it, fermenting it, or sealing it in fat. The food was stored in storehouses or kūmara underground pits Maori used to dig out massive pits to store kumara to preserve it for long periods of time.Fat birds such as titi were preserved in their own fat. After cooking, the hot fat was set aside. The meat was packed into hue and the fat poured around it. Southern tribes inflated poha to make storage containers for titi. 

 

Maori Warfare

Maori Warfare

The reasons for Maori Warfare was usually about land and resources or fought to increase mana or as an insult to the tribe.The first person killed was known as the mataika which mean first fish.Then their heart would be cut out and offered to god.When the war party went back to their home they would do a cleansing ritual  which lifted the tapu.When the war ended they always made sure to make peace with that tribe.Sometimes they would make arranged marriages between the victors and the high ranking women of the tribe that got defeated.The war party was called Taua it would range in size from a small group to 100 plus people.The Maoris were very tricky about their strategies using trickery and deception and it was important to have the element of surprise.Usually they would attack when the hosts welcome them onto the Marae.

The Weapons:

• Taiaha
• Pouwhenua
• Tewhatewha
• Teo and huata
• Patu

By Kaleb Wharepouri

Powhiri

is a process whereby the host people welcome visitors on the marae. In recent years the pōwhiri process has also been used in other situations, such as welcoming a new employee to a workplace.

The Tangata Whenua are  local fellas . When they are welcoming a group they are then responsible for them. They begin the welcome when the group of visitors has assembled.