Concepts

Aroha

compassion, tenderness, sustaining love

Ihi

power, authority, essential force

Mana

authority, power; secondary meaning: reputation, influence

Manaakitanga

respect for hosts, or kindness to guests, to entertain, to look after

Mauri

hidden essential life force or a symbol of this

Noa

safe from tapu (see below), non-sacred, not tabooed

Raupatu

confiscate, take by force

Rohe

boundary, a territory (either geographical or spiritual) of an iwi or hapū

Taihoa

to delay, to wait, to hold off to allow maturation of plans etc.

Tapu

sacred, not to be touched, to be avoided because sacred, taboo

Tiaki

to care for, look after, guard (kaitiaki - guardian, trustee)

Taonga

treasured possessions or cultural items, anything precious

Tino rangatiratanga

the highest possible independent chiefly authority, paramount authority, sometimes used for sovereignty

Tūrangawaewae

a place to stand, a place to belong to, a seat or location of identity

Wehi

to be held in awe

Whakapapa

genealogy, to recite genealogy, to establish kin connections

Whenua

land, homeland, country; also afterbirth, placenta