Aotearoa The Māori name for New Zealand

Aroha Love

Aroha mai Sorry

Aroha nui Much love, with deep affection

Ata mārie Good morning

Awa River

Haka Vigorous dance

Hākari Feast

Hamupekē Humpback whale

Hariru Shaking hands

Hei Neck pendant

Hei matau Fish hook

Heke Rafters in the meeting house

Heru Comb

Hine-moana Female god of the sea

Hine-nui-te-pō Goddess of death

Hipi Sheep

Hoe Paddle

Hōhipera Hospital

Hōiho Horse

Hongi Pressing noses togther

Hopi Soap

Hopi horoi makawe Shampoo

Hopi whakamatara Conditioner

Ika Fish

Ka pai That’s good

Kai Food

Kākahu Cloak with feather

Kapeu Pounamu earring with a curved end

Kapowai Dragonfly

Kapu Cup

Karakia Incantation

Karanga Ceremonial call

Kāri Card

Karoro Seagull

Kārure Twists

Kāta hoko Shopping Cart

Kete Basket

Kia ora Hello

Kina Sea egg, common sea urchin.

Kiore Rat

Kiore iti Mouse

Kirikiriroa Hamilton

Kōauau Small flute

Koha Gift

Kōmehomeho Small

Kororā Penguin

Koroua Grandfather

Korowai Cloak with tassles

Koru Small shrub with an unfurling frond

Koruru Carved face on meeting house

Koti Goat

Kū horoi Cleaning products

Kuia Grandmother

Kura School

Kurī Dog

Mahau Front porch

Mako Sharks tooth earring

Māmā Mother

Manaia Stylised figure used in carving usually depicted as having the head of a bird and the tail of a fish and the body of a man

Mangō Shark

Manu Bird

Marama Moon

Mataora Male facial tattoo

Maunga Mountain

Mere A short, flat weapon of stone, often of greenstone

Mihimihi Greeting

Moana Ocean

Moko kauwae Female chin or lip tattoo

Mokopuna tamāhine Grandaugter

Mokopuna tamatāne Grandson

Motokā Car

Motu Island

Nga mihi Thank you

Ngeru Cat

Niho Tooth, tusk

Nui Big

Oko Bowl

Ōtautahi Christchurch

Ōtepoti Dunedin

Paepae Door sill also an orators bench

Paihamu Possum

Pākē Raincoat

Pāpā Father

Papatūānuku Earth mother

Paraikete Blanket

Pātaka Food store

Patu Short club

Patu parāoa Whalebone club

Patupaiarehe Fairies from the forest

Pepa Paper

Pēpepe Moth

Pēpi Baby

Perehi Print

Pereti Plate

Pikitia Picture

Poi Light ball with string

Pōmārie Goodnight!

Porowhita Circular, round, surround, reserve

Poti Boat

Pounamu Greenstone

Poupou Carved wall pillars in the meeting house

Poutama Advancement

Powhiri Welcoming ceremony

Pūkana To dilate the eyes

Pukapuka Book

Pūrerehua Butterfly

Puturino Large flute

Raiti Light

Rākau Tree

Rakiura Stewart Island

Rangi Sky

Ranginui Sky father

Rāpeti Rabbit

Rīpene Ribbon

Roimata Drop pendant

Rongo God of peace

Ropu Group

Roto Lake

Taiaha Long wooden weapon

Tama Boy / Son

Tamāhine Girl / Daughter

Tamaki makarua Auckland

Tāne mahuta God of the forests

Tangaroa God of the sea

Tangata whenua Local people

Tāniko Detailed weaving

Tapu Sacred

Tāre Doll

Tātua Belt

Tāwhirimātea God of wind and storms

Te ao kikokiko Physical realm

Te au wairua Spiritaul realm

Te ika a maui North Island

Te Rimu Tahi Ponsonby

Te Tī Tūtahi Newmarket

Te wai pounamu South Island

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Tekoteko Carved figurehead found on the galble of a wharenui

Tewhatawha Long Woodend weapon withflat head

Tiaka Jug

Tikanga Customs and traditions

Tiki Carved figure, image, a neck ornament usually made of greenstone and carved in an abstract form of a human

Tiriti Treaty

Tohorā Whale

Toki Adze

Tuahine Sister

Tūmatauenga God of war

Tuna Eel

Tungāne Brother

Uwhi pera Pillowcase

Wahora Entrance way to a marae

Wai Water

Waiata Song

Waihōpai Invercargill

Waka Canoe

Waka huia Treasure Box

Whai Stingray

Whakakai Earring

Whakaruruhau To protect, shield, shelter

Whakatau Welcoming speech

Whānau Family

Whare House, building, residence, dwelling, shed, hut, habitation

Whare hokohoko Shop

Whare toi Art Gallery

Wharekai Kitchen

Wharenui Meeting house

Wharepaku Toilet, lavatory, convenience, latrine

Wheke Octopus

Wheku Mask

Whenua Land

Whētero To poke out the tongue

Whetū Star

NUMBERS //

Tahi One

Rua Two

Toru Three

Whā Four

Rimu Five

Ono Six

Whitu Seven

Waru Eight

Iwa Nine

Tekau Ten

Tekau mā tahi Eleven

Tekau mā rua Twelve

Tekau mā toru Thirteen

Tekau mā whā Fourteen

Tekau mā rimu Fifteen

Tekau mā ono Sixteen

Tekau mā whitu Seventeen

Tekau mā waru Eighteen

Tekau mā iwa Nineteen

Rua tekau Twenty

Toru tekau Thrirty

Whā tekau Fourty

Rimu tekau Fifty

Ono tekau Sixty

Whitu tekau Seventy

Waru tekau Eighty

Iwa tekau Ninety

Kotahi rau One Hundred

COLOURS //

Mā White

Whero Red

Kākāriki Green

Pango Black

Rēmana Lime

Paināporo Pineapple

Master Raspberry

Waiporoporo Purple

Paraurī Brown

Kiwikiwi Grey

Kōwhai Yellow

Ārani Orange

Māwhero Pink