Mohua
Te Reo Māori
Te Ao Māori
Pūrakau
100

Who is the kaitiaki taniwha of Te Waikoropupū springs? 

Huriawa 

100

Provide some Māori greetings

Each correct answer will be awarded points  

To be answered..

100

Perform a Mana wave 

100

What is the name of the South Island?

Te Waipounamu 

200

What is the Māori name for Farewell Spit? 

Onetahua 

200

Introduce yourself in Māori 

- Name 

- Where you are from? 

To be answered...

200

What is the difference between a 'Hāngī' and 'Hongi'? 

Hāngī - Traditional Māori method for cooking food underground 

Hongi - Traditional Māori greeting, pressing of noses, and sharing of breath. 

200

Who is Rona? 

The wāhine in the moon 

300

What is the Māori name for Collingwood High School? 

Te Kura o Aorere 

300

How would you say 1840 in Māori?

Mano = Thousand 

Rau = Hundred 

Kotahi mano, waru rau, wha tekau 

300

What is the name of the Māori ceremony to welcome visitors onto the marae? 

Pōwhiri or Mihi Whakatau 

300

Who was the atua (Māori) that fought his brothers to prevent his parents Papatuānuku and Ranginui from being seperated? 

Tāwhirimatea 

400

What are the Māori school values and what do they mean? 

Wairuatanga - Spirituality 

Kaitiakitanga - Guardianship

Whanaungatanga - Relationships

Manaakitanga - Hospitality, generosity, respect 


400

What year did Māori become an official language? 

A) 1840

B) 2003 

C) 1987

C) 1987

400

What is the name for a Traditional Māori tatoo

Tā Moko 

400

Who was the first Māori navigator to discover Aotearoa?

Kupe and his wife Hine-te-āparangi 


500

Name the three iwi and ahikā of Mohua? 

Ngāti Atiawa

Ngāti Rārua 

Ngāti Tama

Ward-Holmes 

Mitchells

Meihana/Mason

500

Recite a karakia or waiata

- Everyone must recite the karakia or waiata to be awarded points

To be answered...

500

Which Polynesian iwi settled in Wharekauri (Chatham Islands) ? 

Moriori 

500

Who is the unborn atua within Papatūānuku?

Ruaumoko

M
e
n
u