Atua
Waka
Responsibilities
Tikanga
Early Encounters
100

Papatūānuku is _________

the Earth Mother

100
Polynesians used _____ to navigate the ocean

stars

100

Learned about rituals and kai

children

100

What is tikanga?

Set of rules, values, way of doing/thinking 

100

Who was the first to meet with Māori settlers?

Abel Tasman

200

Tāne-Mahuta is the atua of the ________

Forests

200

How did they hold the waka together?

Using plants

200

Fishing, hunting, planting crops

Tane

200

What is mana?

Power, spiritual authority, status 

200

Was Captain Cook's first encounter with Māori peaceful or violent?

Violent - One of Cook's men shot and killed a Ngāti Oneone leader, Te Maro

300

Where do the atua live?

Hawaiiki

300

How long were the waka?

20-30m

300

Collect shellfish and berries and weeded the garden

Wahine

300

What is tapu?

Sacred/forbidden

300

What is the name of Captain Cook's ship?

The Endeavour

400

Tāwhirimātea is the atua of _________ 

wind and storms

400

How fast did the waka go?

7 knots (13km/h)

400

Plaited flax into dishes and made tools

Elderly

400

What is utu?

Rebalancing, repayment, righting a wrong
400

What is a pūtātara?

A trumpet crafted from a conch

500

Rongomātāne is the god of...

cultivated food, kumara

500

When did Polynesians travel to Aotearoa

1200AD

500

Led rituals for hunting and called on atua for planting of crops

Tohunga

500

What is manaakitanga?

Treating others how you wish to be treated (hospitality)

500

When did Captain Cook arrive in Aotearoa?

1769