Te Ao Māori
This term refers to the spiritual essence or life force of all things.
What is mauri?
The term for a community of interacting organisms and their environment.
What is ecosystem?
A system where profit and private ownership are key.
What is capitalism?
The system that makes laws and decisions for a country.
What is government?
Treasured possessions, not always physical.
What is taonga?
This concept is about guardianship, especially of the environment.
What is kaitiakitanga?
A movement that promotes protection of the natural world.
What is environmentalism?
The historical process where one country takes control over another.
What is colonisation?
Taking part in voting or community decisions is this.
What is participation?
Deeply held ideas about what’s important in life.
What are beliefs?
This represents genealogical connections to people and the land.
What is whakapapa?
Traditional knowledge passed down about the natural world.
What is indigenous knowledge?
Māori word for self-determination or sovereignty.
What is tino rangatiratanga?
These are entitlements like education, speech, or protection.
What are rights?
The connections between people in a whānau, hapū or community.
What is whanaungatanga?
This principle is about customs, values, and correct practices.
What is tikanga?
An example of a Māori practice that supports environmental sustainability.
What is kaitiakitanga?
Colonisation often resulted in the loss of these sacred things.
What are taonga?
These are duties such as obeying the law or paying taxes.
What are responsibilities?
This Māori worldview sees land, people, and spirit as connected.
What is Te Ao Māori?
This concept explains why Māori consider land and water sacred and part of identity.
What is whakapapa or mauri? (accept both with explanation)
Explain how Indigenous knowledge might offer different solutions to climate change than Western science.
Open-ended: Must mention long-term relationship with land, spiritual values, holistic view, etc.
Explain how colonisation disrupted mana and tino rangatiratanga for Māori.
Must show understanding of loss of authority, cultural suppression, etc.
Describe how governments can both support and limit Indigenous rights.
Accept examples like Treaty partnerships, laws around land, voting, or protest.
How do mana, tikanga, and whakapapa work together to shape Māori identity?
Must explain interconnection of dignity, correct practice, ancestry.