KIINGI
KUINI
TONGIKURA
TURANGAWAEWAE
TIKANGA
100

Which king was titled, Kiingi o te Tika

Kiingi Pootatau (first)

100

How many years did Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu serve as reigning queen/monarh?

40 years

100

Finish this tongikura: Amohia ake te ora....

...o te iwi

(Kiingi Tuheitia)

100

What is the name of the wharenui (meeting house) fo Turangawaewae?

Mahinaarangi

100

What time do we recite karakia: Pai Marire?

7s (7am and/or 7pm)

200

Which king wore a top hat?

Kiingi Te Rata (fourth)

200
How old is our current queen/monarch? 

30 years old, in 2026

200

Finish this tongikura: Mahia te mahi hei pāinga...

...mō te iwi

(Te Puea Herangi)

200

What is the name of the wharekai at Turangawaewae Marae?

Kimiora

200

When the "kara" (or flag, named "manawa") is raised, what tikanga practice usually follows?

1) Karanga, then


2) Pai Marire

300

Which king was only give two days notice before he was crowned king?

Kiingi Tuheitia (seventh)

300

Which queen given the title; he mokopuna nā Te Ao Katoa?

Te Arikinui Kuini Te Atairangikahu (sixth)

300

Finish this tongikura: Ki te kotahi te kākaho - ka whati, ki te kāpuia-...

...e kore e whati.

(Kiingi Taawhiao)

300

Who is the statue that sits on the mahau, facing/greeting all visitors comign through the waharoa (entrance)?

Te Puea Herangi

300

How many Kura are there in Pai Mārire?

Three

Kura o te Ata

Kura o te Awatea

Kura o te Ahiahi

400

Which king was exiled to the King Country (Maniapoto)

Kiingi Taawhiao (second)

400

Finish this line by Te Arikinui Kuini Ngaawaihonoitepoo; Taniwhatia too...?

"Taniwhatia too... māoritanga."

400

Finish this tongikura:  "...I muri i a au, kia mau ki te ture, ki te..."

...whakapono, me te aroha."

(Kiingi Pootatau)

400

What symbol is carved upon the whatitoka (door) of Mahinaarangi?

Te Paki o Matariki (creast of The Kiingitanga)

400

At Poukai, do haukāinga or manuwhiri karanga first?

Manuwhiri, as they are the Kiingitanga/Kaahui Ariki in the context of Poukai.

500

What was the title given to Kiingi Te Rata?

Te taupoki whakamārire o te tāpenakara o te whakaoranga o tā te atua i pai ai

500

How old was kuini Ngawaihonoitepoo when she won Secondary School Kapa Haka Nationals?

2014 - Wairengaaahika

500

Finish this tongikura: "I haere Māori atu...

...i hoki Māori mai."


(Kiingi Taawhiao)

500

What is the name of the spring you can draw water from near the bottom of Kimiora?

Te Puna o Tāwhiao

500

Who originally created/adopted Pai Mārire faith?

Kiigni Taawhiao, as Tariao (by Te Ua Haumene)