What is the name of the people who hunted the moa into extinction?
Maori
The film's directors consulted with cultural advisors from all over Polynesia to ensure its accuracy - true or false?
True
Moa could fly True or False
False
What are the names of the goddess and demigod in Moana?
Te Fiti and Maui
Name ONE country the directors travelled to, to develop and produce the movie.
Fiji, Tahiti, Samoa.
They also recruited experts from across the South Pacific.
What is Tikanga:
Values and practices that are a part of Māori social life.
What caused taboo to be placed on the island, and refers to the "Long Pause" in Polynesian History?
The audience learns that Moana’s people have long since stopped voyaging and have placed a taboo (itself a word of Tongan origin) on going beyond the island’s reef, which is why Moana’s father reacts with anger when she suggests fishing outside its limits.
What is Tūrangawaewae:
A powerful Māori concept used to describe a connection to a place where you feel empowered and like you belong.
Why did Trust Member and Tahitian Cultural Practitioner, Hinano Murphy, tell the animators that Maui's character needed hair?
(The initial design had Maui bald)
“We have to put more hair on Maui’s head because it’s very important. The mana is in the hair, the power of the demigod. It looked just like he was naked. For us, it was really important.”
In many Melanesian and Polynesian cultures, mana is the spiritual life force, energy, or healing power that can exist in objects, places, and persons. Mana is a foundation of the Polynesian worldview, and so to give Maui a full head of curls was a characterization crucial to respecting Polynesian culture.