Māori
What is a waka?
Wait, I actually don't know what a waka is.
What is Leighton's surname?
Williams
In what position was the corpse traditionally displayed?
a. fetal position
b. standing up
c. seated
d. missionary
b. standing up
What Maori word mean both land and placenta?
Whenua
Tawhirimatea is the god of ____?
a. birds
b. trees
c. wind
d. earthquakes
c. wind
Where does DNA suggest the Maori migrated from?
a. China
b. Siberian Russia
c. Israel
d. Taiwan
d. Taiwan
Who is atua of the sea?
Tangaroa
What is the lowest social position in the Maori worldview?
a. Taurekareka
b. Kapiti
c. Wharanaki
d. Broke
a. Taurekareka
What is the highest-ranked position in Maori society?
a. Ariki
b. King
c. Pharoah
d. Tsar
A. Ariki
What is the smallest Maori kinship group?
Whanau
According to Ngai Tahu, who was Papatuanukus second husband?
a. tangaroa
b. raki
c. tanemahuta
d. tumatauega
b. Raki
What part of Aotearoa is considered to be the anchor of Maui's canoe?
Stuart Island
What links te taha kikokiko to te taha wairua?
Whakapapa
What is the most important event of the marae?
Tangihanga
What happened to the whare turoro when it was no longer required?
It is burned down
Who is the leader of the hapu?
which was the first christian denomination established in Aotearoa?
Anglican
What do the maihi represent on the whare tipuna?
The arms of the ancestor
When was the Treaty of Waitangi first signed?
a. February 6th, 1842
b. February 6th, 1840
c. June 6, 1944
d. July 4th, 1776
b. February 6th, 1840
How many generations of absence are required before uni ka is extinguished?
Identify two Maori driven education initiatives?
Kohanga Reo and Kura Kaupapa Maori
What year did Captain James Cook first arrive in New Zealand?
a. 1769
b. 1772
c. 1812
d. 1999
a. 1769
What was the meaning of the term Kaitiaki?
Caretaker
How many waka are believed to have been in the Great Fleet hypothesized by S. Percy Smith?
7
The hongi is symbolic of?
Tanemahuta breathing life into the first women