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  • What is the name of the Maori sky father?
    Ranginui
  • According to the legends, who named these islands Aotearoa?
    Kupe's wife
  • What is the Māori word for a tribe?
    iwi
  • What does the word 'mana' mean?
    power, prestige, authority, status
  • What is the name of this character from the Moana movie?
    Te Fiti
  • Where is Puhihuia from?
    Maungawhau / Mt Eden
  • What is the English name for Maungawhau?
    Mt Eden
  • What is a waharoa?
    The gateway to a pā site
  • Who was the first European explorer to reach NZ?
    Abel Tasman in 1642
  • What is the english name for Maungakiekie?
    One Tree Hill
  • What is the Māori name for 'Meeting house' or 'Ancestral house'?
    Wharenui / Whare Tūpuna
  • What is the name for a Māori village?
    A Pā site
  • What is the Māori word for boat?
    waka
  • What did the early Māori travel to Aotearoa on?
    Waka
  • What is the name of the lava monster from the Moana movie?
    Te Kaa
  • Who is Ngāti Whātua?
    The local iwi of this area
  • What does 'indigenous' mean?
    native people / first nations people
  • What creature did Kupe chase across the Pacific that led him to Aotearoa?
    A wheke / octopus
  • What is the English name for the mountain Ohinerau?
    Mt Hobson
  • Who was the first person to discover Aotearoa?
    Kupe
  • According to the legends, who was the brother that separated his parents Rangi and Papa?
    Tānemahuta
  • What does the word 'Mātauranga' mean?
    knowledge / education
  • Who re-named these islands New Zealand?
    the Dutch explorer, Abel Tasman was from Zealand in Denmark
  • What does the word 'tapu' mean?
    sacred, set apart, restricted
  • What does the word 'noa' mean?
    normal, no restrictions
  • According to the legends, who fished up the North Island of Aotearoa?
    Maui
  • Who is the atua of the ocean?
    Tangaroa
  • What does the word 'manaakitanga' mean?
    To take care of, respect, hospitality
  • What is a 'kaitiaki'?
    A guardian
  • What is this called? (from the Moana movie)
    The heart of Te Fiti
  • What is a 'mara kai'?
    gardens to grow food
  • What is a karanga?
    A call
  • What type of shell is Moana's necklace made of?
    Paua shell
  • What is the Māori word for tattoo?
    moko (kauae moko for a tattoo on the chin for woman)
  • What is a pataka?
    the place where food was stored on a pā site
  • What is a pōwhiri?
    A welcoming ceremony for visitors into a place
  • Where was Kupe from?
    Hawaiki
  • When did Māori first arrive to Aotearoa?
    700-1300AD
  • What is the name of the Maori earth mother?
    Papatūānuku
  • Finish this phrase - Aotearoa, land of the.....
    long white cloud
  • What is the creature tatooed on Moana's grandmother's back?
    stingray