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