Te Ao Māori
Te Ao Māori
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Karakia are the chants of Māori ritual. They often call on the atua and are a means of participation, of becoming one, with the atua and the ancestors and with events of the past in the ‘eternal present’ of ritual.
May peace be widespread.
May the sea be like greenstone, a pathway for all of us this day.
Let us show respect for each other, for one another.
Bind us all together.
Te Reo Māori is the indigenous language of Aotearoa, New Zealand. It is one of three official languages of the nation. The language itself is central to Māori culture, identity and forms part of the heritage of our country.
Te whare tapa whā
Te whare tapa whā
Developed by Sir Mason Durie in 1984, Te Whare Tapa Whā is a Māori model of health and wellbeing.
It is a metaphor based on four pillars of a wharenui/meeting house.
When we look after all four aspects, we look after our hauora/wellbeing.
Checking in on the four pillars helps us balance our hauora and support others to balance theirs, too.
Te Pū Taka Māori
The Māori alphabet or Te Pū Taka Māori consists of 10 consonants and 5 vowels.
There are five vowels: a, e, i, o, u and ten consonants: h, k, m, n, ng, p, r, t, w, wh
Two of the consonants are digraphs (two letters that combine to form one sound): wh, ng
a ā
e ē
i ī
o ō
u ū
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