kete aronui
1. (noun) basket of knowledge of aroha, peace and the arts and crafts which benefit the Earth and all living things - one of the three baskets of knowledge. This basket relates to knowledge acquired through careful observation of the environment. It is also the basket of ritual, of literature, philosophy and is sometimes regarded as the basket of the humanities.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 123;)
Haramai, e mau tō ringa ki te kete tuauri, ki te kete tuatea, ki te kete aronui, i pikitia e Tāne-nui-a-rangi i te ara tauwhāiti, i te Pū-motomoto o Tikitiki-o-rangi (M 2006:6). / Come, grasp in your hand the kit of sacred knowledge, the kit of ancestral knowledge, the kit of life's knowledge, procured when the renowned-Tāne-of-the-heavens ascended by the tenuous pathway, thro' the Entrance to the Uppermost-heaven (M 2006:7).
See also kete o te wānanga
2. (noun) painting (art).
I hokona mai taua waituhi rā i te mākete, ā, ko tōna kāinga tūturu ake i nāianei ko te whare toi, whare tāhuhu kōrero o Te Wairarapa (TTR 2000:77). / The painting was purchased at auction and its permanent home now is the Wairarapa Arts and History Centre.
Synonyms: kōwaiwai
3. (noun) ink.
Ka whakapiria he tahua ki tētahi papanga angiangi pērā i te papamaene, ā, ka tahia te waituhi ki runga (RTA 2014:118). / A stencil is attached to a fine mesh such as silk and ink is spread on top.
kirituhi
1. (noun) skin art, tattooing - non-traditional tattooing that is not done using Māori protocols or imagery.
Mēnā he tānga tauira noa iho ki te kiri o te tangata, me te kore i aro ki te taha wairua, me ngā tikanga Māori, ka kīia tērā ko te kirituhi (RTA 2014:122). / If it's just tattooing a pattern with no consideration to the spiritual aspect and Māori protocols, that is said to be skin art.
toi rapirapi
1. (noun) sgraffito - an art technique.
He tikanga toi ataata te toi rapirapi, inā ka rapia tētahi paparanga peita, paparanga pene hinu rānei, kia kitea ai te paparanga o raro iho (RTA 2014:183). / Sgraffito is a visual art technique where one layer of paint or crayon is scratched through to reveal the layer underneath (RTA 2014:183).
