1. (noun) māmāngi, tree coprosma, Coprosma arborea - a tree up to 10 m tall found from North Cape to Kāwhia in forests and forest margins. Densely branched with small, light green, rounded leaves.

1. I'm surprised, it's surprising, fancy that, I'm amazed - an idiom to express surprise that something was achieved despite the difficulty of the task.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 235-236;)

1. I'm surprised, I'm amazed - an idiom to express surprise that something did not happen. It is often a criticism.

1. (noun) māhoe wao, narrow-leaved māhoe, Melicytus lanceolatus - a slender, erectly branching small tree with long alternate leaves that have finely saw-toothed margins. Leaves towards the outer extremities of the branches. The fruit is a dark-purple berry.

1. it is not for any particular reason, I'm not raising another argument, I'm not making a particular issue of it, no cause for alarm, it's no big deal - a saying used to indicate that the listener need not take too much notice of what the speaker is about to say. Also used to soften a statement or criticism.

1. (noun) Māori knowledge - the body of knowledge originating from Māori ancestors, including the Māori world view and perspectives, Māori creativity and cultural practices.

1. (location) Tītore-māhu-tū - a place below the horizon where Matariki (Pleiades) disappears to at the end of the Māori year. Matariki was said to visit four places, each for seven nights. The fourth place visited was Tītore-māhu-tū.

1. (personal name) full name of Māui, well-known Polynesian character of narratives. He performed a number of amazing feats. Also known as Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga and Māui-pōtiki.

1. (noun) manakura, small-leaved māhoe, Melicytus micranthus - an erect shrub up to 1.8 m tall with purple berries. Abundant in lowland forest, along forest margins, and beside streams on both islands.

1. The philosophical base for Kura Kaupapa Māori education for the teaching and learning of children. Te Aho Matua is presented in six parts, each part having a special focus on what, from a Māori point of view, is crucial in the education of children: 1. Te ira tangata – the physical and spiritual endowment of children and the importance of nurturing both in their education; 2. Te reo – principles by which this bilingual competence will be achieved; 3. Ngā iwi – principles important in the socialisation of children; 4. Te ao – those aspects of the world that impact on the learning of children; 5. Āhuatanga ako – the principles of teaching practice that are of vital importance in the education of children; 6. Te tino uaratanga – the characteristics aiming to be developed in children.

1. (personal noun) The Māori Party - a political party led by Tāriana Tūria, Peter Sharples and Whatarangi Winiata established to promote Māori issues in the 2005 election.

1. (noun) primary school operating under Māori custom and using Māori as the medium of instruction.

1. (noun) Māori sickness - psychosomatic illnesses attributed to transgressions of tapu or to mākutu.

1. (noun) concert party, haka group, Māori cultural group, Māori performing group.

1. (noun) māpou, Myrsine australis - a small tree to 7 m tall with leaves that have wavy edges, often with reddish spots, and the young stems are red. The bark of the mature branches and trunk are grey. Found along forest margins and in scrubland throughout the North, South and Stewart Islands.

1. Māori in Film, Video and Television Inc. - the national body for Māori working in film, video and television in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

1. I'm sick of hearing about, time and time again, it's the same old story - an idiom to convey one's boredom with something repetitious.

1. (verb) (-ngia) to join, meet.

1. that's better, now you're talking, I'm glad to hear it, that's terrible - an idiom used to show agreement or support, or sometimes disapproval, for a comment about a change to what is considered to be the correct course of action.

1. (noun) Ministry of Māori Affairs.