2. copulate.
2. (noun) bad weather, strong wind.
Ko te ori he hau kino, he tūpuhi (TTT 1/12/1928:s52). / The 'ori' is a strong wind, a gale.
Synonyms: kōripo marama, marangai, puhoro, paroro
3. (noun) victim, prey (of a disease).
He ori mātou nā te mate nei (W 1971:241). / We are victims of this disease.
4. (noun) place where people have died from a disease, contaminated place.
Kaua e noho i runga i te ori, kei piri mai te mate ki a koe (W 1971:241). / Don't live on a place where people have died from a disease in case you catch the disease.
Te ori: He wāhi i pāngia e te mate urutā (M 2005:54). / The 'ori': A place where an epidemic occurred.
ori hīteki
1. (noun) ballet.
Ko te momo he whakarōpūtanga toi, pērā i te puoro tautito me te hipihope i te puoro; te whakaahua taiao me te whakaahua kiri i te toi ataata; te kanikani tūtū me te ori hīteki i te toi kanikani (RMR 2017). / Genre is a category or grouping of art, such as jazz and hip-hop in music; landscape and portrait in the visual arts; and krumping and ballet in dance (RMR 2017).
mātauranga Māori
1. (noun) Māori knowledge - the body of knowledge originating from Māori ancestors, including the Māori world view and perspectives, Māori creativity and cultural practices.
Ka kīia e ētahi ko te mātauranga Māori i hangaia mai ai e te tangata Māori. / It is said by some that mātauranga Māori was created by Māori people.
Aho Matua
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.
Pāti Māori, Te
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.
See also Tōrangapū Māori, Te
kapa haka
1. (noun) concert party, haka group, Māori cultural group, Māori performing group.
Hei ngā ahiahi pō ka akona te hunga mātātahi e tētehi tautōhito ki te haka, ā, whakatūria ana e Te Puea tētehi kapa haka, ko Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri te ingoa (TTR 1996:46). / In the evenings an expert in haka taught the young people to perform, and Te Puea formed a cultural group named Te Pou o Mangatawhiri.
See also haka
Panekiretanga o te Reo, Te
1. Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language.
See also Temara, Pou
Rōpū Wāhine Māori Toko i te Ora, Te
1. Māori Women's Welfare League.
He mea whakatū anō hoki a ia hei tumuaki mō te pekanga ki Pōneke o te Rōpū Wāhine Toko i te Ora, ā, hei tumuaki tuarua, kaitiaki pūtea atu hoki mō te kaunihera ā-rohe o te rōpū nei ki Pōneke (TTR 2000:253). / She was also appointed as president of the Wellington branch of the Māori Women’s Welfare League, and vice president and treasurer of the Wellington district council.
tūtaekurī
1. (noun) a Māori potato cultivar, Solanum tuberosum - has elongated tubers with purple skin and flesh, hence the name. Best for baking and roasting.
Synonyms: karuparera
huakaroro
1. (noun) a Māori potato cultivar, Solanum tuberosum - a white-skinned potato suitable for all cooking methods, which looks like a seagull's egg.
Synonyms: karuparera
Tai Tonga, Te
1. (location) southern North Island, Southern Māori electorate.
Nō muri i te pōti pāerotanga i Ākuhata o te tau 1932, ka uru ko Eruera Tirikātene hei mema Māori mō Te Tai Tonga (TTR 1998:126). / After the by-election in August 1932, Eruera Tirikātene became the Māori member for Southern Maori.
