Glossary
Hauora
In health and physical education, the use of the word hauora is based on Mason Durie’s Te Whare Tapa Whā model (Durie, 1994). Hauora and well-being, though not synonyms, share much common ground. Taha wairua relates to spiritual well-being; taha hinengaro to mental and emotional well-being; taha tinana to physical well-being; and taha whānau to social well-being.
Whakataukī
Te reo Māori
Ko te reo te manawa pou o te Māori,
Ko te ihi te waimanawa o te tangata,
Ko te roimata, ko te hūpē te waiaroha.
Language is the lifeblood of Māori,
The life force and the sacred energy of man.
Tears and mucus are the spiritual expressions of feelings.
Ko tōku nui, tōku wehi, tōku whakatiketike, tōku reo.
My language is my greatness, my inspiration, that which I hold precious.
Ko te reo Māori te kākahu o te whakaaro, te huarahi i te ao tūroa.
The Māori language is the cloak of thought and the pathway to this natural world.
Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro, nōna te ngahere.
Ko te manu e kai ana i te mātauranga, nōna te ao.
The bird that partakes of the miro berry reigns in the forest.
The bird that partakes of the power of knowledge has access to the world.
Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori.
Language is the life force of Māori.
English
Ko te reo te tuakiri
Ko te reo tōku ahurei
Ko te reo te ora.
Language is my identity.
Language is my uniqueness.
Language is life.
The arts
Te toi whakairo, ka ihiihi, ka wehiwehi, ka aweawe te ao katoa.
Artistic excellence makes the world sit up in wonder.
Health and physical education
He oranga ngākau, he pikinga waiora.
Positive feelings in your heart will enhance your sense of self-worth.
Learning languages
Ko tōu reo, ko tōku reo,
te tuakiri tangata.
Tīhei uriuri, tīhei nakonako.
Your voice and my voice are expressions of identity.
May our descendants live on and our hopes be fulfilled.
Mathematics and statistics
Kei hopu tōu ringa ki te aka tāepa,
engari kia mau ki te aka matua.
Cling to the main vine, not the loose one.
Science
Mā te whakaaro nui e hanga te whare;
mā te mātauranga e whakaū.
Big ideas create the house;
knowledge maintains it.
Social sciences
Unuhia te rito o te harakeke kei whea te kōmako e kō?
Whakatairangitia – rere ki uta, rere ki tai;
Ui mai koe ki ahau he aha te mea nui o te ao,
Māku e kī atu he tangata, he tangata, he tangata!
Remove the heart of the flax bush and where will the kōmako sing?
Proclaim it to the land, proclaim it to the sea;
Ask me, “What is the greatest thing in the world?”
I will reply, “It is people, people, people!”
Technology
Kaua e rangiruatia te hāpai o te hoe;
e kore tō tātou waka e ū ki uta.
Don’t paddle out of unison;
our canoe will never reach the shore.
