Maori+Culture

Maori’s are a huge culture in New Zealand. Let’s say if you come to New Zealand for the rugby world cup and you played for America you would get a traditional welcoming like a Haka which is a Maori dance spoken in Maori. If you would like to see a Haka you could search up Maori Haka’s on YouTube or the All Blacks haka. Our Maori tradition is a big thing in New Zealand we dress up in heaps of different uniforms that are traditionally from the Maori culture they have poi's which are things that the women wave around, everyone wears something called pu-pu and the chief of the group/tribe would wear a Heke which is like a robe. Just like America have their own native Americans we have Maori’s and Maori’s have heaps of different tribes so our culture is almost like yours but we have different uniforms languages and lets say different beliefs.

This is how you count to ten in Maori:

 One: Tahi  Two: Rua  Three: Toru  Four: Wha  Five: Rima  Six: Ono  Seven: Whitu  Eight: Waru  Nine: Iwa  Ten: Tekau

These are the days of the week in Maori:

Monday: Rāhina Tuesday: Rātū Wednesday: Rāapa <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thursday: Rāpare <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Friday: Rāmere <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday: Rāhoroi <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunday: Rātapu

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These are the months in Maori:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">January: Kohi-tāti <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">February: Hui-tanguru <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">March: Poutū-te-rangi <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">April: Paenga-whāwhā <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">May: Haratua <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">June: Pipiri <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">July: Hōngongoi <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August: Here-turi-kōkā <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">September: MahuruOctober -- Whiringa-ā-nuku <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">November: Whiringa-ā-rangi <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">December: Hakihea

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is the Rugby World Cup opening Haka

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