| Awa | River, stream, gully, gorge |
| Haka | Dance performance |
| Hapū | Kinship group, clan |
| Hine-nui-te-pō | Great Woman of Night/ Goddess of night and death |
| Iwi | Tribe |
| Kapa Haka | Māori performing arts group |
| Kaumātua | Elders, person or people of status within the family |
| Kōhine | Young woman/adolescent female |
| Koro | Grandfather, male elder |
| Kuia | Female elder, grandmother |
| Marae | Open area in front of wharenui (often used to describe the whole complex of buildings |
| Maunga | Mountain |
| Moa | Large, flightless bird (3.6m or 12ft fully extended height) native to New Zealand, now extinct |
| Pā | Fortified village, blockade |
| Papatūānuku | Earth mother/ land |
| Pākehā | New Zealander of European descent |
| Pātere | Song of derision |
| Pepeha | Tribal proverb or saying |
| Pounamu | Greenstone, New Zealand jade |
| Pōwhiri /Pōhiri | Maōri welcoming ceremony, ritual of encounter |
| Rākau whakapapa | Genealogy staff/rod |
| Taiohi Māori | Māori youth/ young people |
| Tangata whenua | People of the land; indigenous people |
| Ta moko | Tattoo |
| Taniwha | Supernatural creature that often lives in lakes, rivers or the sea. Can be guardians but may also have a malign influence on humans |
| Tangi (tangihanga) | Funeral |
| Tekoteko | Figurehead, carved figure on the gable of the meeting house |
| Tiki | A carved figure often worn around the neck |
| Urupā | Burial ground, cemetery, graveyard |
| Waiata | Song, chant |
| Whānau | Family group, extended family |
| Wharenui | Meeting house |
| Whare Tipuna | Ancestral house |
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