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Māori Culture

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the first explorer to discover Aotearoa?

a)

Kaha

b)

Kupe

2.

What is said before eating kai?

a)

Karakia

b)

Karakia timatanga

c)

Karakia whakamutunga

d)

Karakia mo te kai

3.

What is the elder females role during a pohiri?

a)

Whakarongo

b)

Korero

c)

Karanga

4.

What does Aotearoa mean?

a)

Land of the Cloud

b)

Land of the Long White Cloud

c)

White Cloud Land

d)

New Zealand

5.

A marae is also known as a persons..

a)

house

b)

turangawaewae

6.

Which of the following is not used within kapa haka?

a)

Poi

b)

Rākau

c)

Hangi

d)

Haka

7.

What does the Poutokomanawa represent in a wharenui?

a)

The brain

b)

The door

c)

The heart

d)

The eye

8.

What is the kupu for an action song?

a)

Ringa Waiata

b)

Waiata-ā-ringa

9.

What is a mere pounamu made from?

a)

greenstone

b)

wood

10.

Where do the manuhiri sit during a pohiri?

a)

marae

b)

wharenui

c)

paepae

d)

wharekai

11.

Which of the following objects would only be used by a wahine?

a)

Taiaha

b)

Mere

c)

Rakau

d)

Poi

12.

What is the waiata tutira mai nga iwi about?

a)

Aroha

b)

Kotahitanga

c)

Whanaungatanga

d)

Manaakitanga

13.

Which of these is false?

a)

No shoes in the wharenui

b)

Don't sit on pillows

c)

Do not sit on tables

d)

No talking in the wharepaku

14.

How many waka came to Aotearoa after the first voyager?

a)

Whetu

b)

Rima

c)

Wha

d)

Iwa

15.

Where do Māori descend from?

a)

Polynesia

b)

Hawaiiki

c)

Samoa

d)

Tahiti