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Te Reo Māori Words - People and their groups

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "iwi" mean?

a)

Elders; senior people in a kin group

b)

People, nation or tribe; bones

c)

clan, tribe, sub-tribe; pregnant

d)

a term for everyone present -- 'we all'

2.

What does "whāngai" mean?

a)

extended family

b)

kin, relatives

c)

ancestor

d)

fostered or adopted child

3.

Which word means "kin, relatives"?

a)

tama

b)

tāne

c)

whanaunga

d)

whānau

4.

Who is Bonnie's tāne?

a)

Arthur

b)

Brandon

c)

Annie

d)

Carl

5.

Who is Arthur's wahine?

a)

Annie

b)

Emily

c)

Dawn

d)

Bonnie

6.

Who is Cindy's tamāhine?

a)

Annie

b)

Bonnie

c)

Emily

d)

Dawn

7.

Who is Dylan's tuakana?

a)

David

b)

Carl

c)

Brandon

d)

Arthur

8.

Who is Dawn's tungāne?

a)

Arthur

b)

David

c)

Carl

d)

Brandon

9.

Who is Erwin's tuahine?

a)

Cindy

b)

Emily

c)

Bonnie

d)

Dawn

10.

Who are the kaumātua of this family?

a)

Emily + Erwin

b)

Carl + Bonnie

c)

Arthur + Annie

d)

Brandon + Cindy

11.

Pākehā means people of British/European origin living in New Zealand. Is pākehā an insult?

a)

Yes

b)

No

12.

Waka doesn't only mean canoe, it also means canoe group. A canoe group consists of:

a)

Tāne and wāhine

b)

iwi and hapū

c)

tuahine and tungāne

d)

whānau and whāngai

13.

What does "ariki" mean?

a)

elders, senior people

b)

male or female of high inherited rank from senior line of descendant

c)

person of chiefly rank, boss, owner

d)

ancestor