Puna kupu / Glossary

Ā-kanohi - in person
Āe - yes
Atua - beyond human
Kai - food
Kāo - no
Karakia - prayer
Kōiwi - bones
Mātauranga - knowledge

Nau mai ki.... - Welcome to....
Ngahere - forest
Pūrākau - stories
Rākau - trees
Rau - leaves
Rangatahi - youth
Ringa raupa - experienced person
Rongoā Māori - traditional Māori healing

Tamariki - children
Tāne - male gender
Tāne Mahuta - deity of the forest
Te ao rongoā - te world of rongoā
Tikanga - customs
Wahine - female gender
Wānanga rongoā - rongoā workshops
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Aotearoa