Section outline

  • Tikanga Māori

    Tikanga come form the word 'tika' which means to be correct or true. In te ao Māori, it is tikanga or correct and proper to follow a mihi or speech with a waiata tautoko.

    This week we will begin to learn a new waiata to begin our class before karakia.

    Ehara i te mea 

    Ehara i te mea

    Nō nāianei te aroha

    Nō nga tūpuna

    Tuku iho, tuku iho

    Te whenua, te whenua

    Te oranga o te iwi

    Nō nga tūpuna

    Tuku iho, tuku iho

    Whakapono, tumanako

    Te aroha te aroha;

    Nō nga tūpuna

    Tuku iho, tuku iho.