Whakatauki – What do they mean? What can we learn from whakatauki?
Focus: Te reo Mãori, Mãori Tikanga, higher level thinking
Instructions: Read each whakatauki and answer the following questions. 1. What do you think this whakatauki means? 2. What can we learn from this whakatauki? 3. How can we apply this idea to my life? Give an example.
- Mã te huruhuru te manu ka rere.
It is the feathers that make the bird fly. I don't know what it means. 2 feathers make the bird fly. 3 you need to use the right tool
- Waiho I te toipoto, kaua I te toiroa.
Let us keep close together, not wide apart. 1 Don’t drift away from your friends. 2 Stay together 3 Try to stay together and don't run away
- He pukepuke maunga, e pikitia e te tangata; he pukepuke moana, ekengaia e te waka; he pukepuke tangata, e kore e pikitia e te tangata.
A mountain summit can be scaled by a man; a heavy sea can be negotiated by a canoe; but a great man cannot be trampled upon. 1. I think it means that you can only do so much 2. you can only scoped what you see? 3. Don’t be a bully?
- Ka mahi te tawa uho kit e riri.
Well done, you chose courage is like the heart of the tawa tree. 1. It might mean that you chose the right path ? 2. Listen to your chief 3. don’t disobey your chief
- E kore e taka te parapara a ona tupuna; tukua iho ki a ia.
He cannot fail to inherit the talents of his ancestors; they must descend to him. I means to me you can not fail with your family's help.2. Listen to your family,3. If your parents say something like don't hang out with dos bad friend there not a good role model you do it
- Tǒku toa, he toa rangatira.
My bravery is inherited from the chief who were my forebears. 1. Its means to me the you dad/chief is the one how is the chief.2.
- E tǔ he huru mã, haramai e noho, E tǔ te huru pango, hanãtu haere.
Let the white hair remain here; Let the black hair get up and go.
It means to me you have to move on. 2. You have to grow up in live 3. Like when you have to move out of your parents house you have to move on and provide for yourself
- He kura tangata e kore e rokohanga, he kura whenua ka rokohanga.
The treasured possessions of men are intangible; the treasures of the land are tangible. It means that the possessions of some people our untouchable and that the community's treasures is for everyone to share.2.Some this our personally.3. Don't get noesy 
10. Kia ǔ, kia mau ki tǒ Mãoritanga.
Be firm in holding onto your Mãori culture. 1. It means to me that this is your culture. 2 You can't run away from you culture 3. your culture is how you our
11. He toi whakairo, He mana tangata.
Where there is artistic excellence there is human dignity. It means to me the if you are good at something be proud of it 2. Stand up for yourself and do what you love.3 This relates to me because I like to draw and take photos so I should do what I love
12. E kore e hekeheke he kãkano rangatira.
I will never be lost for I am the seeds of chiefs. 1. I means that you will be ok with your family.2 You can always come back to your family 3. If you mess up in live you can always come back to your family
13. Te tiro atu to kanohi tairawhiti ana tera whiti te ra kite ataata ka hinga ki muri
kia koe.
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.Do not do bad this and live your past behind 2. Don’t flow bad people because it's not right 3. To me it means don’t flow bad people because it not do for me.
14. Kia hora te marino, kia whakapapa pounamu te moana, kia tere te Karohirohi I
mua I to huarahi.
May peace be widespread, may the sea glisten like greenstone, and may the shimmer of light guide you on your way. 1. It means to me In live you chose your path. Don’t try to me cool because that might lead you in the wrong path 3.Choose the right path
Source: Kia Maumahara ki ngã Whakatauki: Remember Mãori Proverbs, By Renee Hollis
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