All Blacks vs Ireland

He te pai kemu

He tino pai te kapa o pango

engari he tino pai te kapa o Ireland

He tino pai a Ben Smith

He tino Koretake a Julian Savea 

He tino nui a Dan Coles

 

Mihi (Manuhiri)

Ka ranga te titi

Ka ranga te kaka

Ka tangi ko ahau

Tihei (wa) Mauri Ora!

A te korowai o te kaihanga

A te korowai o te rangimarie

Kua horaina mai

I runga i a tatou

E te whanau

E te iwi whanui

E te iwi o te moana nui a kiwa

Haere mai, Haere mai, Haere mai

Papatuanuku te whaea

Tena koe

E te whenua

Te tauranga o te iwi

Tena koe

Tena koutou i o tatou tini mate

Haere, Haere, haere.

Apiti hono, tatai hono

Te hunga mate ki te hunga mate

Apiti hono, tatai hono

Te hunga ora ki te hunga ora

E nga Manuhiri

Nau mai, haere mai, haere mai

E te kaea o te haka Pohiri

Tena koe, Tena koe, Tena koe

Kua tae mai matou

Ki te tautoko te kaupapa o tenei wa

Ehara ahau i te tangata mohio

ki te korero otira

e tika ana

kia mihi atu kia mihi mai

E tika ana te korero

i o tatou tupuna

Waiho i te toipoto

kaua i te toiroa

N reira Tena koutou, tena koutou tena koutou katoa.

Why is it good to take Maori?

The language is such a big part of the Maori culture yet it is dying. By us learning and taking Maori it is a way of preserving the culture for future generations so the culture can live on. Another reason is that Maori's that fall committing crimes and getting trouble have forgot their culture and think their is no other way. By taking Maori they can learn their culture and realize the amount of potential they have.

Personal thoughts.

Personally for me Maori is a way of connecting with my ancestors and learning more about my culture. The reason why i want to learn the language is so I can speak to my whanau when we go to gatherings at our marae.

Maori Haka Dance Types

Whakatu Waewae

This Haka involves the warriors standing with a straight back and stamping their feet on the ground. No weapons are in this dance. This Haka was particularly performed by the Tuhoe people who were set on the eastern end of the North Island of New Zealand.

Tutu Ngarahu

This Haka involved side to side jumping and done before battle. The performance involved the war party holding weapons.

Peruperu

This Haka was a true war dance traditionally performed while facing the enemy. Its purpose was to intimidate and demoralize the enemy. The war party held weapons during the performance. This dance features unified leaps.

Ngeri

The purpose of this Haka was to motivate warriors; to "summon up the blood". This haka had know specific movements so the warriors just let out what they felt inside through their actions and words.

Manawa wera

Mainly associated with death and funerals this Haka involved no weapons. The dancers had freedom of expression in the moves which were not planned.

Maori Pa Site

A Pa Site is a maori village that is heavily fortified. These forts were placed on hills. They were also strategically placed with natural barriers such as the sea or rivers. They also had stockades and trenches that protected them from enemy attacks.

Pa sites a wooden gong which was placed at the higest point of the Pa site. This was used to warn the whole village of a attack

Pa sites were strongholds for tribes, a place where they could go to take refuge at a time of war.

Every Pa site had a protective deity which was buried under one of the corner posts of the village. This contained the mana and prestige of the village.

War in Māori tradition

War is a very common theme in many Maori Myths. One example is the Maori Myth of Creation where the sons fought after separating their parents Ranginui and Papatuanuku. One of the sons Tumatauenga  was victorious then he punished his brothers.  

Tūmatauenga is one of the major God of wars. There are also many others such as Kahukura and Uenuku, then there is also  Maru, a war god in the Taranaki region.

Making war

Wars broke out between tribal groups for a number of reasons, including land, food and natural resources. Wars were also fought to gain mana or revenge.

Māori weapons

Traditional Māori weapons were designed for close quarters, hand to hand combat. There many weapons such as:

  Taiaha 

 Pouwhenua

Tewhatewha

Tao 

 Patu

Battle strategies and terms

A war party was called a taua. The size of the taua vary from a couple hundred warriors to a small group of warriors  

Maori used deception and trickery as a common ways to fight. Sometimes tribes would tell other  tribes they want peace and invite them over but then they would suddenly attack taking them by surprise.

Because their villages were hard to get into tricks were used get people out. One tribe made a large fake whale out of dog skin and hid warriors inside to attack the villagers who came to investigate.

Preparations for battle

Battles usually took place in the summer months, after the harvest was finished. Sometimes alliances were made between different groups before a battle. Gifts were given, and if they were accepted it meant a willingness to join in battle. A tohunga would put the war party under tapu before they set out. Before they went to fight Maori would do the haka. The haka is a war dance that warriors do before they go to battle to connect with their ancestors and scare the tribe their fighting.

The battle

The first person killed in a battle  would have their heart cut out and offered to a god as a sign of respect . The leader would often stand behind his troops and exhort them.

After the battle

The victors would take prisoners of the defeated people, and women and children would become slaves. In some cases, some of the defeated people would be killed and eaten. Sometimes the groups would intermarry.

When the war party returned home they would undergo a ritual cleansing, which involved lifting the tapu.

Making peace

At the end of a war it was vital to make peace. Sometimes arranged marriages between the victors and high-ranking women of the defeated tribes were used to seal peace.

After a series of wars the Moriori people of Rēkohu (Chatham Islands) declared an end to war and had a long period of peace.