Aotearoa	New Zealand
Atua	Māori gods
Awa	River
Hakihaki	Sores
Hapū	Sub-tribe
Hinengaro	Mind
Kai	Food
Iwi	Tribe
Io Matua Kore	The Supreme Being
Kaiako	Teacher
Kaimahi	Worker
Kaitiaki	Guardians
Kaitiakitanga	Guardianship
Karakia	Prayer
Kaumātua	Elder
Kaupapa Māori	A Māori research theoretical framework
Kawakawa	Piper excelsum, type of plant
Ko au te whenua, ko te whenua ko au; ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au	I am the land, and the land is me, I am the river and the river is me
Koha	Gift
Koroua	Elderly male
Kōrero	Talk/Stories
Kōrero pakiwaitara	Stories
Kūmarahou	Pomaderris kumeraho, type of plant
Mahi-a-rōpū	collective group data analysis
Mana whenua	The right of the people to manage the land
Manaakitanga	The care and feeding of the people; also taken to mean environmental values to protect land resources
Māra kai	Food garden
Marae	Tribal meeting house complex
Matakite	Seer, gift of second sight, clairvoyance
Mātauranga	Knowledge
Mātauranga Māori	Ancestral knowledge
Maunga	Mountain
Mauri	Life force; also taken to mean the vitality of ecosystems and resources
Mauri noho	Languishing
Mauri rere	Unsettled
Mirimiri	Body work
Moana	Sea
Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi	By your basket of food, and my basket of food, the people will be fed
Ngahere	Forest
Papatūānuku	Mother Earth
Rāhui	Prohibition
Rākau	Trees
Rangatiratanga	Self-determination, autonomy
Raru	Issue
Repo	Wetlands, short for reporepo
Reo	Māori language
Romiromi	Deep tissue massage
Rongoā Māori	Traditional Māori healing
Rongoā rākau	Plant medicines
Rōpū	Group
Rourou Māori	A Māori based framework of research analysis
Ruru	Owl
Pure	Cleanse
Taiao	Environment
Takutaku	Chant
Tāne Mahuta	God of the forests
Tāngata	People
Tāngata whenua	People of the land
Taonga	Treasure
Taonga tuku iho	Ancestral treasure
Teina	Younger sibling
Te reo Māori	The Māori language
Te rohe reporepo	The wetlands
Te Wao nui ā Tane	“The Realm of Tane, god of the forest” refers to the forest
Tikanga	Protocols and customs
Tino rangatiratangatanga	Sovereignty
Tuakana	Elder sibling
Tūrangawaewae	“A place to stand” refers to a sense of belonging and connectedness with traditional home lands
Wai rākau	Herbal remedy
Wairua	Spirituality
Wai tote	Salt water
Whakapapa	Ancestry
Whakataukī	Proverb
Whānau	Family
Whenua	Land
Whenua tipu	Ancestral land