The ADM Hoahoa (Māori) Glossary helps all people of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland interpret the urban design guidance on this website.
Papakupu Whāiti Hoahoa glossary
Aotearoa
(place) New Zealand
Ara paihikara
(noun) cycleway
Arai
(noun) a barrier / screen / defence
(verb) to screen / defend
Ararewa
(noun) elevator / lift
Ātea
(noun) courtyard, public forum
Atua Māori
(noun) Māori ancestor with continuing influence / Māori god
Awa
(noun) river / stream
Awhi rito
(noun) outer-centre leaves that shelter the centre shoot of the flax bush
Hā
(noun) breathe
(verb) breath
Hapū
(noun) sub-tribe
Harakeke
(noun) New Zealand flax, scientific name Phormium tenax
Heke
(noun) internal rafters of meeting house
(verb) to descend
Hoahoa
(noun and verb) design / arrange / plan
Hoahoa horanuku
(noun) landscape design
Hoahoa māori
Māori Design
Hoe waka
(noun) paddle of canoe
Hora-tiriti
(noun) streetscape
Hui
(noun) a meeting; (verb) to meet
Ingoa
(noun) name
Iwi
(noun) a number of hapū (sub-tribes) related through a common ancestor
Kai
(noun) food, meal; (verb) to eat
Kaikaranga
(noun) female ceremonial caller
Kāinga
(noun) home/ village
Kāinga iti
Minor dwelling
Kaitiaki
(noun) guardian
Kaitiakitanga
(noun) guardianship. The practice of looking after the environment. These practices are rooted in tradition
Kakau
(noun) stalk of a plant
Karā
(noun) basalt rock
Karakia
(noun) a ritual recitation / incantation / prayer often used to open and close meetings;
(verb) to pray
Kaumātua
(noun) elder, either male or female, who has status within the whānau, hapū or iwi
Kaupapa
(noun) topic, subject, issue
Kauta
(noun) kitchen
Kōrari
(noun) flower stem of flax
Kōrero
(noun) dialogue, speech; (verb) to speak
Kotahitanga
(noun) unity, togetherness
Kuhunga waka
(noun) driveway
Kupenga
(noun) net for fishing
Kūtai
(noun) mussel(s)
Mahere rangatira
(noun) master planning
Mahi
(noun) work, job; (verb) to make, do, work
Mahi tahi
(verb) to collaborate, work together
Mahinga kai
(noun) place for gathering or cultivating food
Mana
(noun) prestige, authority, agency
Mana taurite
(noun) equality / equal status
Mana whenua
(noun) Māori who have customary authority over land through ancestral links
Manaaki
(noun) support; (verb) to support, to take care of, to show respect
Manaakitanga
(noun) the practice of showing respect, generosity and care for others
Manu
(noun) bird(s)
Manuhiri
(noun) guest(s), visitor(s)
Māra kai
(noun) food garden
Marae
(noun) courtyard - open area in front of the wharenui; often used for the complex of buildings around the marae
Marama
(noun) moon, month
Maramataka māori
(noun) Māori lunar calendar
Mataawaka
(noun) Māori who live in Auckland and are not in a mana whenua group
Matariki
(personal noun) Pleiades. Matariki signals the Māori New Year. It is a time of renewal and celebration in Aotearoa, New Zealand that begins with the rising of the Matariki star cluster.
Mātauranga māori
(noun) Māori knowledge. Refers to all things physical, emotional and spiritual in a Māori context
Maunga
(noun) mountain
Mauri
(noun) lifeforce, vital essence
Mihi
(noun) speech of greeting, acknowledgement;
(verb) to greet, to thank
Moana
(noun) sea(s), ocean(s)
Moemoeā
(noun and verb) dream / vision
Moenga
(noun) bed
Mokopuna
(noun) grandchild, grandchildren descendant
Mokowā tūmatanui
(noun) public space
Mokowā wātea
(noun) open space
Momo
(noun) type/ typology
Motu
(noun) island, country, nation
Ngā mahi oneone / whenua
(noun) earthworks / land disturbance
Ngahere
(noun) forest(s)
Noa
(verb) to be free from tapu (sacredness) / unrestricted
Oranga
(noun) wellbeing / health
Pā
(noun) fortified village
Paekiritata
(noun) neighbourhood
Pākehā
(noun) a New Zealander of European descent
Papa tākaro
(noun) playground
Papakāinga
(noun) communal housing or a settlement on communal Māori land
Papakāinga tāoki
(noun) retirement villages
Papatūānuku
(personal noun) Earth Mother
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