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taiao
Based on Te Aranga principles, the natural environment is protected, restored and / or enhanced. It is also a term used to describe a hoslistic environment, or eco-system.
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takiwā
Region
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takutai moana
Foreshore and seabed
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tamariki
Children
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tangata
People
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tangata whenua
Indigenous people of the land.
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taonga
A natural resource or object which is highly prized. In the form of a man-made object, the object carries the mauri of the maker.
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tapu
Sacred, sanction
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tauiwi
Non-Māori New Zealanders.
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taurahere
Urban Māori group with connections to their traditional homelands.
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tautoko
Support
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te āo māori
The Māori world
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terraced house
One of a row of at least three houses, all joined by their side walls.
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texture
An architectural and landscape architecture term that suggest a contrasting and rougher surface treatment to a wall or a ground plane. Texture may include using a range different building materials on a façade or a variety of planting within an area.
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thermal bridging
Thermal bridging refers to the ways heat can leak through building elements. This happens where thermally conductive materials connect the inside with the outside.
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tikanga
The act of interpreting and practising Māori knowledge
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tirohanga
View, sight, aspect
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tohu
Based on Te Aranga princilpes, Mana whenua significant sites and cultural landmarks are acknowledged
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tohunga mahi toi
Expert Māori artists and designers
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tohunga raranga
Master Weaver
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tono
Invitation
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transition zone
The area between habitats or ecosystems. Frequently, transition zone is used to refer to the area between uplands and wetlands. In other cases, wetlands are referred to as transitional areas between uplands and aquatic ecosystems
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transitional space
An area that provides an intermediary condition between two other places. Examples include a front garden being the transition between a street and a building, or a wind lobby being a transition between a foyer and a street.
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tupuna / tīpuna
Ancestors
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tūrangawaewae
A place where one has the rights to stand - place where one has rights of residence and belonging through kinship and whakapapa.