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Mereana Slade
New Zealand Artist

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Mâori Grammar notes compiled by
my father John L Nicholls
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Whakataukî (Mâori Proverb) Posters

$6.75 each plus $5 postage per order

whakatauki posters 1 - 4

W1
With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive.
W2 (blue)
What is the most important thing in the world? Tis man! Tis man! Tis man!
W2 (brown)
What is the most important thing in the world? Tis man! Tis man! Tis man!
W3
Care for the land. Care for the people.
Go forward

W4
Love received,
Love returned

A printable list of Whakataukî
and Karakia
in Mâori and English
can be downloaded
HERE
 
whakatauki posters 5 - 8

W5 (blue)
Bravery has many
resting places
W5 (green)
Bravery has many
resting places
W6
Land is permanent
Man disappears
W7
My language
My awakening

W8
Love received
Love returned
 
 
whakatauki posters 9 - 13

W9
Hold fast to the words
of your ancestors
W10
Seek the treasures you
value most dearly
If you must bow,
let it be to a lofty mountain
W11
Although it is small
it is a treasure
W12
Although small
it is given with love

W13 (tree)
Do not trample
the mana (prestige)
of a person
W13 (brown)
Do not trample
the mana (prestige)
of a person
 
 
whakatauki posters 14 - 20
W14
Let others acknowledge your virtues
W15
Let us stay close, not far apart
W16
My bravery (strength) is inherited from chiefs
W17
The land is mine
inherited from my
ancestors
W18
A little adze can do as much work as a man
W19
Hold fast to
your Mâori heritage
W20
By many, by thousands,
the work will be done
 
 
whakatauki posters 21 - 27
W21
Let others acknowledge your virtues
W22
Let us stay close, not far apart
W23
My bravery (strength) is inherited from chiefs
W24
The land is mine
inherited from my
ancestors
W25
A little adze can do as much work as a man
W26
Hold fast to
your Mâori heritage
W27
By many, by thousands,
the work will be done
 
 
whakatauki posters 28 - 33
W28
See below for the meaning of this whakataukî
W29 (blue)
My strength does not come from me alone
but also from others
W29C
My strength does not come from me alone
but also from others
W30
With many hands
the job will be finished
W31
United we stand
Divided we fall
W32
Stand united
Stand tall
W33
Cluster the branches of the manuka so they will not break
( Unite, and know which direction to go)
 
whakatauki posters 34 - 38

W34
Marry the woman who is nimble of hands and feet
Forsake the one who is gossipy
W35
The first stage of learning is silence
The second stage is listening
W36
Look to the past for guidance
and seek out what is needed
W37
By designing and shaping the keel of the canoe to perfection
you will overcome all obstacles

W38
Analyze critically
the gigantic wave,
the shoreward wave
 

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