Glossary
- hapū
- sub-tribe, extended whānau
- iwi
- tribe
- iwi authority
- the authority that represents an iwi and which is recognised by that iwi as having authority to do so
- kaitiakitanga
- the exercise of guardianship
- kaumātua
- a respected elder within the tribe
- ki uta ki tai
- from the mountains to the sea
- mahinga kai
- food and other resources and the areas from which they are sourced
- manawhenua
- those who hold rangatiratanga for a particular area or district
- mauri
- the essential life force or principle; a metaphysical quality inherent in all things, both animate and inanimate
- Ngāi Tahu
- South Island tribe
- Ngāti Kahungunu
- North Island east coast tribe
- papatipu rūnanga
- traditional rūnanga (the First Schedule of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Act 1996 lists the 18 Papatipu Rūnanga of Ngāi Tahu Whānui and their respective takiwā)
- rangatiratanga
- chiefly authority
- rohe
- area
- rūnanga
- local representative groups or community system of organisation
- takiwā
- area, region, district
- tangata whenua
- the iwi or hapū that holds manawhenua in a particular area
- taonga
- all things highly prized including treasures, property, a resource or resources or even a person
- tapu
- sacred
- waahi tapu
- sacred places
- whānau
- family
