TE ARA REO MĀORI
He mihimihi – speech of greeting
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The following will help you to prepare a
basic speech of greeting for various occasions, taking bits and pieces out from
steps 1-4. |
Column
1: are concrete, you must use
each of them as you are putting your mihimihi together
Column
2: depending on the situation you
are talking about will be your next appropriate word(s) to use.
Column
3: are the translations of column
3
Hei
tauira: Row A =Tēnā koutou (column 1) e hoa mā (column 2)
Row B = kua
(column 1) hui mai nei (column
2)
These mihimihi are for you to use when-ever
and where-ever you wish. Practice using them during karakia at the beginning of
class if you feel like you might need some practice in front of our whānau in a
calm, relaxed and stress-free environment. This will also prepare you well for
your Tangata Rongonui kōrero (end of year speech)
“Tūwhitia
te hopo!” – feel the fear and do
it anyway/YOLO – You only live once!
Step 1:
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Column
1 (concrete)
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Column 2 (adapt)
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Column 3 (translation)
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A
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Tēnā
koutou...
(Greetings to…)
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tātou katoa
koutou katoa
e hoa mā
e te whānau
e ngā iwi
e ngā hau e whā
e ngā mātāwaka
e ngā mana
e aku rangatira
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Us all
You all
Peers
Family
The many tribes (people)
The four winds (people)
The many canoes (people)
People and their integrity
People and their autonomy
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B
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kua…
(who have…)
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tae mai nei
hui mai nei
whakamine mai nei
haere mai nei
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Arrived here
Gathered here
Congregated here
Come here
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C
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ki…
(to(area)…)
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konei
tēnei marae
tēnei o ngā kura wānanga
tēnei huihuinga ā tātou
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Here
This marae
This place of learning
This gathering of ours
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D
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ki te…
(to(purpose)…)
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kawe mai
hari mai
whakamānawa
whakanui
wānanga
whakatau
whakamihi
rāhiri
whakataurangi
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Bring
Bring
Honour
Celebrate
Discuss
Officialy welcome/settle
to praise, pay tribute to,
congratulate, eulogise, greet, thank, commend, acclaim, compliment, praise,
acknowledge
welcome
mourn, grieve for
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E
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i…
(the…)
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te aroha
ngā whakaaro
ngā kōrero
ngā manuwhiri
te tini me te mano
te kaupapa o te rā
a… (name of person)
tēnei mate
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Love
Ideas
Discussions
Visitors
Multitudes (people)
Today’s agenda
This who has deceased
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F
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Ka nui te…
(great is the…)
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hari
mihi
koa
aroha
rekareka
pōuri
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Joy
Thanks
Happiness
Love
Elation
Sorrow
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G
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mō tō…
(for your…)
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koutou kaha
koutou māia
koutou piripono
koutou manawanui
koutou kai ngākau
koutou tautoko mai
koutou whakaute
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Strength
Courage
Devotion
Dedication
Interest
Support
Respect
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I
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ki te…
(to…)
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āwhina
hāpai
tautoko
whakatikatika
whakatutuki
wānanga
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Support
Uplift
Support
Complete
Determine
Discuss
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J
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i ngā…
(the…)
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pitopito kōrero
āhuatanga
kaupapa
take
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Discussions
Circumstances
Theme
topics
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K
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e hāngai ana ki tēnei…
(concerning this…)
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hui
huihuinga
akoranga
wānanga
pakihi
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Meeting
Gathering
Class
Place of learning
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Step 2:
He Whakataukī: Here
you may insert a Māori proverb that relates to the topic of discussion or the gathering.
Hei tauira/example: “Whāia te iti kahurangi ki te tūohu koe me
he maunga teitei”
“Aim for the pinnacles of success, if you are to fail let it be to a
lofty mountain”
Book of reference: The Reed Book of Māori Proverbs by
A.E. Brougham & A.W. Reed,
Revised by Tīmoti Kāretu
Step 3:
Choose one:
1. Kua
mutu ngā kōrero mō tēnei wā – I have finished my speech for now…
2. Ka
whakairihia ngā kete kōrero ki ngā paetara o te whare, kia tiki atu anō hei
roto i te wā – let the baskets of
discussion be hung on the wall, so that they be retrieved again in time to
come…
3. Kia
whakakōpani ake au i aku kōrero i tēnei wā e hika mā –
at this time I shall now conclude
my speech fellow peers
Step 4:
Choose one:
1. Nō
reira tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.
– Greetings once, greetings twice, greetings
to you all
2. Haumi
e, hui e, taiki e!
– Come
gather, come hither, thus it is done!
3. Huri
noa i tō tātou whare, tēnā koutou katoa.
– My greetings once again revolve
around our house to you all.
