Polynesian Terms

the most prized Maori ornament

• HEI TIKI

• NECKLACE

• MOA

• ATUA

WAKA

• war canoe

• priest or spiritual leader

• gods and spirits

• an earth oven used for the communal cooking of food

GENEALOGY

• the language of an area that is related to the language of a larger region

• the language of an area that is related to the language of a larger region

• a hot spring sending a jet of water into the air

• a person’s ancestral line and background

the language of an area that is related to the language of a larger region

• DIALECT

• TATAU

• TAPA

• GREAT FLEET

the Polynesian art of skin decoration

• OBSIDIAN

• MOA

• TATAU

• WHARENUI

a ceremony to admit a person into a particular group (

• IWI

• HANGI

• INITIATION

• OBSIDIAN

an earth oven used for the communal cooking of food

• ARIKI

• HANGI

• ATUA

• PONGA

MOA

• silver fern

• clan or tribe

• a person’s ancestral line and background

• extinct large flightless bird

POLYNESIA

• A bunch of animals

• the region bounded by New Zealand, Hawaii and Easter Island

• An area close to Australia

• a group of plants

WHARENUI

• supreme chief

• war canoe

• a village meeting house

• priest or spiritual leader