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EPISODE · Dec 24, 2025 · 17 MIN

It's Christmas!

from A Maori Podcast · host Ihira

Kia ora ra e te whanau! It's Xmas so I thought today's episode can follow theme.Whakatauki - Me oioi ki te ringa ka puta te tama a Upokoroa. [Kohikohinga Whakatauki a Raupo, pg 54]Pangapanga:Mele Kalikimaka. No tewhea reo te mihi nei? - He reo Hawaii.Tuturu ranei ki te reo Hawaii taua mihi na a Mele Kalikimaka? He kupu mino ke mai ranei? - Kupu mino mai.Mo te kararehe nei a Ruana. Ko Ruana ihu aha ra ia? - Ko Ruana ihu wherowheroMo te waiata nei, He manu aha kei ro rakau ponga? - He Pukeko.E whia ra ia nga kararehe kawe waka o Hana Koko? - E iwa.Whakahuahuatia aua kararehe ingoa?Ko Tata - Dasher (https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/7620)Ko Kani - Dancer (https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/2171)Ko Hiteki - Prancer (https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/1272)Ko Nunakia - Vixen (Play on words perhaps? Nanakia meaning tricky/crafty - Nunakia was the name of a ship https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/30011)Ko Unahiroa - Comet (https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/15093)Ko Kuata - Cupid (https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/42540)Ko Whaitiri - Donner (https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/9332)Ko Uira - Blitzen (https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/8872)Ko Ruana - RudolfHe panui:He mihi meri kirihimete no te tau 1898. Jubilee : Te Tiupiri, Volume 1, Issue 45, 22 December 1898, Page 1 [ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/JUBIL18981222.2.4 ]Wetewete:he mihi nui ake i roto i te ngakau mo tona kitenga i te ra whakamaharatanga i whanau ai to tatou Ariki a Ihu KaraitiHe Kirihimete haringa, me te tau hou.Ko te kite a te tinana tangata, ko te korero a te mangai tangata.

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