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The marae

 * Hui a meeting of any kind, conference, gathering
 * Marae the area for formal discourse in front of a meeting house or applied to a whole marae complex, including meeting house, dining hall, forecourt, etc.
 * Haere mai! Welcome! Enter!
 * Nau mai! Welcome!
 * Tangihanga funeral ceremonies, when body is mourned on a marae
 * Tangi short (verbal version) for the above (gerund) or to cry, to mourn
 * Karanga the ceremony of calling to the guests to welcome them to enter the marae
 * Manuhiri guests, visitors
 * Tangata whenua original people belonging to a place, local people, hosts
 * Whaikōrero media type="file" key="whaikor.mp3" width="15" height="21"the art and practise of speech making


 * Kaikōrero or kaiwhai kōrero speaker (there are many other terms)
 * Haka chant with dance for the purpose of challenge; (see other references to haka on this site)
 * Waiata song or chant which follows speech
 * Koha gift, present (usually money, can be food or precious items, given by guest to hosts)
 * Whare nui meeting house; in writing this is sometimes run together as one word – wharenui
 * Whare whakairo carved meeting house
 * Whare kai dining hall
 * Whare paku lavatory, toilet
 * Whare horoi ablution block, bathroom