Mātauranga Māori

Mātauranga Māori takes many forms, including language (te reo), traditional environmental knowledge (tāonga tuku iho, mātauranga o te taiao), traditional knowledge of cultural practice, such as healing and medicines (rongoā), fishing (kai moana) and cultivation (mahinga kai).

The material in this online exhibition was originally developed for the National Library Gallery exhibition 'Butterflies, Boffins & Black Smokers: Two Centuries of Science in New Zealand', curated by Veronika Meduna and Rebecca Priestly in 2006.

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Peter Buck studying Paratene Ngata making an eel basket

‘Mātauranga Māori in a traditional context means the knowledge, comprehension or understanding of everything visible or invisible that exists across the universe.'

 

Ko Poutama Te Ture (i te taha mauī) rātau ko tōna wahine, ko tētahi hoa e whakarite ana ki te rārā tuna i Koroniti

‘Ko te Mātauranga Māori, i roto i tōna horopaki tuku iho, ko te mātauranga, ko te mōhiotanga, ko te māramatanga rānei ki ngā mea katoa e kitea ana, ki ngā mea katoa e huna ana, i te ao tukupū.'

 

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