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tūrangawaewae

TOO-rung-ah-why-why[ˈtuːɾaˌŋawaewae]

a place to stand: where you belong through your ancestors

Closest in English: home, homeland, belonging. None of them covers it.

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Tūranga is a standing place and waewae are feet: the ground where you belong through your ancestors and can speak with authority. Tūrangawaewae marae at Ngāruawāhia, seat of the Māori King movement, carries the name. English says home ground, with less history under it.

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  1. Which language is it from?Māori
  2. What does it literally say?A standing place for feet
  3. Where would you hear it?A marae where your ancestors lie
  4. What does it mean?Where you belong and may speak

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