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whakapapa - genealogy

Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana.
May the sea be like greenstone.
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

Kōrero mai whakapapa, kaua ko pepeha.
Tell me your whakapapa, not your pepeha.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā

Kōrero mai whakapapa, kaua rawa ko pepeha.
Tell me your whakapapa, definitely not your pepeha.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā

Ki tēnei taumata o te kaupapa, mauri mai i ake, i ō maunga, i ō awa, i ō whakapapa, pepeha.
To this level of the kaupapa, bring with you your own life force—from your mountains, your rivers, your genealogies, your pepeha.

He mōhio a Tawa ki te whakapapa o te iwi.
Tawa is knowledgeable of the ancestry of the people.

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