Found 33 results matching "mana"

• mana

  1. (noun) prestige, authority, control, power, influence, status, spiritual power, charisma - mana is a supernatural force in a person, place or object. Mana goes hand in hand with tapu, one affecting the other. The more prestigious the event, person or object, the more it is surrounded by tapu and mana. Mana is the enduring, indestructible power of the atua and is inherited at birth, the more senior the descent, the greater the mana. The authority of mana and tapu is inherited and delegated through the senior line from the atua as their human agent to act on revealed will. Since authority is a spiritual gift delegated by the atua, man remains the agent, never the source of mana. This divine choice is confirmed by the elders, initiated by the tohunga under traditional consecratory rites (tohi). Mana gives a person the authority to lead, organise and regulate communal expeditions and activities, to make decisions regarding social and political matters. A person or tribe's mana can increase from successful ventures or decrease through the lack of success. The tribe gave mana to their chief and empowered him/her and in turn the mana of an ariki or rangatira spread to his/her people and their land. Almost every activity has a link with the maintenance and enhancement of mana and tapu. Animate and inanimate objects could also have mana as they also derive from the atua and because of their own association with people imbued with mana or because they were used in significant events.   I tērā tau i mātakitaki tātau ki te ānga haeretanga a Tiamani i a Rūhia, me te mea nā anō kua pēpē te mana o Rūhia (TKO 15/8/1916 wh8).Last year we watched Germany drive away Russia and it would seem the mana of Russia has been crushed. (Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 238-240;Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 6;) See also mana atua, mana motuhake, mana tangata, mana tangata whenua, mana whakatipu, mana whenua, ariki, rangatira.
  2. (stative) be legal, effectual, binding, authoritative, valid.  
  3. (verb) to be effectual, take effect.  
  4. (noun) jurisdiction, mandate, freedom.  
  

• mana whenua

  (noun) territorial rights, power from the land - power associated with possession and occupation of tribal land. The tribe's history and legends are based in the lands they have occupied over generations and the land provides the sustenance for the people and to provide hospitality for guests.   (Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 6;) See also mana.
  

• Mana Motuhake

  (noun) a Māori political party (separate identity) which became part of the Alliance Coalition.  
  

• māna

  1. (particle) for him/her. Used in this way when the possessor will have control of the relationship or is dominant, active or superior to what is possessed.   He merengi tēnei māna.This is a melon for her. (Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 64;Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-56, 140-141;)
  2. (particle) he/she will.   Māna tō nama e utu.She will pay off your debt. (Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 65;)
  3. (particle) who will - used in relative clauses for the future.   Ko wai ngā kāmura māna e hanga tō tāua whare?Who are the carpenters who will build our house? (Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 97-99;)
  

• mana whakatipu

  (noun) power and status accrued through one's leadership talents - mana resulting from strength of character and force of will, and the means a leader has to enforce those wishes. Also known as mana tangata.   (Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 6;) See also mana tangata, mana.
  

• Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa

  (noun) New Zealand Qualifications Authority.  
  

• mana tūpuna

  (noun) power through descent.   See also mana whakaheke.
  

• mana tangata

  (noun) power and status accrued through one's leadership talents, human rights.   See also mana, mana whakatipu.
  

• mana taurite

  (noun) equal status, equity.  
  

• māna

  I could be wrong, not unless - an idiom indicating that the speaker thinks he/she could be wrong about something that he/she has stated. It sometimes indicates that the speaker expects to be confirmed or corrected by the listener.   Māna, kua haere pea rāua ki te purei piriota.I could be wrong, but they may have gone to play billiards.
  

• Mana Ārai Hauata Moana

  (noun) Maritime Safety Authority of New Zealand.  
  

• Mana Kai Rangahau

  (noun) New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research Limited.  
  

• Mana Marutau Waka Whenua o Aotearoa, Te

  (noun) Land Transport Safety Authority of New Zealand.  
  

• Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa

  (noun) Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.  
  

• mana whakaāio

  (noun) justice of the peace.  
  

• mana ā-rohe

  (noun) local authority.  
  

• mana motuhake

  (noun) separate identity, autonomy - 'mana' through self-determination and control over one's own destiny.   (Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 6;) See also mana.
  

• Mana Ārai o Aotearoa, Te

  (noun) Customs Department.  
  

• mana tangata whenua

  (noun) indigenous rights.   See also mana, mana whakatipu.
  

• mana whakahaere

  (noun) governance.