We’ve put together some whakataukī and whakatauākī to use in your mahi. You might like to use these to guide a document, or in in a kōrereo.
1. TŪWHITIA TE HOPO, MAIRANGATIA TE ANGITŪ.
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
2. WHAOWHIA TE KETE MĀTAURANGA.
Fill the basket of knowledge.
3. KO IA KĀORE NEI I RAPU, TĒ KITEA. (TĒ RAPU, TĒ KITEA).
They who do not seek, do not find.
4.TĒ TŌIA, TĒ HAUMATIA
Nothing can be achieved without a plan.
Fail to plan, plan to fail.
5. KO TE MANU KAI I MIRO NŌNA TE NGAHERE, KO TE MANU KAI MĀTAURANGA NŌNA TE AO.
The bird who eats miro owns the forest, the bird who eats knowledge owns the world.
The application of your own knowledge opens up your world.
6. Poipoiā te kākano kia puawai.
Nurture the seed so it blooms.
To fully realise our potential we need love and care.
7. KO TE MAURI HE MEA MUNA KI TE MOANA.
The life force is hidden in the seas.
Powerful aspects of life are hidden in plain sight.
8. HE IHU KURĪ, HE TANGATA HAERE.
Beware of blindly following your nose.
Be deliberate and make good choices.
9. KO KOE TE RINGA E HUTI PUNGA!
Yours is the arm best suited to pull up the anchor.
You have it all in your hands.
10. HE RĀ WHATIWHATI KŌ.
A day of hard work.
11. WHĀIA TE MĀTAURANGA HEI ORANGA MŌU.
Seek knowledge for the sake of your wellbeing.
12. TINO KAI, TINO ORA TE KŌPŪ.
He who has the produce of his labour stored up will never want.
Work hard and you will reap the rewards.
13. HE KAI KEI AKU RINGA
A person with great ability to create success.
14. OKEA URUROATIA
Fight like a hammer-head shark
15. AHAKOA WHATI TE MANGA, E TAKOTO ANA ANŌ TE KŌHIWI.
Although the branch has broken off, the trunk remains.
Misfortune will not undermine the foundations.
