Glossary

Tamariki Ora                      Well Child services
Oranga Niho                      Dental health
Te Kohanga Reo              Maori Language nests
tamariki/taitamariki           young children
rangatahi                             youths or teenagers
Kuia                                      elderly woman
Koroua                                 elderly man
whanau                                family
Ngati Kahungunu              Name of the Maori tribe associated with Hawke's Bay
Te Whanganui A Orotu      Name of the Napier tribal area
rohe                                       territory
Te Tiriti O Waitangi             The Treaty of Waitangi
Tikanga                                 customary practices