Across
- 4. Material often weaved with
- 5. Native bird which makes the same sound as it’s English name
- 8. Form of Māori prayer or formal spoken word
- 12. Mother earth figure
- 14. Māori New Years
- 16. Canoe Olympian
- 17. An unfurling fern frond
- 18. Kiwi actor in Star Wars and Moana
- 19. Introduction about connections to the land and to people
- 21. English translation for pounamu
Down
- 1. Massey University’s Māori name
- 2. First Disney film translated to te reo
- 3. Māori term used in a similar way to LGBTQIA+
- 4. Number of letters in Māori alphabet
- 6. 90s Film/novel about a family descended from Māori warriors
- 7. Māori name for the silver fern
- 9. Patricia Grace 1992 novel turned 2021 film
- 10. Te reo word for stomach
- 11. Maori name for Palmerston North
- 13. Bird resembling pūkeko
- 15. Traditional Māori lunar calendar
- 20. Large, spiny insects found in dark, damp places in gardens and bush throughout NZ
