Haere-mai: come here, welcome.
Haere-ra: good-bye, go, farewell.
Haere-mai-ra, me o tatou mate: come here, that I may sorrow with you.
Karakia: invocation, ceremony, prayer.
Kehua: spirit, ghost.
Kia-ora: welcome, good luck. A greeting.
Kura: red. The sacred colour of the Maori.
Mana: power, authority, prestige, influence, sanctity, luck.
Mere-pounamu: a native weapon made of a rare green stone.
Mua: an old-time Polynesian god.