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Muaūpoko is a Māori iwi on the Kāpiti Coast of New Zealand. Muaūpoko are descended from the ancestor Tara, whose name has been given to many New Zealand landmarks, [1] most notably Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington).

Te Ūpokorehe is a Māori iwi (tribal group) located in the eastern Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand. There is currently a dispute over whether it is a hapū (sub-tribe) of Whakatōhea or an iwi (tribe) in its own right. [1][2]

Oct 17, 2013 · Upoko mārō is a very common kīwaha with the parallel meaning in English of ‘hard-headed’. Kaua e moumou hā ki tērā upoko mārō. Don’t waste your breath on that stubborn man. Upoko tūtakitaki is a metaphor for obstinance (that can be used for anyone you like) but it’s said to be a defining characteristic of Arawa people.

Feb 13, 2025 · Upoko tangata is a rectangular form of kite with two short wing-like extensions with a series of rush stems attached to reduce instability. The frame is also made of rush stems and the flying line is secured at the centre of the kite, its strongest point.

1. (verb) to be insensitive, hard-headed, headstrong, stubborn, unbending, pig-headed, obstinate. Tē aro i a ia tētāhi kupu kotahi nei, engari ka upoko māro tonu mai. / He can’t understand a single word, but he persists. E ūpoko mārō ana tērā tangata ki tāna kaupapa. / That man sticks stubbornly to his cause.

These songs were a variety of karakia called turu manu, or kite charm, and were believed to make the kite fly properly. A number of these have been preserved. They are often full of poetic fancy; but the archaic language in which they are composed, while denoting their great antiquity, makes them extremely difficult of translation.

Jan 4, 2015 · All these three films are good examples of how the representation of numinous objects – mokomokai, upoko tuhi and whakairo – can crystallize but also make diffuse, complex political situations, by layering together the metaphorical and physical properties of those objects in an appeal to the senses. As the visual culture theorist JTW ...