Glossary | Kuputaka

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Aotearoa
New Zealand

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Hapū
Sub-tribe
Hui
Meeting, gathering

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Iwi
Tribe

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Kāhui
To flock, to herd, to cluster and so denotes a group
Kāinga
Address, residence, village, settlement, habitation, habitat, dwelling
Kawa
Policies
Kōanga
Spring
Kōrero
Conversation or discussion

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Mahi
Work
Mana
Prestige, authority, control, power, influence, status, spiritual power, charisma
MSD
Ministry of Social Development

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NCS Regulations
(National Care Standards and Related Matters) Regulations 2018
Ngā Kete
Range of documents and tools developed to help explain to stakeholders what we do, and how we want to talk with people
NGOs
Non-government organisations

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OCC
Office of the Children's Commissioner

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Ōtautahi
Christchurch

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Rangatahi
Young person aged 14 – 21 years of age

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Tāmaki Makaurau
Auckland
Tamariki
Children (plural) aged 0-13 years
Tamariki Māori
Children of Māori descent
Te ao Māori
The Māori world
Tikanga
Correct procedure, the customary system of values and practices that have developed over time and are deeply embedded in the social context

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Whānau
Whānau refers to people who are biologically linked or share whakapapa. For the Monitor’s monitoring purposes, whānau includes parents, whānau members living with tamariki at the point they have come into care
Whanganui-ā-Tara
Wellington