Te Ao Māori
E820109
Te Ao Māori is the Māori worldview encompassing the language, values, spirituality, customs, and relationships that shape Māori ways of understanding and living in the world.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Te Ao Mārama | 7 |
| Te Ao Māori canonical | 5 |
| MaoriAstronomy | 1 |
| Te Ao Mārama (the realm of being and light) | 1 |
| tikanga Māori | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9775535 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Te Ao Māori Context triple: [Te Tii Waitangi Marae, culturalContext, Te Ao Māori]
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A.
Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
Te Marautanga o Aotearoa is the national Māori-medium curriculum for New Zealand schools, guiding teaching and learning in te reo Māori across a range of learning areas.
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B.
Te Ara a Kiwa
Te Ara a Kiwa is the Māori name for Foveaux Strait, the body of water separating New Zealand’s South Island from Stewart Island/Rakiura.
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C.
Te Kōti Mana Nui
Te Kōti Mana Nui is the Māori-language name for the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the country’s highest judicial authority.
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D.
Te Ākitai Waiohua
Te Ākitai Waiohua is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Waiohua confederation in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, with deep ancestral, cultural, and historical ties to the Manukau region.
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E.
Mana Whenua
Mana Whenua is a major exhibition at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa that explores Māori ancestral connections to the land, culture, and identity of Aotearoa New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Te Ao Māori Target entity description: Te Ao Māori is the Māori worldview encompassing the language, values, spirituality, customs, and relationships that shape Māori ways of understanding and living in the world.
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A.
Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
Te Marautanga o Aotearoa is the national Māori-medium curriculum for New Zealand schools, guiding teaching and learning in te reo Māori across a range of learning areas.
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B.
Te Ara a Kiwa
Te Ara a Kiwa is the Māori name for Foveaux Strait, the body of water separating New Zealand’s South Island from Stewart Island/Rakiura.
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C.
Te Kōti Mana Nui
Te Kōti Mana Nui is the Māori-language name for the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the country’s highest judicial authority.
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D.
Te Ākitai Waiohua
Te Ākitai Waiohua is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Waiohua confederation in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, with deep ancestral, cultural, and historical ties to the Manukau region.
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E.
Mana Whenua
Mana Whenua is a major exhibition at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa that explores Māori ancestral connections to the land, culture, and identity of Aotearoa New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Māori cultural concept
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cosmology ⓘ epistemology ⓘ indigenous knowledge system ⓘ worldview ⓘ |
| appliedIn |
Māori education
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Māori governance ⓘ Māori health models ⓘ environmental stewardship ⓘ justice and social systems ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aotearoa New Zealand
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linked to:
New Zealand
Māori people ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Western worldview ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
balance and reciprocity
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collective identity ⓘ interconnectedness of all things ⓘ obligations to others ⓘ relationship between people and ancestors ⓘ relationship between people and land ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
customs
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environmental relationships ⓘ kaitiakitanga ⓘ karakia ⓘ mana ⓘ manaakitanga ⓘ mauri ⓘ noa ⓘ rangatiratanga ⓘ rituals ⓘ social relationships ⓘ spiritual beliefs ⓘ tapu ⓘ tikanga Māori ⓘ utu ⓘ values ⓘ wairuatanga ⓘ whakapapa ⓘ whanaungatanga ⓘ |
| hasLanguageComponent |
te reo Māori
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linked to:
Te Reo Māori
|
| informedBy |
Māori cosmological narratives
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ancestral knowledge ⓘ creation stories such as Ranginui and Papatūānuku ⓘ |
| recognizes |
genealogical connections between humans and nature
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spiritual dimension of reality ⓘ |
| transmittedThrough |
karakia
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marae practices ⓘ oral traditions ⓘ waiata ⓘ whakapapa recitations ⓘ |
| viewsLandAs |
ancestor
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source of identity ⓘ whenua ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Te Ao Māori Description of subject: Te Ao Māori is the Māori worldview encompassing the language, values, spirituality, customs, and relationships that shape Māori ways of understanding and living in the world.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Te Ao Māori
linked to: Te Ao Māori
subject linked to:
Ngāti Mutunga iwi
linked to: Te Ao Māori
linked to: Te Ao Māori
subject linked to:
Te Kore (the realm of potential being)
linked to: Te Ao Māori
subject linked to:
Te Kore (the realm of potential being)
linked to: Te Ao Māori
subject linked to:
Te Kore (the realm of potential being)
linked to: Te Ao Māori
linked to: Te Ao Māori
linked to: Te Ao Māori
linked to: Te Ao Māori