We are learning to ask and answer the question “Where are you from?” in Maori and learn why one asks it.
No hea koe, (person's name)?
Where are you from, (person's name)?
We discovered that you ask where people are from for many different reasons in Maori culture:
- To find out if you are related;
- To find out about their canoe, river, and mountain;
- To make a link with the other person
- To make a link with their family;
- To establish a good relationship with that person;
- To find out where they grew up.
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