tikanga Maori

noun

Maori customs and values, considered as a collective body of belief and behaviour.

OriginMāori tikanga Māori →
First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nountikanga Maori (uncountable)
  1. New ZealanduncountableMaori customs and values, considered as a collective body of belief and behaviour.First known use 19th c.

    The major points of Christian belief that would contrast with tikanga Māori were the notions that natural man was a fallen creature needing to be redeemed by Christ's suffering and death; and that every human life […] was of equal value in the eyes of Te Atua and those who ackowledged Him.

    2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 128

Origin

  1. Māoritikanga Māori
  2. Englishtikanga Maori

From Māori tikanga Māori.

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APA

tikanga Maori. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tikanga%20Maori

MLA

“tikanga Maori.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tikanga%20Maori. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tikanga Maori,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tikanga%20Maori.

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