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mahi ārahi
Faciliation
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mahi toi
Iwi/hapū narratives are captured and expressed creatively and appropriately
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mahinga kai
Food gathering areas
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mana
Interpreted within the context of Te Aranga principles, to mean that the status of iwi and hapū as mana whenua is recognised and respected
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mana whakahaere
Access, admission
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mana whenua
Authority over land and natural resources.
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manākitanga
The ethic of reciprocity.
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manu aute
Māori kite
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manuhiri
Visitors
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māra kai
Community garden
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marae
Gathering place
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marae ātea
Courtyard
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massing
The combined effect of the arrangement, volume and shape of a building or group of buildings.
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masterplan
A detailed plan for a defined area, e.g. a centre or a new urban development. It involves the integration of all elements (including social, cultural, economic and environmental considerations) into one overall design and can include the final expected physical form of the buildings and spaces within.
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mataawaka
Māori living within a rohe who are not in a mana whenua group
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mātaitai
A marine-based customary food gathering area
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mātauranga
Māori knowledge
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mātauranga māori
Māori traditional knowledge.
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maunga
Mountain
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mauri
The innate life force and unique potential of all things animate and inanimate, capacity to support life, the link between the physical and spiritual world.
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mauri-ora
Ultimate health and well-being
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mauritanga
The act of maintaining or enhancing mauri.
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mixed-use development
A mixture of activities such as residential, business, retail, or hospitality that occupy space within the same building or within the same street block or area (i.e. an apartment building with shops, cafes, and offices on the lower floors, or a town centre with these activities).
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moana
Sea, ocean
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modulation
An architectural technique to vary or change a façade to make it appear as a collection of smaller components.
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mono-tone
The use of materials and/or paint to give a uniform tone or colour to a building or surface.
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motu
Island