2. When a whanau joins with another whanau it creates
an iwi. Then if more whanau join on, it creates a hapu
and if more whanau keep joining together soon it
creates a tribe. Then if more and more whanau join
the tribe gets bigger.
3. Maori society was gendered, in other words the
roles of woman and men were different. Women
had less power than men. A woman could be chief
but mostly all chiefs were men. A God could be a
woman but most Gods were men. Woman held
power to invite men to tribal meetings. Men were
the only people with the right to speak at tribal
meetings. Men fought in wars, worked with
wood, planted crops, made waka and wrote prayers.
4. Both women and men were bare from the waist up.
Women wore flax or cloth skirts and normally had
bare feet. Women had a special apron called a maro
kopua. Men wore different types of cloaks. Here are
some names: Kahu, Kahu kekeno, Kahu kiwi and a
sealskin cloak.
