Talk:Maori proverbs

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Translations of Maori proverbs

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• E iti noa ana, na te aroha
  • Translation: Though my present be small, my love goes with it

• Ui mai koe ki ahau he aha te mea nui o te ao, Māku e kī atu he tangata, he tangata, he tangata!
  • Translation: "Ask me what is the greatest thing in the world, I will reply: It is people, it is people, it is people!

• Toitü he whenua, whatungarongaro he tangata
  • Translation: Land is permanent, man disappears.

• He iti wai köwhao waka e tahuri te waka
  • A little water seeping through a hole may flood a canoe

• He mahi kai te taonga
  • Survival is the treasured goal.

• Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa
  • Let us keep close together, not far apart.

• He tini nga whetu e ngaro I te kapua iti
  • Translation: Many stars cannot be concealed by a small cloud.

He taonga nō te whenua me hoki anō ki te whenua

• • Translation: What is given by the land should return to the land

• Whaia te iti kahurangi. Ki te tuohu koe, me he maunga teitei
  • Seek success in life. Should you bow, let it be to a lofty mountain.

• Kia mate ururoa, kei mate wheke
  • Fight like a shark, not like an octopus.