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Hinemoa (horse)
Hinemoa is a popular female Māori language, Māori given name, often shortened to Hine. It is particularly associated with Hinemoa and Tutanekai, a Māori legend about a couple kept apart. Other people with the name include: * Hinemoa Elder, New Zealand youth forensic psychiatrist The name can also refer to: Films *Hinemoa (1913 film), ''Hinemoa'' (1913 film), a silent film made in New Zealand (1913) by Gaston Méliès *Hinemoa (1914 film), ''Hinemoa'' (1914 film), a silent film made in New Zealand (1914) by George Tarr *''The Romance of Hine-moa'', a silent film made in New Zealand (1927) by Gustav Pauli Snails *Hinemoa (gastropod), ''Hinemoa'' (gastropod), a genus of small sea snails *''Hinemoa forticingulata'', a species of sea snail *''Hinemoa indica'', a species of sea snail *''Hinemoa punicea'', a species of sea snail *''Placostylus ambagiosus hinemoa'', an extinct subspecies of very large, air-breathing land snail *''Cantharidus antipoda hinemoa'', a subspecies of sea sn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māori Language
Māori (), or ('the Māori language'), also known as ('the language'), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. Closely related to Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and Tahitian, it gained recognition as one of New Zealand's official languages in 1987. The number of speakers of the language has declined sharply since 1945, but a Māori-language revitalisation effort has slowed the decline. The 2018 New Zealand census reported that about 186,000 people, or 4.0% of the New Zealand population, could hold a conversation in Māori about everyday things. , 55% of Māori adults reported some knowledge of the language; of these, 64% use Māori at home and around 50,000 people can speak the language "very well" or "well". The Māori language did not have an indigenous writing system. Missionaries arriving from about 1814, such as Thomas Kendall, learned to speak Māori, and introduced the Latin alphabet. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
