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.