The Waitomo Caves they call home are named after the Maori words wait which means water and tomo which means hole or shaft.

怀托摩洞穴又名家，以毛利语命名，wait意思是水，tomo意思是洞穴和竖井。

Hoiho is the Maori word for yellow-eyed penguin and it means noisy shelter.

Hoiho毛利语中是黄眼企鹅的意思，意思是嘈杂的庇护所。

The Maori people call the Moon Hina, the man-eater, who was the bringer of death.

毛利人称月球为希娜，食人者，是死亡的使者。

For the Maori, these tattoos were an accepted mainstream tradition.

对毛利人来说，纹身是被主流传统所认可的。

Kiwi is actually a Maori name, and Maori are the native people of New Zealand.

几维是毛利语，毛利是新西兰的原住民。

New Zealand's opposition national party has elected Simon Bridges as its first ever Maori leader.

新西兰反对派国家党选举赛门 布里吉(Simon Bridges)为首个毛利族领袖。

The two official languages in the country are English and Maori.

新西兰的两种官方语言是英语和毛利语。

The Gisborne region is where the legendary canoe sailed by Maori explorers first landed in New Zealand about fourteen hundred years ago after its long and risky voyage over the sea.

吉斯本地区是传说中的毛利探险家了漫长而危险的海上航行后，大约 1400 年前首次登陆新西兰的地方。

These patterns are mirrored in the most dynamic of all the Maori art forms.

这些图案反映毛利艺术的最具活力的形式中。

And do you know what Maori people in New Zealand do when they meet?

你知道新西兰毛利人如何做吗？

Koiho is the Maori word for yellow-eyed penguin and it means noisy shelter.

Koiho毛利语中指的是黄眼企鹅，是吵闹的庇护所的意思。

And we know from shell middens that the Maori people of New Zealand hunted moa and seals early on, but later had to switch to fish, shellfish, and small birds as the moa and seals became overhunted.

从肥堆中我们得知，生活新西兰的毛利人早期狩猎恐鸟和海豹，但是后来转向捕鱼，捕捉贝类和小型鸟类，因为恐鸟和海豹都已被过度狩猎。

The only woman of Asian descent nominated for best actress, Merle Oberon (part Indian and Maori), did not win for The Dark Angel, a movie that was made more than 80 years ago.

唯一一位获得最佳女演员提名的亚裔女性梅尔·奥伯伦(有印度人和毛利人的血统)没有凭借80多年前拍摄的电影《黑暗天使》获奖。

The protesters said the new law would take away Maori rights and harm the progress that has been made during the last 50 years.

抗议者表示，新法律将剥夺毛利人的权利，并损害过去50年取得的进步。

And the Maori of New Zealand were starting completely from scratch just 800 years ago which really isn't that long ago historically.

新西兰的毛利人 800 年前完全从零开始，这史上并不算太久。

I love their appreciation for their culture, the Maori people and how they make conscious effort to keep it alive.

我喜欢他们对自己文化的欣赏，毛利人以及他们如何有意识地努力保持它的活力。

The Maori people believe in many gods such as the God of the Forest and the God of the Sea.

毛利人信仰很多神，像森林之神和海神。

The rallies organized by Maori politicians have coincided with the official swearing in of Parliament in the capital, Wellington.

毛利人政治家组织的集会恰逢首都惠灵顿议会正式宣誓就职。

When someone dies, all the relations, old and young, come to the marae for the Maori burial service.

当有人去世时，所有亲戚年老的、年轻的，都来到会堂举行毛利人的葬礼。

They learn new things, and going for vacation in New Zealand helped me to understand the Maori tradition.

他们学习新事物，去新西兰度假帮助我了解了毛利人的传统。