Maori proverbs

A woman in the house is like a kaka in the forest.

Care for the land, Care for the people, Go forward.

When a net is worn out, it is thrown away on the shore.

He who stands up will live, He who sits down will perish.

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

Many make the descent to eternal darkness but few ascend to heaven.

Like the migrating Maruiwi, who all disappeared into the world of spirits Dead like the moa.

Ask me what is the greatest thing in the world, I will reply: It is people, it is people, it is people.

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