Tikanga ā-Iwi

moe punatahi

monogamy, monogamous

tūingoa, tūmahi poro, tūāhua

He momo piringa, inā kotahi anake te hoa rangatira o te tangata, kotahi rānei tana hoa ai mō tētahi roanga.

A type of relationship where a person has only one spouse or sexual partner over a period of time.

He tikanga ahurea te moe punatahi i Aotearoa, e whāia ana e te nuinga.

He piringa moe punatahi tā māua ko taku hoa.

Ko te moe punatahi tētahi āhuatanga i whakatairangatia e ngā mihinare i tō rātou taenga mai ki Aotearoa.

Mēnā e rua ngā hoa moe o tētahi, ka kīia ko te moe punarua tērā. He tikanga ahurea nā te nuinga o ngā whenua Muhirama te moe punarua, te moe punarau rānei a te tāne, e whakaaetia ana i raro i ā rātou ture.

moe - marry, wed, have sex

puna - e whai ana i tā te 'punarua'

tahi - one

He tikanga ahurea te moe punatahi i Aotearoa, e whāia ana e te nuinga.

He piringa moe punatahi tā māua ko taku hoa.

Ko te moe punatahi tētahi āhuatanga i whakatairangatia e ngā mihinare i tō rātou taenga mai ki Aotearoa.