Ko te ū tonu o te whakaaro, he tika, he pono, he tūturu tētahi āhuatanga. Ka hua ake ngā whakapono o te tangata i tōna ahurea, i tōna hāhi, i tōna whānau, otirā i tōna taiao noho whānui.
The firm idea that something is correct, true and real. A person's beliefs originate from their culture, from their religion, from their family and from their wider living environment.
E tino whai ana ia i tō te Māori whakapono ki ngā atua o te taiao.
He aha ētahi o ngā whakapono o tērā iwi e āhua rite ana ki ō te Māori?
Nāwai ā, ka pakeke haere a Hema, ka mārō haere tana whakapono whaiaro, arā ko tana whakapono ki a ia anō.