Whakataukī Card Set + Wooden Stand (Affirmation Collection)

These Whakataukī Card Sets + wooden stands will make the perfect addition to your kāinga (home), providing affirmation whakataukī (Māori proverbs) to your shelves, coffee table, office desk, bedside drawers, or reception area.

Includes a set of 10 whakataukī that can be switched out in the rustic wooden base as often as desired. Translation included on the reverse, and just requires a spin of the base to read.

Whakatuakī [proverbs] included:

he aroha whakatō, he aroha puta mai
if kindness is sown, then kindness you shall receive

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kia mate ururoa kei mate wheke
fight like a shark, don’t give up like an octopus

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poipoia te kākano kia puāwai
nurture the seed and it will blossom

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tūwhitia te hopo!
Feel the fear and do it anyway!

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He iti hoki te mokoroa, nāna i kakati te kahikatea
although the mokoroa grub is small, it can cut through a kahikatea tree

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Mā te ngākau aroha koe e ārahi
let a loving heart guide you

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ki te kotahi te kākaho, ka whati; ki te kāpuia, e kore e whati
when we stand alone we are vulnerable, but together we are unbreakable
- Kīngi Tāwhiao

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he toka tū moana
your strength is like a rock standing firm in raging waters

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e kore au e ngaro, he kākano ahau i ruia mai i Rangiātea
I can never be lost, I am a seed sown from the heavens

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mauria te pono
believe in yourself

Details:

Printed in Aotearoa on 350gsm matte paper
Size: A5 cards
Wood bases: Manufactured in Aotearoa out of macrocarpa wood
Note: wood grain and colour will vary
Packaging: set comes in an A5 Kraft Box