Wondering what the heck that message is that is at the end of the Fellowship of the Ring? Well Ataahua<\/b> wrote in to reveal that it’s not an elvish or sindarin tongue, but in fact a real language: Maori.<\/p>\n
At the end of the credits of The Fellowship of the Ring, there’s a line in te reo Maori (the Maori language) that reads: “He mihi nui hoki ki nga tangata whenua o Aotearoa. Ma rangi raua ko papa tatou e manaaki, e tiaki hei nga tau e tu mai nei.”<\/p>\n
I thought you might like to know the translation (this isn’t word-for-word; it’s the gist of what was written, translated by a friend who was brought up speaking Maori as his first language): “We would like
to acknowledge the people of New Zealand. May God from above care for you in the New Year.”<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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