1A Maori person with supernatural insight who sees visions of the future.
a person calling themselves a matakite posted a message on her Facebook page
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The mother had committed a breach of tapu, which had to be discovered by the matakite.
She acts as a matakite (family seer) to him and soberly declares: You must remain a fugitive until you have put right the wrong you did to my nephew.
Matakite are the seers, those that see, hear and know beyond the ordinary; those who are aware of and experience the spiritual realms.
The matakite declares to his visitor the cause of his relative's illness.
A female matakite may be found at the village.
The song was composed by the matakite.
The publicity material for the work described the woman as a 'seer,' or matakite.
Some people would not believe him when he said that the matakite (seer) was "top of the lot".
Some but not all Māori were prepared by what were authentic divine special revelations by their own matakite (seers).
The matakite was a person who assisted the tohunga by diagnosing a patient's illness.
1.1mass nounThe supernatural ability to see visions of the future.
she will hold an eight-week residency which centres on her matakite
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The belief in matakite or the gift of second-sight is universal amongst the Maoris.
I suppose in some societies they call it the third eye, but in our society we call it the gift of matakite, which means the ability to foresee.
The lineage of prophetic tradition and the acceptance of the power of matakite infuses all the major Maori movements, religious and political.
These parables were the product of a powerful concordance between Old Testament notions of prophethood and matakite, the gift of foresight.
With her gift of matakite or second sight, she deepens her connection to traditional Maori values and the politics of Maori culture in a colonised world.