In Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus, Abba is an intimate, respectful term we would use to address our father, like ‘dear father’. It was the term consistently used by Jesus in speaking about God or in prayer to God. Before Jesus it was never used to refer to God. Its use by Jesus reveals the depth of his intimacy with God. It also reveals the closeness of the relationship with God that Jesus expected his followers to have. He taught them to pray “Our Father”. See Mk 14:36, Gal 4:6 and Rom 8:15.

(noun) key learning foci required at each year level for Themes and Cross Themes.

(adjective) emotional and attitudinal engagement with the subject matter.

Cloud in the sky. The highest mountain in New Zealand, it is known as Aorangi to North Island tribes and as Mount Cook to Pakeha. A Ngai Tahu myth explains that this mountain was once a man, one of the sons of Raki, the sky father. Aoraki, and his brothers were changed into the mountains known today as the Southern Alps, when their canoe tipped over on their way to greet Papatūānuku, their father’s new wife.

(noun) Māori name for New Zealand – in common usage.

(noun) likeness, resemblance, notion, idea, concept, theory, feeling, theme — sometimes pronounced āria.

(verb) to love, pity, feel concern for, feel compassion, empathise.

(verb) to assess.

(verb) to evaluate, review, audit.