A

• Ad-hoc: Created or done for a particular purpose only rather than planned in advance.
  
  

• Agrivoltaics: The simultaneous use of land for both solar power generation and agriculture, such as grazing sheep under solar panels.
  
  

• Algorithmic: Relating to a set of rules or processes to be followed in calculations or problem-solving.
  
  

• Ancestral Futurism: A philosophy that combines traditional indigenous knowledge and history with future-focused technology and innovation.
  
  

• Anthropological: Relating to the study of human societies, cultures, and their development.
  
  

• Archaeological: Relating to the study of human history through the excavation of sites and the analysis of physical remains.
  
  

• Atua: A god, spirit, or supernatural being.
  
  

B

• Babylonian (as used here): A term used to describe a "leaky bucket" economic system focused on extraction and wealth accumulation for its own sake.
  
  

• Bio-energy: Energy produced from organic matter.
  
  

• Bio-fertiliser: A substance that contains living microorganisms used to increase the fertility of soil.
  
  

• Bio-Photonic: Relating to the interaction of light with biological systems.
  
  

• Biosphere: The regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.
  
  

C

• Capillary system: A network of small branching vessels.
  
  

• Catalytic: Relating to an agent that provokes or speeds up a significant change or action.
  
  

• Category Error: A logical error where a thing is presented as if it belongs to one category when it actually belongs to another.
  
  

• Chrematistics: The study of wealth or the art of accumulating money, as opposed to managing a household.
  
  

• Colonial Gaze: A way of looking at indigenous people through the biased lens of a colonising power.
  
  

• Commodification: The action of treating something as a mere commodity (something that can be bought and sold).
  
  

• Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA): A process used to measure the benefits of a decision or taking action minus the costs associated with taking that action.
  
  

• Covenantal: Relating to a formal, solemn, and binding agreement.
  
  

D

• Data Corruption: The unintended alteration or loss of data during transmission or storage.
  
  

• Deconstruct: To take apart or analyse something to expose its hidden assumptions or internal contradictions.
  
  

• Deficit narrative: A way of describing a group or region primarily by its problems, such as poverty or crime, rather than its strengths.
  
  

• Digital Colonialism: The use of digital technology by powerful entities to extract data and knowledge from indigenous cultures without consent
  
  

• Digital Tohunga: A custom-built AI agent designed to process information using indigenous ethics and knowledge.
  
  

• Dispossession: The action of depriving someone of land, property, or other assets.
  
  

• Dynamic Society: A society that is constantly changing and progressing through innovation and error correction.
  
  

E

• Economic Pā: A circular economic model where a community protects its wealth and resources while trading with the outside world.
  
  

• Ekonomia: The management of a household or community for the well-being of its members (as opposed to Chrematistics).
  
  

• Elemental: Relating to the primary forces of nature (earth, air, fire, water).
  
  

• Embodied energy: The total energy required to produce a product or service.
  
  

• Enthalpy Cascades: A process that extracts energy at multiple stages of temperature to maximize efficiency.
  
  

• Entropic / Entropy: A measure of disorder or randomness in a system; in this context, it refers to the loss of energy or order.
  
  

• Epistemological Singularity: A point where different systems of knowledge (like science and indigenous wisdom) converge and transform.
  
  

• Epistemology: The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope.
  
  

• Event horizon: In physics, a boundary beyond which events cannot affect an observer; used here to mean a point of no return or profound change.
  
  

• Explanatory knowledge: Knowledge that explains why things are the way they are.
  
  

F

• Forensic: Relating to the application of scientific methods and techniques to the investigation of a crime or historical truth.
  
  

G

• Genetic: Relating to genes or heredity.
  
  

• Glossolalia: The phenomenon of speaking in "tongues," often associated with religious practice.
  
  

H

• Haku: Yellowtail Kingfish.
  
  

• Hapū: A sub-tribe or kinship group.
  
  

• He Iwi Atua: Elemental or supernatural beings.
  
  

• High-fidelity: Highly accurate or faithful to the original.
  
  

I

• Indigenous: Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place.
  
  

• Integer scale: A numbering system using whole numbers.
  
  

• Io: In Māori tradition, the supreme being or primary source of existence.
  
  

K

• Kaitiakitanga: Guardianship or stewardship, especially of the environment.
  
  

• Karakia: A prayer, incantation, or ritual chant.
  
  

• Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au: A Māori maxim meaning "I am the river and the river is me".
  
  

L

• Large Language Models (LLMs): AI systems trained on vast amounts of text data to understand and generate human-like language.
  
  

• Linear: Arranged in or extending along a straight line; progressing from one stage to another in a single series of steps.
  
  

• Lua-Nu'u: A Polynesian figure identified in this text as the Biblical patriarch Abraham.
  
  

M

• Mana: Spiritual authority, power, or prestige.
  
  

• Matauranga: Māori knowledge, wisdom, or understanding.
  
  

• Mauri: Life-force or vital energy that exists in all things.
  
  

• Mauri Heke: A state where Mauri is declining or dissipating.
  
  

• Mauri Mate: A state where Mauri has collapsed or died; entropy.
  
  

• Mauri Model Decision Making Framework (DMF): A tool used to assess how an activity affects the life-force of the environment, culture, society, and economy.
  
  

• Mauri Ora: A state of flourishing Mauri; negentropy.
  
  

• Mauri Piki: A state where Mauri is improving or "ordering".
  
  

• Mauri Tū: A state where Mauri is neutral or in equilibrium.
  
  

• Metallurgy: The branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification.
  
  

• Monotheistic: Relating to the belief that there is only one God.
  
  

N

• Negentropic / Negentropy: The process of building order, complexity, and life-force; the opposite of entropy.
  
  

• Neoliberal economics: A theory of political economic practices that emphasizes free markets, privatization, and minimal government intervention.
  
  

• Newtonian: Relating to the physics of Isaac Newton, which views the universe like a clockwork machine.
  
  

• Nga uri whakatupu: The generations to come; descendants.
  
  

• Non-local: A term in quantum physics describing things that are connected even when they are far apart.
  
  

O

• Observer Effect: The theory that the act of observing or measuring a system changes the system itself.
  
  

• Oikos: A Greek word for household, used here to refer to the "household of creation" or community.
  
  

• Ontology / Ontological: The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of being or reality.
  
  

• Operationalise: To put a theory or idea into practical use or operation.
  
  

P

• Pātaka: A storehouse, especially for food.
  
  

• Patupaiarehe: In Māori tradition, pale-skinned supernatural beings of the forest.
  
  

• Photon: A particle of light.
  
  

• Pneumatology: The study of spiritual beings or the theology of the Holy Spirit.
  
  

• Probabilistic: Based on or adapted to a theory of probability; not certain.
  
  

• Psychological projection: A mental defense mechanism where someone attributes their own unwanted thoughts or feelings to someone else.
  
  

Q

• Quantum Entanglement: A physical phenomenon where particles remain connected so that the state of one instantly affects the other, regardless of distance.
  
  

• Quantum Whakapapa: A theory that combines quantum science with the Māori concept of genealogy and connection.
  
  

R

• Rangatira: A chief or leader.
  
  

• Ratana: A Māori religious and political movement.
  
  

• Recidivism: The tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend.
  
  

• Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS): A technology for farming fish by filtering and reusing water.
  
  

• Reductionist: A way of explaining complex things by simplifying them into separate parts.
  
  

• Regenerative Ekonomia: An economic system focused on restoring and renewing resources rather than just using them up.
  
  

• Ringatū: A Māori religion founded by Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki
  
  

• Rohe: A territory or boundary of a tribe.
  
  

S

• Semitic Trajectory: A theory linking Māori history and beliefs to the Near East.
  
  

• Sovereignty: The authority of a state or people to govern themselves; in this text, it includes intellectual and digital control.
  
  

• Superposition: In quantum physics, the ability of a particle to be in multiple states at the same time until it is measured.
  
  

• Syncretism: The merging of different beliefs or schools of thought.
  
  

• Synthesis: The combination of different ideas or systems into a new, whole idea.
  
  

T

• Tangata Whenua: People of the land; indigenous people.
  
  

• Taonga: A highly prized object or treasure (physical or intangible).
  
  

• Te Ahurea: The cultural dimension of the Mauri Model.
  
  

• Te Ao Mārama: The World of Light; the manifest world.
  
  

• Te Ao Wheru: The Woven Universe.
  
  

• Te Ara Oranga: A Northland program focused on treating methamphetamine addiction as a health issue.
  
  

• Te Kore: The Void or the state of potentiality.
  
  

• Te Pūtea: The economic dimension of the Mauri Model.
  
  

• Te Reo Māori: The Māori language.
  
  

• Te Tai Tokerau: The Northland region.
  
  

• Te Taiao: The environmental dimension of the Mauri Model.
  
  

• Te Tangata: The social or human dimension of the Mauri Model.
  
  

• Terra nullius: A Latin expression meaning "nobody's land," used to justify taking land from indigenous people.
  
  

• Thermodynamics: The branch of science that deals with heat, energy, and work; used here to explain how economic systems use energy.
  
  

• Tohunga: An expert practitioner or priest in Māori culture.
  
  

• Transduce: To convert energy or a signal from one form to another.
  
  

• Turehu: In Māori tradition, supernatural mist-beings (misidentified by some as early white settlers).
  
  

U

• Universal Constructor: An agent capable of transforming raw materials into any physical object given the right knowledge.
  
  

• Universal Explainer: A human capacity to create explanations that have "infinite reach" and can solve any problem.
  
  

W

• Wairua: Spirit or soul; in this text, compared to a "wave function" of potential.
  
  

• Wave Function: A mathematical description of a quantum system.
  
  

• Whakapapa: Genealogy, lineage, or the interconnectedness of all things.
  
  

• Whanaungatanga: Relationships, kinship, or the physics of connection.
  
  

• Whare Wānanga: A traditional Māori school of higher learning.
  
  

• Whenua: Land.
  
  

Z

• Zionist (as used here): A term used to describe a "negentropic" economic system based on stewardship and community restoration.