The people closest to you — parents, siblings, grandparents, and the rest.

• māmāmothereveryday/informal; also 'whaea' in more formal or classificatory use
• whaeamother / auntrespectful term for mother; also used for an aunt, esp. mother's sister
• pāpāfathereveryday/informal; also 'matua' in more formal use
• matuafather / unclefather; also used for an uncle, esp. father's brother; plural 'mātua' = parents
• tuakanaolder sibling (same sex as speaker)older brother of a man, or older sister of a woman
• teinayounger sibling (same sex as speaker)younger brother of a man, or younger sister of a woman
• tungānebrother (of a woman)a woman's brother; opposite-sex sibling
• tuahinesister (of a man)a man's sister; opposite-sex sibling
• kuiagrandmotherelderly woman / grandmother
• korouagrandfatherelderly man / grandfather; often shortened to 'koro'
• tupunagrandparent / ancestoralso spelled 'tipuna'; plural 'tūpuna'
• tamāhinedaughterdaughter (of either parent)
• tamasonson; also general word for boy/young man
• tamaitichilda single child; plural 'tamariki' = children
• whānaufamilyextended family; core social unit in Māori culture
• mātuaparentsplural of 'matua'
• tuākanaolder siblings / cousins (same sex)plural of tuakana; senior line, incl. older cousins of same sex
• tēinayounger siblings / cousins (same sex)plural of teina; junior line, incl. younger cousins of same sex
• irāmutunephew / niecetraditionally the child of one's opposite-sex sibling (a man's sister's child, a woman's brother's child); cousins, by contrast, are classed as siblings (tuakana/teina/tungāne/tuahine)
• pēpibabyloanword from English 'baby'; widely used
• tānehusband / man'tāne' = man/husband; 'tāku tāne' = my husband
• wahinewife / woman'wahine' = woman/wife; 'tāku wahine' = my wife; plural 'wāhine'