Sentence:  On a number of occasions in recent years apologies have been offered to Māori because of past offences to their <WSD>mana</WSD> and invasions of their rights as tangata whenua. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Power, prestige; "specifically", a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people. (from 19th c.)