What is the Māori phrase used when formally acknowledging a mountain, river, or ancestor as part of one's introduction, structured to connect the speaker to their ancestral landscape?

• A Pepeha ✓
• B Mihimihi
• C Whakapapa
• D Karakia

A pepeha is a structured introductory statement that identifies a person's mountain (maunga), river (awa), canoe (waka), tribe (iwi), subtribe (hapū), and marae — connecting the individual to the land and their ancestors.