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hangarau

1. (modifier) technological.

Ko ngā kupu hāngai ki te ao hangarau e mahia ana ki Korea, e ahu mai ana te nuinga i te reo Hapanihi, ko ētahi mai i te reo Ingarihi (HM 3/1998:4). / The words pertaining to the technological world being used in Korea, the majority come from Japanese, with some from English.

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2. (noun) technology.

Kua angitū ētahi kamupene nā te arotahi ki te kiritaki, te nanao ki ngā hangarau hōu, te whakangao moni ki ngā mahi rangahau, te hanga rautaki hokohoko hoki (Te Ara 2015). / By targeting particular clients, using new technology, investing in research, and marketing carefully, some companies have been successful.

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hangarau ā-papatuhituhi

1. (noun) Smart Board technology.

Manatū Pūtaiao, Te

1. Ministry of Research, Science and Technology.

Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau, Te

1. (location) Auckland University of Technology, AUT University.

Wānanga o Ōtautahi, Te

1. (location) Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology.

Whare Takiura o Kahungunu, Te

1. (noun) Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawke's Bay.

Tūāpapa Toha Pūtea, Whakatakoto Kaupapa Rangahau, Pūtaiao

1. Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.

Whare Wānanga o te Awakairangi, Te

1. (location) Wellington Institute of Technology.

hangarau whakaaturanga

1. (noun) information technology.

Ara Poutama, Te

1. (location) Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Development (Auckland University of Technology).

hangarau kai

1. (noun) food technology.

Whare Wānanga o Wairaka, Te

1. Unitec Institute of Technology.

Whare Takiura o Waiariki, Te

1. Waiariki Institute of Technology.

ao hangarau

1. (noun) technological world.

hangarau whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro

1. (noun) communications technology.

mātanga hangarau

1. (noun) technologist, expert in technology.

Ipukarea, Te

1. (location) National Māori Language Institute - an institute which was launched on 18 July 2008 to promote excellence in scholarship, teaching and research in the Māori language and culture, with a focus on using modern technologies. The Auckland University of Technology hosts the Institute.

Reeves, Paul Alfred

1. (personal name) ONZ, GCMG, GCVO, CF, QSO (1932-2011 ) Puketapu and Te Ātiawa; educated at Victoria University of Wellington and Oxford University. Bishop of Waiapu, Bishop of Auckland and Archbishop and Primate of Aotearoa/New Zealand (1980-1985). First Māori Governor-General of Aotearoa/New Zealand (1985-1990) and since then he was the Anglican Observer at the United Nations, elections observer in South Africa and Ghana and chair of the Fiji Constitution Review Commission, Commonwealth Secretary General's Special Envoy to Guyana. From 2005 until his death he was the Chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology.

Kūkara

1. (loan) (verb) to google - search for (something on the internet) using a search engine.

Me kūkara te mahere whenua, kia mārama pūahoaho ai koe ki te ara hei takahi māu (HJ 2015:132). / You should google the map so that the way for you to travel is very clear.

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2. (loan) (personal noun) Google - multinational technology company specialising in Internet-related services and products.

Kūkara hoki i whakarewa tāna ake pūmanawa rapu reo Māori i te tau 2008 (NZ Herald 4/7/2016:A8). / Google began its Māori-language search engine in 2008 (NZ Herald 4/7/2016:A8).

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Ruatara

1. (personal name) (?-1815) Ngā Puhi; leader, traveller, seaman and agriculturalist, who introduced the growing of wheat and other crops, and technology he had learnt about in his travels.

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