penapena rawa
1. resource management.
Synonyms: whakahaere rauemi
whakaaetanga rawa taiao
1. (noun) resource consent.
Kāore e pai ana te tatari kia pau noa ngā whakaaetanga rawa taiao; engari me whakapau kaha tonu ki te rapu huarahi hei whakaiti i ngā pānga kino o ngā keringa (Tai Tumu, Tai Pari, Tai Ao, Te Mahere ā-Taiao a Waikato-Tainui 2013:246). / It is not appropriate to wait until the resource consents have expired, but ways should be sought energetically to reduce the pollution of the waterways.
rawa māori
1. (noun) natural resource.
E āhei ana te ākonga ki te whakaatu mai i te rerekē o ngā rawa māori me ngā rawa hangarau (To 1999:91). / The student is able to show the difference between natural and synthetic resources.
Synonyms: rawa taiao
rawa taiao
1. (noun) natural resource.
He kōrero ēnei mō ngā rawa taiao a te iwi. / These are accounts about the natural resources of the tribe.
Synonyms: rawa māori
rawa
1. (noun) goods, property, wealth, chattels, resource, asset.
He nui anō te whai rawa o te iwi kiri pango i te koura, i te hiriwa, i te peara me ngā kōhatu utu nui me te whenua (TPH 15/8/1900:2). / The blacks have great wealth in gold, silver, pearls and precious stones and land.
See also penapena rawa
Synonyms: matatiki, rauemi, mea, kame, taonga, utauta, āhuatanga, hautaonga, hanga
2. (noun) ground, cause, object.
He aha te rawa o taua haere? (W 1971:332). / What was the purpose of that trip?
Synonyms: ahanoa, tarawene, mea, tohe, tohetohe, taonga, whakakāhore, whakatoitoi, takunetanga
3. (noun) basis of a quarrel, dispute.
Ko te take o tērā rawa, he tahā manu (W 1971:332). / The cause of that dispute was a calabash of preserved birds.
