mahinga
1. (noun) place where work is done, activity, garden, fishery, cultivated area.
Hāunga tērā, kua whakawhanake ngā Māori i ngā mahinga tāpoi, me ngā kapa haka me ngā hāngī puta noa i ngā pokapū tūruhi o Aotearoa (Te Ara 2011). / Nonetheless, Māori have developed successful tourist activities, kapa haka concerts and hāngī around New Zealand’s tourist centres.
2. (noun) session of work, shift, stage.
E rua ngā mahinga tītī: ko te nanao ki te pī i te rua; ko te rama pī ka puea i ō rātou rua (Te Ara 2011). / There are two stage in harvesting muttonbirds (sooty shearwaters): nanao, when chicks are extracted from their burrows; and rama, when the chicks are caught by torchlight when they come out of their burrows.
mahinga kai
1. (noun) garden, cultivation, food-gathering place.
Ko ngā otaota hoki o ngā pāmu kua maroke rawa atu, ānō he mea tahu ki te ahi. Waihoki me ngā tāngata Māori e auhi ana ki ā rātou mahinga kai (KO 15/1/1886:3). / And the grass of the farms has dried off completely as if it was burnt with fire. In addition the Māori people are distressed about their gardens.
mahinga mātaitai
1. (noun) customary seafood gathering site, shellfish bed.
Kua tū ētahi kaupapa arumoni i raro i te Fisheries Act 1996, pērā i ngā taiāpure me ngā mahinga mātaitai (Te Ara 2013). / A number of statutory enterprises have been established under the Fisheries Act 1996, such as the taiāpure and mahinga mātaitai reserves.
