2. (noun) boiling point.
hunga
1. (noun) group, people, company of people, party.
Anei te reo Pākehā me tōna huhua o te kupu, engari kāore i paku kainamu atu te mātau o te hunga taketake ake nō rātou taua reo ki aua kupu katoa rā (HM 4/2009:3). / Here is the English language with its multitude of words, but native speakers of that language do not know anywhere near all the words of their language.
Synonyms: uepū, hokowhitu, pāti, ope, rahinga, iwi, nuinga, tāngata, pori, hanga, ētahi tāngata, tētahi tangata
2. (noun) slave.
E kore te Māori e pai kia riro ana whenua ki te iwi kē, i te mea kei kīia ai he hunga, he pori, he paruauru, i te mea hoki he ingoa kino aua kupu ana kīia ki a ia e te iwi kē (TW 24/8/1878:418). / The Māori would never like his lands to be taken by another tribe lest he is called a slave, a dependant, a labourer because those words are bad names when he is called that by another tribe.
hunga whakawā
1. (noun) jury, tribunal.
Porowhiua atu ana e te hunga whakawā te whakapae mō te whana i te kāwanatanga, ā, mō te taha tohu kōhuru kāre i taea e rātau te whakatau; i whakataua e te hunga whakawā i hara a ia, arā, i runga i te 'whanonga hēnga' ōna, i tana ātetenga i tana whakaraunga tuatahitanga (TTR 1996:182). / The jury threw out the charge of sedition and were unable to come to a decision on the counselling charges, but found him guilty of 'morally' resisting arrest on the first occasion (DNZB 1996:446).
Synonyms: rūnanga hūri, hūri
hunga mātakitaki
1. (noun) audience, spectators.
Ko te hunga mātakitaki kei te warea noa iho ki ngā pekepeke, ki ngā pīkarikari engari kāore ngā taringa i te āta whakarongo ki ngā kupu (HM 2/1994:1). / The audience are preoccupied with the jumping and prancing about, but are not listening carefully to the words.
hunga mautohe
1. (noun) protestors, demonstrators, group of people who oppose something persistently.
Kua taupiripiri te aroākapa o te hunga mautohe, i tā rātou hīkoi atu ki te whare pāremata (PK 2008:892). / The front row of the protestors clasped one another around the waist as they marched to the parliament building.
Synonyms: hanga mautohe
hunga kore mahi
1. (noun) unemployed people, jobless people, unemployed.
Tukua ana e Eruera tana reta kia huri haere ki ngā Mema Reipa katoa, e whakahau ana hei kaupapa mā te Rōpū Reipa, te mahi whakaōrite i te utu ki te Pākehā me te Māori, mō ngā mahi whakamāmā e mahia nei e te hunga kore mahi (TTR 1998:221). / Eruera circulated a letter to all Labour MPs demanding that it be Labour Party policy that the rates for relief work performed by the unemployed should be the same for Māori and Pākehā.
Kaporeihana Āwhina Hunga Whara, Te
1. (loan) Accident Compensation Corporation.
Synonyms: Kāporeihana Kamupene Heihana