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hūnga

1. (noun) eruption (volcanic).

Kāore he ngāwhā o te motu e rite ana ki ēnei ngāwhā o Rotorua. He maha nga hūnga o ētahi i te rā kotahi (TWMNT 2/5/1876:108). / There are no boiling springs quite like these of Rotorua. There are many eruptions of some in one day.

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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.

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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.

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hunga

1. (verb) (-a) to grind down, rub fine.

He mea hunga te mata o te rei kia māeneene (RTA 2014:92). / The surface of the tusk was ground down so that it was smooth.

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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).

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Synonyms: rūnanga hūri, hūri

hunga mahi

1. (noun) labour force.

hunga pāpāho

1. (noun) media.

Synonyms: pāho, ao pāpāho

hunga mātakitaki

1. (noun) audience, spectators.

Ko te hunga mātakitaki kei te warea noa iho ki ngā pekepeke, ki ngā pīkarikari engari kāore ngā taringa i te āta 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.

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hunga whakakākahu

1. (noun) dressed by.

hunga hara

1. (noun) offending party, offenders, sinners.

Kia whaimana ngā Kaunihera ki te whakatau i ngā whiu ki runga ki te tangata hara, ki te hunga hara rānei (TPH 5/1/1903:1). / The Councils should have the authority to impose punishments on the offender, or offending party.

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hunga hauā

1. (noun) disabled people, lame people.

Ko rātou o te hunga hauā, o te hunga matapō, o te hunga pararaiha rānei, te nuinga o ngā tūroro e whakaorangia ana e ia (TTR 1996:152). / The majority of the patients he healed were the disabled, the blind or the paralysed.

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hunga whaipānga

1. (noun) stakeholders, beneficial owners.

Ka tonoa te hunga whaipānga kia whiriwhiria mai kia kotahi tekau o rātou kia noho ki roto ki te karāti (RT 2013:14). / The beneficial owners were asked to select ten of them to remain in the grant.

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hunga whaitake

1. (noun) claimant group.

Ko ngā tino rangatira me te hunga whaitake ki te whenua kāore e pīrangi ana ki te hoko (Nga Korero Paramete 1886-1890. Pire Hoko Whenua Maori a Te Kawanatanga, Meiha Ropata Wahawaha). / The main chiefs and the claimant group to the land don't wish to sell.

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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.

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Synonyms: hanga mautohe

utu āwhina hunga whara

1. (noun) ACC levy.

Matariki hunga nui

1. The rising of Matariki is a time when people converge in ceremony.

The large gathering of Matariki. /

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one-hunga

1. (noun) alluvial soil, beach composed of mixed sand and mud.

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.

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Kaporeihana Āwhina Hunga Whara, Te

1. (loan) Accident Compensation Corporation.

Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa, Te

1. (loan) Māori Law Society.

He iti pou kapua hunga tini whetū ki te rangi

1. Traditionally a whakataukī that compared an enemy overcome by a smaller force. In another context it can refer to something that overshadows the positives of an event or situation.

A small cloud that blocks out many stars. /

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