tukanga auahatanga
1. (noun) creative process.
Ki ētahi ringatoi Māori, e toru ngā wāhanga o te tukanga auahatanga, ā, ka whakaritea ēnei ki ngā wāhanga e toru nei o te whakapapa, Te Pō Nui, Te Ao Mārama, me Te Ao Tangata (RMR 2017). / According to some Māori artists, there are three parts to the creative process and these are likened to the three stages of whakapapa, Te Pō Nui (The Great Night), Te Ao Mārama (The World of Light), and Te Ao Tangata (The World of Humans).