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rārangi take

1. (noun) agenda, content.

Nō taua tau anō, ka hoki mai ia ki Aotearoa nei ki te patapatai atu ki ōna pakeke mō ngā rārangi take o tana mahi (TTR 1996:123). / In that same year she returned to New Zealand to consult her elders on the content of her work.

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kaupapa Māori

1. Māori approach, Māori topic, Māori customary practice, Māori institution, Māori agenda, Māori principles, Māori ideology - a philosophical doctrine, incorporating the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values of Māori society.

Ka taea rānei te whakahou o ngā tikanga papai a te Māori ka ngaro nei? Ka taea rānei te whakahoki o te Māori ki ngā kaupapa Māori tūturu? Me āpiti atu ko ngā mahi a te Pākehā e tika ana hei āwhina atu i te kaupapa Māori (TTT 1/7/1927:615). / Can the beneficial Māori practices that are being lost be revived? Or are Māori able to return to a true Māori approach? Appropriate Pākehā practices to support the Māori approach should be incorporated.
Ko te reo Māori te reo o ngā kaupapa Māori. E tautokohia ana te reo Māori hei reo whaikōrero e Milroy me tana kī ko te whaikōrero he kupu Māori, nā reira, me Māori anō ngā kōrero (Rewi 2005:21). / The Māori language is the language of Māori institutions. Milroy supports the idea that Māori should be the language of whaikōrero (oratory) and he says that whaikōrero is a Māori word, therefore whaikōrero should be in Māori.

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kaupapa

1. (noun) level surface, floor, stage, platform, layer.

He oneone te kaupapa o te whare (HP 1991:12). / The house had an earth floor.

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Synonyms: ahurewa, atamira, raho, rahoraho, tūāpapa, raupapa, kāraho, whatārangi, mātā, whakapaparanga, kahupapa, apaapa, apa, papanga, paparanga


2. (noun) topic, policy, matter for discussion, plan, purpose, scheme, proposal, agenda, subject, programme, theme, issue, initiative.

I tuhi a Rōpiha i ētahi pūrongo i 'Te Ao Hou', ā, i āwhina atu hoki ia ki te ārahi i ngā kaupapa a te maheni nei i ōna tau tuatahi (TTR 2000:188). / Rōpiha wrote articles for 'Te Ao Hou', and he also helped guide the magazine’s policies in its early years.

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Synonyms: aronga, kaupapa here, hōtaka, marohi, hoaketanga, whāinga, koronga, kakai, tikanga, tātai, whakangārahu, mahere, whakatakoto, whakamahere, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakakaupapa, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka


3. (noun) raft.

Ka mahia te kaupapa raupō ... ka hoea taua kaupapa ki te au o te awa punga ai (White 5 1888:68). / The raupō raft was made and then it was paddled into the current of the river to anchor it.

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Synonyms: mōkī, kahupapa, pūtere, puwhau, manaia, mōkihi


4. (noun) main body of a cloak.

Ka whakamaua atu ngā huruhuru kiwi ki te kaupapa o te kahu (PK 2008:238). / The kiwi feathers were fixed to the body of the cloak.

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Toki huna

1. A hidden adze: a hidden agenda.

Kia tūpato he toki huna tērā tangata / be weary that person has hidden agendas.

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